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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 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 EMMA ROTH-WELLS
WEST LEBANON — Housing, or the lack thereof, is a top issue for Upper Valley candidates from both parties vying for seats in New Hampshire state government.While Democrats and Republicans agree there is a housing crisis, their proposed solutions to...
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
LEBANON — Vital Communities is launching a project to help members of minority communities become home and business owners in the Upper Valley.A breakfast to kick off the Upper Valley BIPOC Home and Business Ownership Project will be held on Friday at...
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
BRADFORD, Vt. — Two members of the Bradford Selectboard resigned earlier this month, citing the board’s resistance to change and alleging prejudice in the municipal government.Selectboard Chairman Ryan Lockwood, 44, and board member Nikki Stevens,...
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
CROYDON — A 34-year-old Croydon man was fatally shot in central Vermont early Monday morning, according to Vermont State Police.Shawn Spiker was shot alongside Michael Perry, of Waterbury, Vt., at Kneeland Flats Trailer Park at around 12:45 a.m....
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
HANOVER — As Election Day rapidly approaches and polls indicate the New Hampshire gubernatorial race remains close, Democratic candidate Joyce Craig emphasized several of her main issues — the housing crisis, education funding, climate change and...
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
HANOVER — Two Dartmouth research teams are set to receive a combined sum of up to nearly $3.6 million in grant funding to spur innovations in pandemic preparedness and vaccine generation.The two research teams — one led by David Leib, chairman and...
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
LEBANON — Lunchtime at the Upper Valley Senior Center often involves musical performances, but the lyrics typically aren’t in Korean.On Thursday, 17 alumni of Seoul National University High School, or SNUHS, in Seoul, South Korea, sang for volunteers...
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
LYME — Long thwarted by zoning and infrastructure challenges, the town’s Planning Board will take yet another crack at addressing the regional housing crisis at a meeting on Thursday.The board has scheduled a forum to get clarification on Upper...
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
THETFORD — Two long-term infrastructure projects in Orange and Grafton counties are set to wrap up next month, to the relief of area residents and business owners.After more than 18 months and $9.4 million in construction costs, the bridge over the...
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
HARTLAND — Born in Hanover and raised on a family farm in Hartland, Victor Ambros said his early life prepared him for life as a scientist.“Farmers are do-it-yourself-ers,” said Ambros, now 70, in a phone interview on Monday. “I learned from my father...
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
HANOVER — For several years, Hanover residents have generally agreed that the town has more deer than its habitat can support.On Tuesday night, about 55 hunters and landowners packed the Mayer Room at Howe Library to talk with officials from the New...
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
NORWICH — Four years after the Norwich Farm Foundation was formed and launched a major fundraising campaign, the nonprofit organization is giving up its effort to save what it marketed as the town’s “last remaining dairy farm.”In a Sept. 13 email to...
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
HANOVER — A couple on Greensboro Road continues to oppose the Hanover Planning Board’s reluctant decision last year to approve Christ Redeemer Church’s (CRC) plan for a roughly 24,000-square-foot, two-story church near their home.Lara Acker, who was...
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
HANOVER — The Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society’s Lyme Road market is closing next month after more than 15 years of serving the community.The co-op announced it is expecting to close its market location at 43 Lyme Rd. on Oct. 18, in a Monday...
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
HANOVER — Dartmouth College reported a record number of low-income students in the Class of 2028, while the percentage of Black, Asian American, Native American, and white students declined slightly after a U.S. Supreme Court decision significantly...
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
HANOVER — A new apartment-style residence building for Dartmouth undergraduate students on West Wheelock Street will be named in honor of Dartmouth alumni Gina and Tom Russo, who made a $30 million donation toward the building’s construction, the...
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Organizers are seeking to reestablish the Upper Valley Kiwanis Club which closed in 2017.An organizational meeting for a the new club will be held on Sept. 26 at 6 p.m. at the Hartford Parks and Recreation Center located at 171...
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
NORWICH — Sweetland Farm’s owners are seeking town approval to grade and fill an approximately 400-foot stretch of slope on the east side of Route 132 by the intersection of Union Village Road in hopes that a more gradual hill from the road into their...
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