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WEATHERSFIELD — A breached beaver dam led to a surge of water on a tributary of the Black River, which closed Route 106 for a time on Monday evening. Two other roads were closed overnight due to flooding.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BETHEL — Interim Fire Chief Geary Coogler, who “managed to pull off the miracle” of leading the department during a tumultuous period has resigned, along with Assistant Fire Chief Greg Timmins.The resignations went into effect Sunday. The Selectboard...

Cliff Cantlin, left, who retired from the Lebanon Fire Department in 2007, talks to Inspector Charlie Barker, who stated working in the department a few months later, as they watch the demolition of the Central Fire Station in Lebanon on Sept. 5.A new...

By CAROLINE FROST

CANAAN — Eight months after the sudden departure of Fire Chief John Hennessy, town officials have yet to name a permanent replacement.“The Selectboard is still playing games with the position,” firefighter Sean Saunders said in an interview last week....

CORINTH — An early morning fire that destroyed a mobile home on Limlaw Road was the town’s second catastrophic house fire in a five-day period, according to the Corinth Fire Department. Firefighters responded to 76 Limlaw Road just after 3:40 a.m. on...

Firefighter Jeremy Dodge, left, and Isabelle Hamilton, 18, right, load lockers onto a trailer as Capt. Jeff Egner, back left, and Lt. Todd Hamilton, Isabelle’s dad, back right, look on during the moving of Lebanon Fire Station One.

LEBANON — The city’s began relocating its downtown fire station this week to temporary sites on city-owned land that will house personnel, equipment and apparatuses during the construction of a new firehouse to replace its aging facility on South Park...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WEST LEBANON — Firefighters in the Upper Valley had a busy weekend, in which three separate structure fires — in Claremont, Hanover and Canaan — occurred on Sunday afternoon.At noon, the Claremont Fire Department responded to Barnes Park on North...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

SOUTH ROYALTON — A Saturday morning fire rapidly engulfed and consumed a home on Broad Brook Road, displacing the residents who are now sheltering at a hotel in White River Junction.Evan Burnham said that he discovered a fire in the utility...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — Unexpected competition for the role of fire chief last March has divided some residents into opposing factions, reduced the ranks of the Fire Department and left the town of 1,200 without a Planning Board.Orford’s voters in 2014 authorized...

NEWPORT — The overdose death of a Newport resident has led to charges against one woman and an arrest warrant for another.First responders found 33-year-old Maryanne Baldauff dead in an apartment building at 62 Sunapee St. on Tuesday, according to a...

By RAY COUTURE

ENFIELD — Dark clouds and a thick haze of rain did not stop the children attending the Enfield Fire Department’s Activity Day on Satur day at Huse Park from wanting yet another go with the fire extinguisher.For many of the kids who stopped by with...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

SUNAPEE — On Friday morning Maisi Cowdrey was standing in front of a wooden cross planted at a turn-off on Route 11 a few miles outside the village center of Sunapee, the low autumn sun casting forward her shadow to nearly touch the marker.Laying a...

HANOVER — The cause of a Wednesday afternoon two-alarm fire at a single-family home on Greensboro Road in Hanover is under investigation, according to a news release from the Hanover Fire Department.No injuries were reported in the blaze at 22...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CANAAN — A two-alarm fire on Bruce Road on Sunday morning destroyed a garage, home and two stock cars, their owner said.The property, located at 19 Bruce Road, is owned by Robbie Streeter and valued at $194,800, including $100,000 for the buildings,...