
Fairlee Drive-in won’t open for season this summer
FAIRLEE — The Fairlee Drive-in’s towering film screen will remain blank this summer as owner Peter Trapp recovers from an illness.

A Life: Larry Flint ‘just chose to focus on the positive’
NEWPORT — When Larry Flint received a liver transplant in 1991, he was told he could expect to live another seven to nine years.
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Sports

High school baseball: Windsor rebuilds while Thetford shines
WINDSOR — Tough times for the Windsor High baseball team. Fresh promise for Thetford Academy.


Opinion

Editorial: Free speech detentions reach into Upper Valley
So now the war comes home, as wars always do. This time it’s the dirty war that the American government is waging against immigrants, international students and the rule of law. And home is the heart of the Upper Valley.





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 little off the top
Joel Luis and Danny Sanchez of Olsen Roofing remove shingles on a large barn last week in Orford. Built in the 1800s, the barn is getting a new roof to help preserve the building.




Arts & Life

Amphibians’ migration routines are getting more difficult. These brigades are trying to help.
It’s a dark and stormy late-March night. There’s a thick layer of fog over Keene, New Hampshire. Dozens of people walk slowly down a road that curls around the Woodland Cemetery, back and forth, flashlights in hand, eyes trained on the pavement.




Obituaries

West Lebanon, NH - A. Thomas Perry of West Lebanon NH passed away on April 25, 2025. The son the late Arthur and Amelia (Pisz) Perry, Tom was born in Newark NJ on May 20, 1941. He graduated from Union High School, Union NJ, in 1959 and ... remainder of obit for A. Thomas Perry

Weldon 'Red' Murphy Hartland, VT - Weldon 'Red' Murphy, age 86, passed Saturday, February 1, 2025. A graveside service will be held in the Hartland Village Cemetery at 10 am on Saturday, May 3, 2025. Knight Funeral Home has been entrust... remainder of obit for Weldon Murphy

Lake Havasu City, AZ - Long time resident of Bradford, VT and Lake Havasu City, AZ, Wayne R. Chalmers, passed away Jan. 16, 2025 at home surrounded by family. Wayne was born Mar. 11, 1931 to Robert M. and Doris (Thompson) Chalmers. ... remainder of obit for Wayne R. Chalmers

Norwich, VT - Stuart Thompson Close, 65, died Thursday, April 17, 2025, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center following a twelve-year battle with a brain tumor. Born January 30, 1960, in Hanover, NH, Stuart, better known as Stu or S... remainder of obit for Stuart Thompson Close