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By CHRISTINA DOLAN

LEBANON — High school senior Tomas Kennelly wasn’t particularly interested in aviation, but when his school began taking applications for a new airplane-building program beginning in the fall, he was all in.“I was like, man, building a plane just...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LEBANON — The planned opening of the emergency winter shelter this month has been delayed due to staffing shortages, leaving homeless community members with few warm places to stay at night.Upper Valley Haven, the nonprofit that operates the shelter...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — Residents painted a grim picture of the future if the City Council approves a proposed 11.9% tax rate increase for 2025.Packed into the City Council Chambers and online for nearly four hours of discussion during a Wednesday night City...

WEST LEBANON — Lane closures at the interchange of interstates 89 and 91 are expected to cause traffic delays on Tuesday. The right lane on southbound I-89 and the Exit 10A off-ramp on northbound I-91 will be closed from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m., or until...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — City taxpayers are facing an unusually high 11.9% municipal property tax rate increase next year, the first of what is expected to be multiple years of the double-digit increases, while lowering tax increases would require widespread cuts to...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LEBANON — Thomas Kurtz, a Dartmouth math professor, legend in the field of computer science, and founder of a local bridge club, died at the age of 96 last week.Kurtz is most well known for co-developing the BASIC programming language and the first...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — The city has launched separate criminal and administrative investigations into allegations of illegal activity involving public money by multiple employees within the city’s Department of Public Works.Theft has been the “main focus” of the...

WEST LEBANON — Lane closures due to construction on the southbound Interstate 89 bridge connecting Lebanon and Hartford may cause delays next week.The right lane on I-89 in Lebanon and Hartford will be closed during daytime hours from Tuesday,...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — On Monday, Sam Harper and Sara Burgess, who both live in Lebanon, spent the afternoon alternating between working in The Notch climbing gym’s work area and “playing” on the climbing walls.Both said they have so far enjoyed the climbing and...

By JIM KENYON

While sitting in on the trial of two Dartmouth College student activists in Lebanon District Court this week, I was reminded of a comment that Laura Ingraham made on her Fox News program in 2018 about LeBron James after he dared to criticize...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — Citing safety concerns for city residents and fire department staff, the Lebanon Firefighters Union is mounting a public information campaign and calling on the City Council to authorize eight new positions in next year’s budget.City Manager...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LEBANON — A grassroots community group is working to create a 3-mile, vehicle-free path connecting West Lebanon and Hanover.The West Lebanon and Hanover Greenway Community Group, or WaHG, presented the project to the Lebanon Planning Board on Monday...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — After several days of nonviolent pro-Palestinian protests last October, a tent erected on the lawn outside Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock’s office was the “red line” that led to the arrests of two students, Beilock testified in...

LEBANON — Dartmouth Health will use a $14 million estate gift to establish new centers for pancreatic care and digestive health at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, as well as a professorship in general surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine. The...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — One year to the day after they were arrested, two Dartmouth College students charged with criminal trespass during a campus protest are scheduled to have their trial resume on Monday in Lebanon District Court.Dartmouth President Sian Leah...

LEBANON — Police are searching for a man who allegedly robbed another man of his coat and shoes on the rail trail in Lebanon shortly after midnight on Friday before escaping on an e-bike with a speaker and LED lights.The victim, who was not injured,...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LEBANON — Vital Communities is launching a project to help members of minority communities become home and business owners in the Upper Valley.A breakfast to kick off the Upper Valley BIPOC Home and Business Ownership Project will be held on Friday at...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

LEBANON — Podcast fans looking for a show that tackles topics from local middle school sports to movie recommendations and the most useful superpowers have a new offering this fall thanks to the Lebanon Middle School’s fledgling podcasting club. Each...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Kate Barber was attending last month’s Story Jam: Bi-monthly Storytelling Circle when she spotted a face she hadn’t seen in 27 years.Norwich resident Irit Librot was familiar to Barber, the community outreach coordinator at JAM,...