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By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — Organizers of two new emergency shelters, which kept dozens of Upper Valley residents off the streets this winter, are reflecting on the season and sorting out how to continue the service.Earlier this month, Lebanon’s emergency shelter for...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing communities to arrest and fine people for sleeping outside in public spaces has drawn the ire of Upper Valley social services providers and skepticism from local law enforcement and municipal...

By JIM KENYON

They trudged across fields blanketed with fresh snow to check out abandoned buildings. Under a cold drizzle, they stepped cautiously through parking lots coated with black ice in search of occupied vehicles. As day turned into night and winds picked...

LEBANON — Due to construction delays, the opening of the city’s emergency shelter has been pushed back a couple of weeks. Director of Human Services Lynne Goodwin said the winter shelter at 160 Mechanic Street will open the week of Jan. 22. The...

By JIM KENYON

Just about a year ago, Keith Gokey moved into a new home in Hartford. It wasn’t much. A 6-by-10-foot cabin with walls made of water-resistant foam sheets and a wood floor raised slightly off the ground to help ward off the elements. A small propane...