Search Results

By Credit search: Valley News Staff Writer

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD CENTER — The first time a customer came into Proctor’s General Store, proprietor James “Jimmy” Proctor would learn their name. The second time, he’d call them by it.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BRADFORD, Vt. — A year ago, two members of the Selectboard resigned alleging prejudice in the municipal government. Now, six candidates are running for three seats on the board.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HANOVER — Dartmouth College’s ski team has dominated the East Coast racing circuit this season as the Big Green prepares to host the NCAA ski championships next month.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — When Julia Boger-Hawkins began managing Dartmouth Cancer Center’s Healing Harvest Food Pantry last July, it averaged four orders per day. Now that’s up to 20.

By MARION UMPLEBY

Travel around the United States and you’ll soon discover that, from the vinegar-based sauces of North Carolina to the mesquite pits of West Texas, every region has its own take on barbecue.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WEST LEBANON — The news is as annoying as a jammed zipper.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — The town has tapped a veteran officer from within its own ranks to serve as its new police chief.

By MARION UMPLEBY

In French painter Robert Delaunay’s “La Parisienne,” an elegant figure formed of bright swatches of pigment steps across an abstract color field.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — A committee tasked with honoring veterans and first responders is reconsidering its vetting process after its selection of a veteran who was later convicted of embezzlement came under scrutiny during a Selectboard meeting last week.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CLAREMONT — Police are investigating a middle school teacher for having an “inappropriate relationship” with a 14-year-old former student.

By MARION UMPLEBY

A few weeks ago, Hartford High School senior Macy Bettwieser traveled to New York City with her family and music teachers to compete in the final round of Broadway World’s Next On Stage competition.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

HANOVER — Marcia Colligan did not let anything stop her from achieving what she wanted or needed to do. She wasn’t boisterous, but she got things done and never looked for credit, and she valued her family above all else.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — As director of the Windsor Public Library, Barbara Ball is always looking for ways to build a stronger community.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WOODSTOCK — A judge has denied an Upper Valley man’s bid to suppress statements he made to police before he was arrested on child sexual abuse and pornography charges as a trial in the more than three-year-old case is set for spring.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST WINDSOR — Shortly after the West Windsor Selectboard approved a new short-term rental ordinance in September, Anne Yates got to work collecting signatures to repeal it.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — The police chief and Selectboard this week grappled with how to uphold a 2020 town ordinance offering protections to Hartford’s immigrant communities, while also complying with state statutes and federal law.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NEWPORT — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Newport woman accused of witness tampering in a police investigation of her husband, who recently saw criminal charges against him dismissed as well, back-to-back vindications in the eyes of the couple, who maintained their innocence throughout the legal saga.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BRADFORD, Vt. — During a recent Upper Valley stop, U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., described the scene in Washington as “chaotic” since the Trump administration took over two weeks ago.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

HARTLAND — Gary Trachier was a Hartford High sophomore and a member of the cross country ski team in 1974 when he and two teammates were looking for places to train.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — A jury on Friday found a Dartmouth College alumnus guilty of raping an 18-year-old freshman in Hanover in 2022.