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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The food shelf at the Upper Valley Haven will remain open at its current location through Wednesday, Jan. 17, before moving to a temporary location.The food shelf, located at 713 Hartford Ave., will be open Mondays-Thursdays...

By DAN MACKIE

In accordance with recent practice, I was asleep when the New Year arrived with toots and kisses and other merriments that are not compelling to someone who just recently turned 71, that is, me.Oh, well, the calendar has turned and this needs to be...

NEWPORT — A 50-year-old Newport woman has been sentenced to two years in the Sullivan County House of Corrections for her part in disposing the body of a 40-year-old man who is suspected to have died from a drug overdose at her home on Paradise Road...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HANOVER — A crowd of more than 400 gathered in Hanover High School’s auditorium to honor two women Afghan judges who have found refuge in the Twin States after escaping with their families following the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and...

By FRANCES MIZE

ASCUTNEY — Customers of the Ascutney Water District found an alarming federal letter in their mailboxes last month referring to their community water system.In bold print, the flier from the Environmental Protection Agency read: “Your system has...

By BEN HOOKE

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Flummoxed by an aggressive zone press and struggling to guard Mount Anthony Union High’s Madisyn Moore, the Hartford High girls basketball team nearly let a big lead slip away down the stretch on Wednesday night before coming...

LEBANON — Massachusetts-based auto dealer McGee Motorcars has acquired the former Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram property on Route 120 in Lebanon and said it expects to open a new car dealership at the site.McGee acquired the property for $6.5 million from...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Vermont Department of Mental Health is seeking input into the idea of implementing the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics model in Vermont. The clinics provide holistic care for people of all ages and aim to...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — City zoning officials rejected a request this week to allow long-term rental housing in the former Element hotel on Route 120, saying the change would create too many residences in the mixed-use development.The Zoning Board of Adjustment...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTLAND — The Selectboard voted unanimously on Tuesday evening to hire John Broker-Campbell, of Weathersfield, as Hartland’s new town manager.Broker-Campbell, 44, and his wife moved to Vermont about 15 years ago, where he worked in emergency planning...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — At 40 years old, Molly’s has a new parent.The mainstay Hanover brasserie that has made habitués of generations of Dartmouth College students, visitors and townies alike has been acquired by Jennifer Packard, a longtime manager of Molly’s for...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — A long-running preschool will close its doors this summer due to the combined challenges of finding staff, a recent building flood and the upcoming retirement of its director.Carter Community Building Association, or CCBA, a nonprofit...

By TRIS WYKES

LEBANON —  All appeared lost for Lebanon High wrestler Abigail Stone on Saturday. The 120-pound grappler was taking a beating from Manchester West’s Samuel Cruz, the latter laying on crushing holds that caused Stone to grimace as if caught in an...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WINDSOR — Railyard Recreation, a nonprofit started several months ago, will present plans to the Development Review Board Tuesday for construction of recreational facilities on vacant town property off Depot Street.The plans include a dog park at the...

By FRANCES MIZE

HANOVER — A $250,000 state grant will help conserve 140 acres of land on Moose Mountain.The grant, announced earlier this month, is one of the largest ever received by the Hanover Conservancy, said Adair Mulligan, executive director of the...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — A developer is planning to bring burritos and burgers to Washington Street.Pending city approvals, DDMNS Realty will build a Chipotle Mexican Grill and a Wendy’s restaurant on the lots at 384 and 392 Washington Street, according to Daniel...

By STEVE TAYLOR

Talk about all the things that have changed in the Upper Valley since, well, 1950 — the interstates, the rising influence of Dartmouth College and its ever-expanding health care colossus, disappearance of textile mills and hill farms, staggering gains...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — Willow Raymond and her mother, Crystal Kerin-Herrick, sat in a classroom Friday morning at Ledyard Charter School eating brunch prepared by the 10th grader’s peers.Raymond, 15, is in her second year at Ledyard and her favorite subject is...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Evelyn Adams, who turns 69 this month, had hoped to fully retire by now. She has worked over 50 years in the customer service industry, beginning as a waitress at the age of 15 to her present job as a cashier at the Co-op Food...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CONCORD — Nearly a year after Vicki Favreau filed a complaint with New Hampshire state labor officials alleging her employer was cheating her out of pay, she received some good news.An investigator from the U.S. Department of Labor called Favreau in...