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By JOHN LIPPMAN

CONCORD — A legal challenge over whether the sentence imposed on the convicted murderer of two Dartmouth College professors violates the state’s constitution has been sent back to a lower court by the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

By MARION UMPLEBY

Video game soundtracks, by their nature, exist in the background. Their job is to give texture to the action and to lull players into the world of the game, without posing a distraction. 

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — More than 300 Dartmouth College alumni have signed an open letter urging President Sian Beilock and other school leaders to take a stand against the Trump administration’s “efforts to chill free speech on college campuses.”

By CLARE SHANAHAN

HARTLAND — Regulators are seeking public feedback on a 25-year plan that dictates how the North Hartland Lake recreation area can be used and its natural resources preserved.

By MARION UMPLEBY

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.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CHELSEA — A 74-year-old Newbury, Vt., man who shot and killed his 38-year-old daughter when she came to his home for a welfare check has been found insane and will not stand trial.

By ALEX HANSON

LEBANON — Dennis Merrihew started coming to First Baptist Church when he was around 11 years old. That’s the better part of a lifetime ago for the 74-year-old Lebanon resident.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLLS

HARTFORD — The Selectboard has canceled a special meeting scheduled for next week to consider adopting a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — As a broadcast news outlet and a community hub for burgeoning artists and filmmakers, JAM (Junction Arts & Media) traverses the space between the factual and the fanciful.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — The Grafton County Attorney has declined to pursue charges against two Public Works employees accused of stealing from the city because of a lack of evidence.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — The Dresden and Hanover school districts are two of six in New Hampshire suing the U.S. Department of Education.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital President and CEO Susan Mooney plans to retire as soon as her replacement is found, though the process is expected to take  months, a hospital spokeswoman said Monday.

By MARION UMPLEBY

HANOVER — In the 11 years Ana Paula Fernandes has operated Brazilian bakery My Brigadeiro on South Main Street, her signature truffles have cost $1.98 apiece.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

SOUTH ROYALTON — Bethel and Royalton residents will vote for a third time on a bond to upgrade the White River Unified District’s middle and high schools during a Special Town Meeting on May 20.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — State prosecutors are seeking a 30- to 60-year prison sentence for Kyle Clampitt, the Dartmouth College alumnus who was convicted earlier this year of raping an 18-year-old first-year student on the rooftop of a campus fraternity house in 2022.

By MARION UMPLEBY

In the latter part of his life, Wayne Thompson was a dedicated patron of Artistree, the community arts center in South Pomfret. An artist himself, he submitted numerous paintings and sculptures to group exhibitions over the years.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — Public perception of Tesla vehicles is in flux, spurring at least one Upper Valley business owner to shift focus and some of the region’s owners of the electric vehicles to reconsider their purchases.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

HANOVER — Former Dartmouth alpine ski champion Ellie Curtis is reported to have died in a ski accident at Palisades Tahoe resort in California on Saturday.

By MARION UMPLEBY

LEBANON — On Tuesday morning, Muriel’s Donuts opened its doors just like it has for the past 58 years, but this time was different.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — The Trump administration’s promise to deport millions of foreign nationals who it says are in the U.S. illegally has reached into the Upper Valley as two individuals associated with Dartmouth College have had their visas terminated, leading one of them to sue the Department of Homeland Security to challenge his deportation.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Roughly 1,500 people — three times the predicted number — filled the sidewalks on Maple Street from Hartford Avenue to the end of Lyman Bridge on the New Hampshire side of the Connecticut River on a rainy Saturday afternoon.