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By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — Decades-old restrictions on how the location of a former hockey rink can be used by the school district won’t stand in the way of building a new agricultural center for students. But officials do have to identify another parcel in town for a...

By LAURA KOES

WEST LEBANON — When Black Moon Games opened in downtown Lebanon in May 2014, a business focused on in-person and tabletop gaming might have seemed like a roll of the 20-sided die. But as gaming has gained popularity in mainstream culture, so too has...

By RAY COUTURE

SHARON — A framed obituary of the Edward K. Baxter Memorial Library’s namesake hangs near the red-brick building’s back entrance and, on Friday night, that picture rested just above a plastic table holding tins of homemade chili and bags of jalapeño...

By RAY COUTURE

As the temperature outside the Gates Briggs Building dipped deeper into the negatives Friday night, members of Valley Improv looked to get their audience’s blood pumping with a performance of Disney’s Frozen in three minutes or less.The...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

HARTLAND — Less than a year after it issued “no cause” eviction notices to the residents of 18 apartments in Quechee, a Boston real estate investment company with an expanding Upper Valley portfolio has given residents of eight apartments in Hartland...

By BILL WILKINSON

 Alpine SkiingHanoverCoach: Gabi Formankova (17th season).League: NHIAA Division II.Last year: Boys were state champions, girls were runners up.Returners: Seniors — Cam Forbush, Mack Levy, Lilly Clapp, Ashley Cotter, Maeve Crowley, Sadie Higgins,...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

 While track and field competitors participated in cross country and outdoor events during COVID, the indoor track season was cancelled in New Hampshire and was limited in Vermont the last two years. With the pandemic in check, area teams are gearing...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

HANOVERCoaches: Head swimming Trent Staats (first season as head coach, second on staff); assistant swimming Linda Bedford (eighth season); assistant swimming Sean Utierwyk (fifth season); head diving Carl Renshaw (fifth season).League: NHIAA Division...

By BILL WILKINSON

 HartfordCoach: Cean Lieberman (fifth season).League: VPA, Southern Division.Roster: Senior — Hailey Rogers. Sophomores — Joey Gallant, Kara Robinson. Freshmen — Connor Fredholm, Nara Gallagher, Lyndsey Davis.Analysis: Without a local bowling alley...

By RAY COUTURE

The northern pike, pumpkinseed, and large- and small-mouth bass resting idly at the bottom of Silver Lake could not have anticipated the barrage of would-be ice fishermen that gathered above them on the slushy-covered frozen surface Saturday...

By RAY COUTURE

BARNARD — The northern pike, pumpkinseed and large- and small-mouth bass resting idly at the bottom of Silver Lake could not have anticipated the barrage of would-be ice fishermen that gathered above them on the slushy-covered frozen surface Saturday...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CHARLESTOWN — A town board has rejected an appeal of a building permit issued to a landowner who has plans for a 10,000-square-foot home on Perry Mountain accessed by a Class VI road.The Zoning Board of Adjustment, acting in its capacity as the...

By RAY COUTURE

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — At one desk, paper birds of prey pirouette while passing a platinum ball between their talons. At a table nearby, a laughing baby in a vintage orange jumper spins on his head while a muscled gymnast flexes his biceps — before an...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment is seeking expert testimony on the potential impact of a substance misuse recovery home before it decides on whether to approve a variance.The board continued its review of the application for a...

By NICOLA SMITH

On an icy gray morning, the subject at the Billings Farm & Museum learning kitchen was, appropriately, Cozy Stews and Breads, one of a series of adult classes that are part of the farm and museum’s Backyard Workshops. For Emery Gray, the chef at the...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — When Ella Casey arrived in Newport in the mid-1960s, she hit the ground running and rarely stopped for the next 50-plus years, involving herself in more town and community endeavors than anyone can recallCasey, who died at age 92 on October...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — A proposed Claremont School District budget of $35.86 million budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 represents an increase of more than $1.1 million, or 3.1%, from the current year.Most of the increase is for the first year of a...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CHARLESTOWN — The town Zoning Board of Adjustment is seeking guidance from the town’s attorney after outcry from a group of residents raised questions about the authority to rescind certain building permits.The residents are hoping to nix two building...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The City Council did not vote Wednesday on whether to remove Councilor Jim Contois for alleged misconduct but instead voted, 7-2, to hold a hearing at a later date, as was its original intent.The council also defeated a motion by Councilor...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

Friends and family members agree that one characteristic permeated nearly every part of longtime Upper Valley resident Dale “Penny” Breed’s life: She did not like being told she couldn’t do something.Whether it was as an accomplished student and...