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By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The Zoning Board of Adjustment deliberated less than 10 minutes at its meeting Monday before unanimously approving a variance for a pig slaughtering operation at Granite State Packing on Sullivan Street, adjacent to the Claremont airport.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The School Board will hold a public hearing Thursday on its proposed $22.29 million budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1.The budget presents a 1.2%, or $407,000, increase from this year’s default budget of $21.88 million that was...

By MAGGIE CASSIDY

Just about every morning for decades, longtime Hartland Selectboard member Tom White woke up and drove the town’s roads. “Every day he was out in his Cadillac, whether it was rain, snow or shine, just driving around, noticing things that I hadn’t...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The City Council voted 9-0 this week to appropriate $1.24 million to repave Washington Street, a heavily traveled four-lane road that runs through the heart of the city’s commercial district.Wednesday’s vote came more than a year after the...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — With a continuing rise in call volume for its ambulance service but no additional staffing due to budgetary constraints, the town is considering the option of contracting with an outside agency for coverage.The town has issued Request for...

By LUKAS DUNFORD

NORTH HAVERHILL — Hatchland Farm, with a total herd size of about 560 cows, is relatively large for the region. It’s also notable for its longevity.When Hatchland Farm co-owner Howard Hatch, 79, first came to the Upper Valley 53 years ago, there were...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

HANOVER — Besides crafting something useful from wood, eighth grader Gabriel Lizcano had another reason for taking Cliff Harriman’s woodworking class at Richmond Middle School: the joy his work brings others.“It is nice after you work so hard on...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The City Council voted this week to move forward with the possible purchase of a vacant state office building at 17 Water St., which the city plans to resell for redevelopment.Ownership of the building will give the city control over its...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Two threats of school violence resulted in the cancellation of classes Friday at one Upper Valley high school and a heightened police presence on several campuses.SAU 6 Superintendent Chris Pratt said in a Thursday evening message to the...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — When Nancy Merrill went to work for the city’s Planning and Development Department on North Street in 2004 as the business development director, she could see the challenges ahead right outside her office.“Everywhere we looked there was...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

Mascoma senior Gunner Currier was second in the NHIAA Division III boys cross country state championship race at Derryfield Park in Manchesteer on Saturday, helping the Royals claim the school’s first state title.The Royals were first among 27 teams...

By KATE ODEN

ETNA — For years, the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture ran one of the most affordable programs for organic certification in the country.In 2023, New Hampshire organic farmers were notified that the program might have to raise fees.Instead, the...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The story of America’s changing rural landscape, from settlement and growth around industry and farming to decline and a rebirth emphasizing the arts, is on display in a traveling exhibit that opened Monday at River Valley Community...

By NICOLA SMITH

Susannah Heschel was at home in Boston when her husband returned from the dog park and told her there had been a wide-scale surprise attack in Israel by Hamas, the Gaza Strip-based militant organization.It was the Sabbath, a Saturday. In shock,...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CORNISH — The Stowell Library trustees’ use of a portion of a $30,000 donation for plans for a new library in the former Cornish General Store was within the trustees’ rights, the Charitable Trusts Unit of the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

UNITY — A planning committee of the Unity School District has submitted a feasibility plan to the state Department of Education seeking to withdraw from SAU 6 with Claremont.Should the plan receive state approval, residents will vote on an article at...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

STRAFFORD — As a social worker and mental health counselor, Margaret Ruth Whybrow understood she could often help someone by listening well.Whybrow explained her approach in a Valley News profile in the 1970s in which she described her work with The...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WILDER — Hartford’s planning and zoning boards recently greenlighted a plan by developers to convert a former nursing home into a residential building with 38 apartments.Ledgeworks, a Lebanon-based real estate firm, intends to create 22 studios and 16...

By DALTON BARTLETT

LEBANON — Saturday’s defensive battle between the Lebanon High girls soccer team and visiting John Stark was headed for a scoreless draw when disaster struck for the hosts.John Stark forward Madison Lamothe capitalized on poor defensive positioning by...

By FRANCES MIZE

HANOVER — With less than a week to go before the start of Dartmouth College’s fall term, rising senior Matt Jachim-Gallagher, of Newport, worked on a friendship bracelet on a bench across from Tuck Mall, where freshman orientation was underway.As...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

It’s time to tee it up.Upper Valley high school golf has a rich history of success. It extended last season when Hartford High rolled to a Southern Vermont League crown before adding a VPA Division II state championship for the second time in five...