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As the calendar prepares to turn over, it’s an opportunity to look at the Valley News stories that most captured the attention of our readers.As usual, it’s an eclectic mix, including dairy cows, the trials and tribulations of Dartmouth College and...

By DAN McCLORY

I want to update you on a few initiatives we have been working on.After three years, our two Report for America positions ended in June. We were fortunate to have Claire Potter and Frances Mize split time as reporters, while photojournalist Alex...

WEST LEBANON — The May 15 deadline to apply to the Valley News Reader Advisory Board is approaching.To be eligible to apply for the board, community-minded readers must live, work or go to school in a town or city in the Valley News’ coverage area,...

The Valley News app, available for download on Apple and Android devices, currently allows users to read a digital replica of the print newspaper, known as the e-edition.Beginning Monday, the app will be upgraded so subscribers can read breaking news...

The Valley News is creating a Reader Advisory Board in an effort to connect dedicated readers and community-minded individuals with our newsroom to talk about our coverage of the Upper Valley.If you’re active in the community, have an interest in...

Starting April 1, the price for a single copy of the Valley News will be $2.00 Monday through Friday. There is no change in the Weekend edition single copy price. The price of home-delivered newspapers is not changing at this time.A portion of the...

By ALEX HANSON

John Kuhns arrived at the Valley News at a big moment for the small, busy newspaper.His predecessor as publisher, Willmott “Bin” Lewis, announced in January 1993 that he would step down that spring with Kuhns to replace him. Just before Kuhns started,...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

THETFORD — Baseball has been at the core of Mason and Boone Fahey’s relationship for years.A junior and sophomore, respectively, at Thetford Academy, the Faheys are always talking baseball, whether it’s their own games, college ball or their beloved...

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. — Isabel Konijnenberg’s seventh goal of the game in double overtime lifted the Woodstock High girls lacrosse team to a come-from-behind 15-14 win over St. Johnsbury in their VPA Division II quarterfinal game.Claudia Shoemaker added...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

BRADFORD, Vt. — Give the Oxbow High softball team an inch, and the Olympians will take a mile.Considering the amount of hard contact Oxbow made in Saturday’s VPA Division III quarterfinal against Windsor, the Yellowjackets played a mostly clean game....

BURLINGTON — Jordan Davis won the discus and javelin and Ayodele Lowe took first in the long jump as the Hartford High boys track and field team finished third at the Vermont Division II state meet, edging fourth place Peoples by two points.Burr &...

MANCHESTER, Vt. — For the first time in program history, the Hartford High softball team will open the upcoming playoffs as Vermont Division II’s top seed. The Hurricanes, who beat Division I Burr & Burton, 18-5, in five innings on Saturday, also...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

HANOVER — This time, the Hanover High girls tennis team took the more traditional path to the NHIAA Division I semifinals.A year after the Bears, as the No. 6 seed, upset Bedford on the road to reach the last four, Hanover’s 12-2 regular-season record...

DURHAM, N.H. — The Hanover High boys track and field team claimed second place, and Lebanon took fourth, in Friday’s NHIAA Division II state championship meet hosted by Oyster River.The Bears’ boys racked up five first-place finishes on their way to a...

WINDSOR — Sophomore Sophia Rockwood had 24 points, including 14 in the second quarter, to lead the Windsor High girls basketball team to a 56-31 win over White River Valley in a rematch of last year’s VPA Division III semifinals.The Yellowjackets...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

There was a time when interstate high school matchups were commonplace in the Upper Valley. The Connecticut Valley League, which featured schools from both sides of the river, pitted the likes of Hanover, Lebanon and Stevens against Hartford, Windsor...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford High boys hockey team won the 2022 Philippe Bouthillier Holiday Classic, which the Hurricanes hosted at Barwood Arena, with a 5-3 victory Wednesday over Burr & Burton.Hartford’s goals came from Lochlan Park, Joseph...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

SOUTH ROYALTON — Rather than sticking to a base defense, the White River Valley girls basketball team takes whatever shape it needs depending on the Wildcats’ opponent.Sometimes White River Valley will play a zone, sometimes man-to-man, and sometimes...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

WEST LEBANON — Roughly 20 Upper Valley toddlers and young Jewish children, along with 35 or so of their parents and grandparents, gathered at the Kilton Public Library on Saturday for a morning of songs, crafts and stories.The tot Shabbat event —...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

WINDSOR — There’s a different vibe inside Harry Ladue Gymnasium as fall turns to winter this year.The Windsor High boys basketball team, like always, is preparing for a new season. But for the first time in 39 years, the gym’s namesake is not leading...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

THETFORD — Bob Bristol expected to be in Europe right now.After 35 years as a soccer coach, history teacher, dean and athletic director in Washington state, Bristol and his wife, a Dartmouth College alumna, moved to the Upper Valley in May expecting...