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By ALEX CERVANTES

In the immediate aftermath of Dartmouth’s 31-27 homecoming defeat to Harvard on Saturday, senior quarterback Jackson Proctor, in his first game back since a three-game hiatus due to injury, used one of his coach’s favorite adages.“Obviously it wasn’t...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ROYALTON — Voters in Bethel and Royalton narrowly rejected a $3.8 million bond issue for improvements to the White River Unified District’s middle and high schools.The vote was 753 against to 743 in favor of the project, according to unofficial...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — A Selectboard decision last month to continue to allow the town manager to work remotely two days a week has left some residents questioning the board’s move.The board voted 3-2 on Oct. 23 to amend Town Manager Brennan Duffy’s contract...

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 JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — Town officials acknowledge they need to take better into account public views on law enforcement and improve how they communicate with the community and stakeholders regarding police actions, but argue the sweeping police response to a...

By ALEX CERVANTES

The sun had set on a Saturday in early October and Windsor senior Audrey Rupp’s body was aching.Rupp had begun her day donning shoulder pads and a helmet, trotting out onto the Yellowjackets’ football field for an early afternoon clash with Poultney....

By ALEX HANSON

When I think about how education is changing in Vermont and New Hampshire, and particularly in the Upper Valley, I’m reminded of a Noel Perrin essay from 1980 titled “The Rural Immigration Law.”Perrin, a Thetford Center resident and Dartmouth College...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CLAREMONT — Artist Jane Kolias likes to forage for metal.Those skills are essential to the recycled metal sculptures she creates — a Christmas tree made of wrenches and an old file, a singer with a body made of a piece of a Singer sewing machine —...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — Dartmouth College faculty voted in favor of a proposal to create a new school of Arts & Sciences in a meeting Wednesday.“I’m very happy,” said Provost David Kotz, co-leader of the Future of Arts and Sciences project, after the proposal...

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 ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — As the horde of Stratton Mountain School boys soccer supporters flooded the field at Maxfield Sports Complex following the final buzzer’s sound, several Hartford players jogged toward Ben Lang.Lang, the Hurricanes’ senior...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WOODSTOCK — Voters authorized the town to purchase Woodstock’s privately owned water system in an overflowing meeting that attracted about 500 people at Town Hall Tuesday night. After months of discussion and a public comment period that was kicked...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

SOUTH STRAFFORD — When Melvin and Sue Coburn announced in the summer of 2022 that they planned to retire and sell their general store after nearly 50 years of operation, many Strafford residents feared the town would lose not just its grocery store,...

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 EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BARNARD — After several brush fires across Vermont, including ones in the Upper Valley, that destroyed dozens of acres over the weekend, the state’s Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation issued a ban on debris burning on Monday.In Barnard,...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — The long-vacant site of the town’s former public works headquarters is set to be redeveloped into housing.The Selectboard has approved the sale of about 3 acres of town-owned land to Lebanon-based Oakes & Son Construction, which has agreed...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WOODSTOCK — More than 300 residents from towns in the Mountain Views Supervisory Union have signed a petition urging state legislators to restore state aid for school construction.The petition continues to circulate on local Listservs and distributed...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

SHARON — Residents have reignited the effort to permit retail cannabis sales in town with a petition for another vote on the issue.Last week, voters rejected — by just two votes — a ballot measure that would have allowed the sale of recreational...

By ALEX HANSON

Halloween is upon us, and in the Upper Valley that means that all eyes that aren’t watching over children in search of candy are on White River Junction.And for good reason. As Halloween enthusiasts have come to expect, this year’s Gory Daze events,...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

LITTLETON, N.H. — The husband of the Democratic candidate for Grafton County sheriff and three other men face criminal charges in regard to the alleged harassment of a Lisbon, N.H., man in September.James Myers III, of Lisbon, husband of Jill Myers, a...