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By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORTH HAVERHILL — The Grafton County sheriff’s decision to enter into an agreement with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this year has spurred opposition and action among voters who supported her in the November election.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

HANOVER — Student activists at Dartmouth College are looking forward to a vote by an investment committee on a proposal that would have the college’s sizable portfolio divest from companies that support or profit from the Israeli war effort in Gaza.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — A Dartmouth sophomore is challenging an incumbent Selectboard member of almost two decades for a seat on the board in this month’s municipal election.

By JIM KENYON

Around noontime Thursday, Dartmouth student activists set up two small camping tents in front of Parkhurst Hall, anchoring them with metal stakes pounded into the ground.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

HANOVER — On Thursday night — one year after law enforcement officers from across the state made mass arrests on the Dartmouth Green during a pro-Palestinian protest — about 65 people gathered on the lawn in front of the college’s main administration building for a candlelight vigil.

HANOVER — On Thursday, the anniversary of mass arrests on the Dartmouth Green, pro-Palestinian protesters have once again erected tents on campus.

HANOVER — A federal judge in Concord on Monday restored the legal status of a Chinese citizen studying at Dartmouth.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — From preventing the Hanover Police Department from entering into agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to remote meeting participation, voters will be asked to decide a wide range of issues this Town Meeting.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — More than 4,600 Grafton County electricity customers lost power for about an hour and a half midday Monday, causing businesses to close and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center to cancel appointments.

By JIM KENYON

In the Trump administration’s campaign to “reclaim” universities that conservatives see as too woke, it has moved to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding from schools across the country. The hit list includes Harvard, Columbia, Cornell and Princeton.

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.”

HANOVER — Golden Globe Award-winning actor Sandra Oh will deliver the commencement address at Dartmouth College’s 2025 graduation ceremony on June 15. Oh will also receive an honorary doctorate of the arts at the ceremony.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

HANOVER — On a warm and windy Thursday afternoon, about 150 people gathered on the lawn in front Baker-Berry Library at Dartmouth College as part of a nationwide protest “in defense of higher education,” as English and Creative Writing Professor Patricia Stuelke described it.

By TRIS WYKES

NORWICH— Temperatures in the low 40s. Jarring bursts of wind. Sleet falling with a pitter-patter on spectators’ jackets and the aluminum bleachers before turning to rain.

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 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 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 TRISWYKES

Two of the region’s strongest high school soccer programs have new but familiar leadership.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Upper Valley residents are planning to join protests on Saturday, April 5, as part of a national movement, Hands Off!, against policy changes enacted by President Donald Trump and billionaire businessman Elon Musk.

By MARION UMPLEBY

The 18th century composer George Frideric Handel is probably best known for his meditation on the life of Jesus Christ, the oratorio “Messiah.”

Martin Pastor splits wood before bringing it into his home in Hanover on Thursday. Pastor burns about six cords of wood per winter, using his fireplace and wood stove. Pastor often cooks over the fireplace, saying, “Since I was a Boy Scout, it is something I like to do.” He enjoys cooking venison after having good luck during hunting season.