Walkout at Dartmouth calls attention to Trump’s attacks on universities, conditions in Gaza

04-17-2025 6:51 PM

HANOVER — On a warm and windy Thursday afternoon, about 150 people gathered on the lawn in front Baker-Berry Library at Dartmouth College as part of a nationwide protest “in defense of higher education,” as English and Creative Writing Professor Patricia Stuelke described it.


Newport school’s bat colony to be removed over spring break

04-17-2025 2:01 PM

NEWPORT — The process to evict a colony of bats from the attic in Richards Elementary School is scheduled to be completed while the students are on spring break, which begins April 28th.


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Editorial: Time is running out for American democracy
04-04-2025 10:01 PM

It’s no secret that public confidence in some of America’s leading institutions — Congress, the federal government, the news media, higher education — has been slipping over the years. What is striking about the early days of the second Trump administration is that some of those same institutions seem to have lost faith in themselves. Which raises the question of why the American people should believe in institutions that no longer believe in their own values.

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Capping a class trip
04-15-2025 2:49 PM

A group of Jacques Rousseau Secondary School friends returning to Longueuil, Quebec, after a class trip to Boston stop for a meal in West Lebanon on Friday. They have made a tradition of wearing matching hats on each year’s trip.

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How to catch a glimpse of the northern lights this week
04-16-2025 12:00 PM

Admirers of the celestial will get a chance this week to take in the northern lights Tuesday night and Wednesday night. The aurora borealis will be best seen across New Hampshire between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m, according to the National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Center.

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Obit photo for Wayne L. Morris Wayne L. Morris

Hartland, VT - Wayne L. Morris, age 84, passed Saturday, April 12, 2025. A funeral service will be held at 2pm on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at the Red Door Church in South Royalton, VT. Burial will follow at Pine Hill Cemetery in Sha... remainder of obit for Wayne L. Morris

Obit photo for Lois Elaine Sealy Lois Elaine Sealy

White River Jct., VT - Lois Elaine Sealy, 93, died Sunday, April 13, 2025, in her home with family near - her daughters & granddaughters. She was born on April 15, 1931, in Scranton, PA to Arthur and Thelma (Lloyd) Sealy. She gradua... remainder of obit for Lois Elaine Sealy

Obit photo for Raymond G. Wilkins Raymond G. Wilkins

Hanover, NH - Raymond "Ray" G. Wilkins, 86 died peacefully on Tuesday April 15, 2025 at the Jack Byrnes Palliative Care and Hospice Center in Lebanon, NH Ray was born on November 9, 1938 in Camden, New Jersey the son of Gilbert and ... remainder of obit for Raymond G. Wilkins

Obit photo for Muriel Ann Maville Muriel Ann Maville

Lebanon, NH - Muriel Ann Maville, 87, died on April 6, 2025, at Dartmouth Medical Center in Lebanon. She was born November 7, 1937, in Enfield, NH, the daughter of Edward and Helen (Wooster) Chouinard and graduated from Hanover High Sch... remainder of obit for Muriel Ann Maville

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