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Lebanon firefighters ask city to fund more positions
10-31-2024 7:01 PM

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...

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Woodstock approves water company acquisition
10-30-2024 4:30 PM

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...


Dartmouth students’ trespassing trial concludes
10-29-2024 8:01 AM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — After several days of nonviolent pro-Palestinian protests last October, a tent erected on the lawn outside Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock’s office was the “red line” that led to the arrests of two students, Beilock testified in...


Trespassing trial to resume Monday for two Dartmouth students; Beilock to testify if called
10-26-2024 5:02 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — One year to the day after they were arrested, two Dartmouth College students charged with criminal trespass during a campus protest are scheduled to have their trial resume on Monday in Lebanon District Court.Dartmouth President Sian Leah...


Water system upgrades aim to reduce discoloration for Randolph Village customers
10-21-2024 5:01 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

RANDOLPH — Randolph Village has many things; restaurants, a music hall, a bike shop — and long-standing water system issues.Village residents Michelle and Mike Miller are on the town water system and regularly travel about 30 minutes to a natural...


Pro-Palestinian group splatters red paint outside Dartmouth president's office
10-16-2024 8:31 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

HANOVER — Authorities and Dartmouth College officials are investigating who splattered red paint on the stone steps outside Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock’s office and wrote “Free Palestine Divest” on the side of the building.Hanover police and...


Upper Valley businesses experience phone and internet outages
10-15-2024 8:00 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WEST LEBANON — Phone and internet services were unavailable or disrupted for many Upper Valley town offices, businesses and customers on Tuesday morning.Some customers of Consolidated Communications, an Illinois-based broadband company, lost internet...


DHART expands with $6.7 million donation
10-15-2024 6:31 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — Dartmouth Health Advanced Response Team, or DHART, will expand with a recent $6.7 million donation. The money will cover three phases of improvements, including purchasing new vehicles, developing an EMT certification program and...


Proposed shortcut would connect Sachem Village to DHMC
10-11-2024 5:30 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — A connector road between Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Sachem Village, a Dartmouth graduate student housing community, is under discussion by city officials once again.As proposed, the limited-access road would create a shortcut...


Home health insurance options limited amid changes in Medicare Advantage plans
10-10-2024 6:30 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

NEW LONDON — While some people are choosing Halloween costumes and carving pumpkins, many older adults and people with disabilities are shopping for Medicare coverage.Ahead of the Medicare open enrollment period, which begins Tuesday, supplemental...


Hanover makes interim town manager permanent
10-10-2024 6:01 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

HANOVER — The Selectboard appointed Robert Houseman to the permanent town manager position earlier this week.Prior to Monday’s appointment, which was effective immediately, Houseman had served as interim town manager since Aug. 1. He replaced former...


Lebanon nursing home faces penalties for care deficiencies
10-04-2024 8:00 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — During multiple site visits to Lebanon Center in July and August, U.S. regulators reported finding  21 “deficiencies,” where the nursing home failed to meet federal health and safety standards.The deficiencies include administering...


Animal remains found on former Dartmouth property
10-01-2024 7:01 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

HANOVER — Contractors digging a culvert at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory have unearthed animal carcasses and black trash bags. The origin of the carcasses are unknown; the property was formerly owned by Dartmouth College.So far,...


Woodstock leaders hold open meetings about water system
09-30-2024 5:00 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WOODSTOCK — Town staff and members of the Woodstock Selectboard will be holding recurring weekly meetings to discuss their proposal to purchase the Woodstock Aqueduct Co.The Selectboard and Municipal Manager Eric Duffy announced a two-step plan to...


Two large housing projects in downtown Lebanon face delays
09-28-2024 5:01 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — Developers of a multi-family housing project in downtown Lebanon are seeking the city’s approval to decrease the size of the project and include an additional parking lot. The request comes as another nearby housing project also struggles to...


Brick by brick: Demolition of historic Lebanon smokestack begins
09-25-2024 7:31 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — The smokestack towering over the historic Rivermill building off Mechanic Street is currently encased in green netting as work begins to demolish the structure that some consider a visual symbol of Lebanon’s history.The Lebanon Planning and...


Potentially rabid fox spotted on Mount Tom in Woodstock
09-25-2024 1:39 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WOODSTOCK — Officials at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park are asking visitors to report any unusual sightings or interactions with animals after an aggressive fox, who is suspected to have rabies, has approached visitors at the...


Voters to decide on town’s purchase of Woodstock Aqueduct Co.
09-24-2024 7:30 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WOODSTOCK — The Selectboard is scheduled to meet Wednesday night to approve a town-wide vote next month where residents will be asked to approve the purchase of the town’s private water supplier, Woodstock Aqueduct Co.At an informational meeting on...


Electric vehicle chargers planned for White River Junction and Lebanon
09-23-2024 8:04 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WEST LEBANON — Two climate-focused committees in Hartford and Lebanon are working to install new chargers for electric vehicles. Seven electric vehicle charging stations will be installed in a parking lot on South Main Street in White River Junction;...


Students sent home following employee death at Maple Avenue Elementary
09-23-2024 5:42 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

CLAREMONT — After a para-educator unexpectedly died at Maple Avenue Elementary School early Monday morning, students were sent home for the day.The para-educator died suddenly before the school day began, according to an email sent from SAU 6 to the...


Good Neighbor seeks to install harm reduction vending machine in White River Junction
09-18-2024 5:01 PM

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A nonprofit is petitioning the town of Hartford to install an outdoor vending machine that will offer the overdose-reversal medication naloxone and other health resources 24 hours a day.Good Neighbor Health Clinic — a White...

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