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By DAN MACKIE

Dear Santa:You probably weren’t expecting a Christmas letter from me since I’m about to turn 72 — no birthday presents needed, your generosity is already over the top. The rooftop, even.I haven’t been in touch because I’ve been sort of busy. I know my...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

The chairman of the Republican National Committee says his party isn’t looking to change its longstanding presidential nominating calendar, which continues New Hampshire’s tradition of holding the first-in-the-nation primary.“I’ve not had any...

By JOEL COELHO

Public safety is the foundation of a thriving community, and in Lebanon, this principle is driving critical conversations about the future of our fire and EMS services. For too long, communication among city officials, residents and the Lebanon...

By NATHAN DOUGLAS GARDNER

Northern Stage’s 2024 winter musical, “Beauty and the Beast,” feels like a glass of warm milk before bed — comforting and nostalgic, yet hard to critique without a layer of sentimentality. For those who grew up in the ’90s or raised children during...

By RANDALL BALMER

For Christians, the season of Advent, the four Sundays leading up to Christmas, is the season of hope and anticipation. It is a glorious time, one seemingly at odds with the calendar itself because it coincides with the shortest days of the year (in...

By TRIS WYKES

Alex Felix was a bit nervous but mostly filled with excited anticipation as he waited to substitute into the St. Olaf (Minn.) College men’s soccer game against visiting Concordia-Moorhead on Nov. 2.The 2021 Lebanon High graduate’s emotions were...

By DEB SNELL and DON TINNEY

Those seeking fundamental changes to our hospital and health care systems — including us — were not surprised last month when the state’s hospital trade group pushed back against a legislatively mandated report that concluded serious work needs to be...

By LORI STEVER

Becoming a parent is a wonderful and unique experience. There is nothing quite like the love and joy that a child brings to a family.As a mother of three, I remember the joy and excitement that came along with each birth, as well as the new challenges...

By MICKI COLBECK

The air felt chilly — jacket weather, with the November sun breaking through just enough to show off the green mosses and wood ferns along the path. A couple chickadees, a nuthatch and a downy woodpecker worked the trees above looking for food. A...

By NARAIN BATRA

Last Friday, a panel of distinguished Dartmouth political scientists from the Department of Government including Brendan Nyhan, Jason Barabas, Jennifer Lind, and Anna Mahoney, addressed a range of issues that influenced the election results, including...

By STEVE TAYLOR

It was almost five o’clock in the morning and the election was coming down to the vote totals from the three wards in the City of Claremont. Ballots were still counted by hand in those days, but out of 299 New Hampshire voting precincts the statewide...

By RANDALL BALMER

“Religion and Christianity are the two biggest things missing from this country,” Donald Trump declared.Despite (or perhaps because of) the messenger, the argument for Christian nationalism has been amplified in recent years, and Christian nationalism...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

With less than one week until Election Day, a new public opinion survey in swing state New Hampshire indicates Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris with a single-digit lead over former President Donald Trump, the Republican...

By DAN MACKIE

I don’t like to write too much about politics, just the occasional snide remark. But this being my last column before Election Day, I can’t stop myself. No, really, I can’t. Consider yourself a member of my Valley News Election Support Group. If you...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

With two weeks until Election Day, it appears to remain a margin-of-error race between former Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and former Democratic Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig in the contest to succeed GOP Gov. Chris Sununu in the corner...

By G. GREGORY HUGHES

Vermont lawmakers created the Commission on the Future of Public Education because of this year’s double-digit property tax increase and charged it with addressing how Vermont funds and delivers public education. However, in addition to the policy...

By LAUREL STAVIS

The New Hampshire housing market is in what economists call a state of disequilibrium — a self-perpetuating syndrome where the normal rules of supply and demand don’t work anymore. Some believe the situation will eventually correct itself. But when...

By REBECCA WHITE

As one of your Windsor County State senators, it is clear to me the housing market is failing Vermonters. Extreme home costs have priced generations of Vermonters out of the market. Former high school classmates of mine who want to live in Vermont,...

By KEN BORIE

In his recent report to the Green Mountain Care Board, Dr. Bruce Hamory, working for the consulting firm Oliver Wyman, made three glaringly inaccurate statements (“Advice: Hospitals need ‘major restructuring’ ”; Sept. 20).The first is that there is...

By MARION UMPLEBY

Ten years ago, Upper Valley residents had no shortage of opportunities to see live music and theater. Between Dartmouth’s Hopkins Center and performance spaces such as Northern Stage and Lebanon Opera House, among many others, the offerings were...