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Winds fuel Hartford brush fires
On the trail: Gov. Ayotte says she delivered on her promises in her 100 days in office. Not everyone agrees
Upper Valley Earth Day events 2025
Investigation details past sexual misconduct by faculty at Proctor Academy
Windsor snow globe business fears Trump tariffs
Fill ’er up: New Hampshire considers allowing patrons to pour their own alcohol
School Notes: Red Sox honor longtime Thetford Academy educator Ted Peters
After more than 45 years, Upper Valley guitar shop closes
WEST LEBANON — After more than 45 years in business, financial troubles and a falling out between business partners led music shop Blue Mountain Guitar to take a final bow last weekend.
Roman Catholics mourn Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter’s Square, washing the feet of a Muslim prisoner, sinking to his hands and knees to implore South Sudan’s rival leaders to make peace.
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As spring skiing season winds down, one NH ski area plans to spin its lift until May
Newbury,Vt., man who killed daughter ruled to be ‘not guilty by reason of insanity’
Kenyon: The true cost of lawsuit for Dartmouth Health
Editorial: Free speech detentions reach into Upper Valley
Protesters rally in Lebanon and elsewhere across the country
ECFiber and operating company trade legal blows as contract renewal talks break down
Editors Picks
First Baptist Church in Lebanon celebrates first service in new building eight years after arson
A Life: Kelly Kangas ‘just always had that spirit’
Editorial: Free speech detentions reach into Upper Valley
Out & About: Teen center finds a new home in Bradford, Vt.
Sports
As spring skiing season winds down, one NH ski area plans to spin its lift until May
The Red Sox season was already a dozen games deep when, on April 9, a small ski area in New Hampshire fired up its snowmaking guns to add to the snow base on its main slope.
Mascoma runner to race in the Boston Marathon days after turning 18
High school baseball: Hanover blanks Lebanon on chilly opener
Local Roundup: Mascoma boys win track and field meet
Top shelf in the NHL
Opinion
Editorial: New Hampshire budget shortfall is a crisis of Republican design
Who says manufacturing is dead in the United States? The budget crisis that Republican lawmakers in Concord are now purporting to solve through draconian reductions in state spending is at least partially, and perhaps mainly, the result of unwise and unwarranted tax cuts they enacted over the past decade. If that’s not manufacturing a crisis, what is?
Editorial: Time is running out for American democracy
Editorial: Jeanne Shaheen blazed a trail in politics
Column: Federal funding for medical research puts America first
Editorial: MLB resumes all-American pursuit of new billions
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.
Winding up a project
Capping a class trip
Spring into action
Spring cleanup
e-Edition
Arts & Life
A timeline of events in the rebuilding of Lebanon’s Baptist church
This timeline of the construction of the new First Baptist Church of Lebanon is taken from accounts in the Valley News and recent interviews with church leaders.
Art Notes: JAM exhibit combines cartoons and journalism
How to catch a glimpse of the northern lights this week
Cafes and a fine dining spot joining Woodstock restaurant scene
A Life: Len Veilleux ‘just loved cars’
Obituaries
Richard B. Adams Jr.
Richard B. Adams, Jr. Claremont, NH - Richard Benton Adams, Jr., age 63, passed away on Monday, February 3rd, 2025. He was born on December 20th, 1961 in Lebanon, New Hampshire to the late Richard Benton Adams, Sr., and the late Nancy Le... remainder of obit for Richard B. Adams Jr.
Karson Calvin Lewis
Perkinsville, VT - Karson Calvin Lewis, 34, of Perkinsville, VT, passed away on April 15, 2025, after a fiercely brave nine-year battle with brain cancer. He was surrounded by love, laughter, and a few inappropriate jokes-just the way h... remainder of obit for Karson Calvin Lewis
Richard J. Cooke
Bradford, VT - Richard J. Cooke, 78, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday April 18, 2025 Richard was born on January 26, 1947 in Albany, NY the son of Robert J. and June Melville Cooke. Richard graduated from Bishop Gibbo... remainder of obit for Richard J. Cooke
Victor R. Hayward
Ascutney, VT - Victor R. Hayward, age 84, passed Friday, March 7, 2025. A public graveside interment service will be held on Saturday, April 26th at Ascutneyville Cemetery at 11am. Knight Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrange... remainder of obit for Victor R. Hayward
