Friends and flowers converge in Hanover

HANOVER — Friends Ruth Esposito, of Boston, left, Carol Lee Fritz, of New Orleans, and Anita Onofrio, of Strafford, walk through one of the orchid rooms at the Dartmouth Life Sciences Greenhouse on Tuesday in Hanover.

New West Lebanon eatery offers Chinese food fast

By ULLA-BRITT LIBRE

WEST LEBANON — The owners of Happy Dumpling, which opened in the Powerhouse Plaza in November, hope the concept of the fast-food-style Chinese restaurant will take off.

Small ocean creatures could help fight climate change, according to Dartmouth researchers

By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN

In 2016, Dartmouth professor Mukul Sharma was thinking that bringing down carbon emissions fast enough to meet international goals sounded impossible.

Bat infiltrates staff room at Newport elementary school

NEWPORT — A Richards School employee found a bat in the staff room at Richards School Thursday morning, a couple weeks after the Newport elementary school closed for a day to allow for an inspection of the facility for the winged mammals.

Hartford High senior heads to New York City for singing competition

By MARION UMPLEBY

Hartford High School senior Macy Bettwieser was one of the many students undergoing the grueling process of applying to college last fall. Since she was applying to musical theater programs, she had to submit recordings of show tunes and classical works.

A Look Back: What happened to Upper Valley nightlife?

By STEVE TAYLOR

Probably the most frequent knock on the Upper Valley heard these days is about the shortage of nightlife activities for young adults. Nothing much exists in the way of live music for dancing amid convivial beverage consumption and casual connections.

AVA Gallery seeks new executive director

By MARION UMPLEBY

LEBANON — As of November, AVA Gallery and Art Center is seeking a new executive director following the retirement of Shari Boraz, who served in the position since 2021.

UNH program seeks volunteers to train for helping wildlife and forests

By ABIGAIL HAM

A UNH Extension and N.H. Fish and Game training program is seeking volunteers interested in learning more about wildlife habitats and land management.

Upper Valley Grange groups persevere in changing times

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

EAST BETHEL — The Middle Branch Grange has always been part of Jillian Dean’s life.

Art Notes: Revels North plots turnaround

By ALEX HANSON

Revels North, an arts nonprofit that celebrates and performs traditional music from around the world, has had a tough go since the coronavirus pandemic.

2024 was Vermont’s warmest year on record — again

By ERIN PETENKO

In 2023, Vermont made headlines for having the warmest year on record, mirroring a worldwide trend full of extreme weather and hotter temperatures.

Richards school reopens following bat inspection

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NEWPORT — Students returned to Richards Elementary School Tuesday after a wildlife services business thoroughly inspected the building for signs of bats. The school was closed Monday to allow the company to inspect the building, Newport School...

Franchises target Route 12A in West Lebanon

By MARION UMPLEBY

WEST LEBANON — Over the past two years, a swath of new businesses have set up shop in West Lebanon, filling vacant storefronts that peppered the busy 1-mile strip of Route 12A as the pandemic faded. Among them are retail franchises such as J.Crew...

Plymouth State University researchers receive grant to study snowpack data

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Researchers at Plymouth State University will use a two-year, $192,000 federal grant to look at almost a century of snowpack data in the Northeast and create the first “Snow Drought Index” in the nation.The index “will look at measurements of depth...

50 years of counting birds, and eating turkey, in Woodstock

By LEXI KRUPP

About 20 people gathered in a church in Woodstock in late December as it got dark. They had spent the day walking and driving and looking out kitchen windows searching for birds in a big circle that covers most of Woodstock and Bridgewater, and parts...

Dry conditions limit early season snowmaking in the Upper Valley

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HANOVER — When the Oak Hill Outdoor Center in Hanover first fired up its snow guns in March, it was a game-changing upgrade for local athletes, providing expanded on-snow training and racing opportunities close to home.But when a recent mid-December...

A Dartmouth grad student is in Antarctica this winter on a mission to find the world’s oldest ice

By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN

Dartmouth graduate student Jacob Chalif is far from home this holiday season. He’s in Antarctica on a mission to find the world’s oldest ice.“It’s certainly a unique experience,” he said. “Everything you do, you have to adapt to do it in the freezing...

A Life: Jill Lord ‘made her work reflect her love of us in a lot of ways’

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

Out & About: 20 good things in 2024

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

As a reporter, one question I am regularly asked is: “Why don’t you report on anything positive?” My response is usually to insist that we do, but the stories that garner the most attention — and tend to stick most in people’s memories — are usually...

Upper Valley Filipino-American Christmas Party

LEBANON — The annual Upper Valley Filipino-American Christmas party took place at the Hilton Garden Inn in Lebanon on Saturday.The group has been gathering for over a decade, said Nida Tansey, of Windsor, noting that many of the teens and young adults...