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Black and Hispanic drivers stopped disproportionately across Vermont, traffic stops study finds
Shannon Sciria named new Colby-Sawyer Men’s Basketball head coach
Upper Valley school notes for May 12, 2025
Local ‘climate-smart’ farms awarded NOFA-NH mini-grants
A Life: ‘They all remembered Becky’
LEBANON — Sometimes when Sarah Schneider was working as a server at Lou’s Restaurant and Bakery in Hanover, she’d look across the room to her mother, Becky, who was doing the same.
Woodstock trustees’ report says former police chief failed to serve as town ‘role model’
WOODSTOCK — Village trustees concluded that evidence of the town police chief’s lack of leadership was so “damning” that they were left with no choice but to uphold the municipal manager’s decision to demote him to the entry-level rank he held when joining the force as a rookie 25 years ago.
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Uncertainty surrounds PCB contamination in Vermont schools
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Upper Valley Super Compost Project teaches schools how to manage waste
Kenyon: The power-to-the-people side of Woodstock
Editorial: Graduation wisdom from a legendary American
Uncertainty surrounds PCB contamination in Vermont schools
Sports
Local Roundup: Hartford and Hanover girls lacrosse teams win
Hartford 13, Brattleboro 4
High school lacrosse: Scoring outburst sends Lebanon girls past Pelham
Hartford softball coach ‘just wanted them to get excited about this sport’
Local Roundup: Hartford girls lacrosse remains undefeated
Local roundup: Hanover shuts out Manchester in girls lacrosse
Opinion
Editorial: Dartmouth should join the fight
The president of Dartmouth, home of the brave space, has been notably absent from the list of college leaders speaking out against the Trump administration’s all-out assault on academic freedom and free speech.
Editorial: Vermont judge defends free speech
Editorial: Free speech detentions reach into Upper Valley
Editorial: New Hampshire budget shortfall is a crisis of Republican design
Editorial: Time is running out for American democracy
Your Daily Puzzles
An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."
A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.
Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.
Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Photos
A growing fundraiser
Ledyard Charter School botany students, from left, Kiley Harvey, 18, Sabrina Lopez, 17, and RyaPospychala, 16, right, search for an information sheet on Morning Glories to give Timber Holmes, of Grantham, left, who bought starts of the flowers at their Mother's Day plant sale in Lebanon. The sale includes annual starts planted by the students and house plants they propagated. Proceeds from the sale, which continues through Friday, benefits the school as it prepares to install a lift between the first and second floors of its building.
A welcome home
Playdate
Full of energy
Front yard activism
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Arts & Life
Art Notes: Northern Stage produces play about Vermont farm life
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — This week, two bedrocks of the Upper Valley, farming and theater, will meet in “The Vermont Farm Project,” a new musical generated by Northern Stage.
A Look Back: How the Connecticut River transformed from a polluted waterway to a scenic one
Upper Valley DJs follow own passions while bringing life to the party
Fairlee Drive-in won’t open for season this summer
Amphibians’ migration routines are getting more difficult. These brigades are trying to help.Obituaries
David Michael DiFrancesco
Brownsville, VT - David Michael DiFrancesco, 65, passed away on May 5, 2025, in Rutland, Vermont, with loved ones by his side, after a recent period of seizures and declining health. Born on February 7, 1960, in Portsmouth, New Hampshi... remainder of obit for David Michael DiFrancesco
Raymond F. Truncellito
Manchester, NH - Raymond Francis Truncellito, 96, of Manchester, NH, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on April 29, 2025. Ray grew up in North Bergen, NJ, the son of James and Mary Agresta Truncellito. He was academically... remainder of obit for Raymond F. Truncellito
Kathryn Tilden Wheeler
Bradford, VT - Kathryn Tilden Wheeler, age 94, passed Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Services are pending. Ricker Funeral Homes of Lebanon and Enfield, NH is in charge of arrangements. ... remainder of obit for Kathryn Tilden Wheeler
Ralph Stearns Jr.
Plainfield, NH - Ralph R. Stearns Jr., age 67, passed Thursday, May 8, 2025. A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Valley News. Arrangements are with the Ricker Funeral Home & Crematory of Lebanon. ... remainder of obit for Ralph Stearns Jr.
