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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.”

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.

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.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

Upper Valley librarians are concerned that the proposed elimination of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services and the financial support it provides will limit patrons’ access to ebooks, audiobooks, interlibrary loan and other services that the agency helps support.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — After reinstating standardized testing requirements for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, Dartmouth saw a slight decrease in applicants from a year ago when the college received a record number of applications.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

LEBANON — Martha Solow exemplified the adage: “Democracy is not a spectator sport.”

By JIM KENYON

How much money does it take for an elite private institution of higher learning — one with an $8 billion endowment — to keep in the good graces of the Trump administration?

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — To address the town’s long-term housing needs, the Planning Board is proposing zoning amendments that could pave the way for up to 800 new housing units in the next 15 years.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In the past, We the People Theatre’s founder Perry Allison hasn’t shied away from musicals with a lot of energy.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST LEBANON — Water quality improvement and flooding mitigation projects along the Connecticut River and its tributaries are on hold due to a federal funding freeze.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — The Selectboard is scheduled to hold a public hearing on Monday to discuss a proposed $39.1 million town budget for the fiscal year starting July 1.

By MARION UMPLEBY

HANOVER — In its final hours of operation in early January, dozens of customers lined up at Lalo’s Taqueria for a meal before the Lebanon eatery shuttered for good.

By JIM KENYON

Not wanting to burden her working-class immigrant parents who still had two kids at home, Hosaena Tilahun was only at Dartmouth College for a couple of weeks before she began looking for a part-time job to pay for living expenses not covered by her financial aid package.

HANOVER — The Selectboard, this week, adopted a resolution objecting to the Trump Administration’s freeze of federal grants that support residents.

By MARION UMPLEBY

HANOVER — Upper Valley residents took to the streets on Friday to protest the Trump Administration’s proposed budget cuts. 

HANOVER — At the polls on Tuesday, voters approved a school budget of $16.2 million, which is up from the $15.15 million operating budget voters approved last year.

Articles of note: Voters will be asked whether they support the cost of a new three-year agreement with the Hanover Support Staff Association, which is expected to be $156,000 in the first year. Another article asks whether voters support a new contract with the Hanover-Dresden Service Staff AFSCME, Local #1348 for a cost of $21,000 in 2025-26.

Article of note: One article asks whether voters support funding a middle school athletics program at Frances C. Richmond Middle School at a cost of $201,000 for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

HANOVER — Out of 22 applicants from across the country, Hanover chose its second-in-command as the town’s new chief of police.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — Prosecutors are not moving forward a criminal case against a Dartmouth College sorority that was accused of hosting a party attended by a student who subsequently drowned in the Connecticut River last summer.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — A nearly decade-long effort by a Greensboro Road couple to block the construction of a church next to their home continues, following a ruling last month that allows their legal challenge to the constitutionality of a land use law to continue.