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NEWPORT — A 36-year-old Newport man with an extensive New Hampshire criminal record led police on a vehicle chase around Newport and along Interstate 89 on Saturday, according to authorities. The man later crashed his vehicle in Salisbury, N.H., and...

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NEWPORT — A New Hampshire man who prosecutors said was the brains behind a plan to heist a high-end car out of a historic barn in Plainfield that went up in flames and burned to the ground shortly after he and his accomplice fled the scene will spend...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORWICH — Hoping to stabilize a department where leadership has been in flux, the town has named its interim police chief to the job permanently and is looking to him to rebuild a law enforcement agency that has been depleted of officers.Matthew...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WEST LEBANON — A middle-school student was hospitalized in stable condition after she was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street to board a school bus on Friday morning at an intersection in West Lebanon, where residents have been warning about...

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SOUTH ROYALTON — A 92-year-old grandmother from Massachusetts who apparently lost her way while driving was killed when her vehicle was struck by a train at a railroad crossing in South Royalton early Wednesday, a tragic outcome for worried family...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Newport School Board member who co-hosts a podcast that espouses conservative values is facing criminal charges of having engaged in sex with a minor teenager more than six years ago in Vermont.Tim Beard, who was appointed to...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The medical condition of a 21-year-old Hartford man who was shot in the chest during what police said was a drug-fueled argument remains “quite sensitive,” the state prosecutor said in court on Tuesday.Windsor County State’s...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A vacant lot that was once the site of a dry cleaning business in White River Junction and has been leaching pollutants into the neighborhood will finally begin an environmental cleanup process after more than a decade of legal...

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NORTH HAVERHILL — An 18-year-old Piermont man who brazenly groped women in public last year will plead guilty and faces a 12-month jail sentence under a plea agreement struck between state prosecutors and his defense attorney.William Menard will plead...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 33-year-old Vermont woman who likened herself to Depression-era outlaw Bonnie Parker has pleaded guilty and been sentenced for her role in a 2021 crime spree across four Vermont counties, including Windsor and Orange.Amanda...

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WEST LEBANON — Preppies will finally have a reason to come to West Lebanon.The collegiate-conscious clothing store chain J.Crew plans to open an outlet store in the Upper Valley Plaza on Route 12A in West Lebanon, a rare new commercial tenant at a...

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LEBANON — In a blow to state prosecutors, a New Hampshire District Court judge has dismissed the stalking charge against a former Lebanon police investigator involving messages to a woman with whom he once had been romantically involved, determining...

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NORTH HAVERHILL — The criminal case against a Dartmouth College alumnus who is charged with allegedly raping and strangling an 18-year-old woman on campus in 2022 is “likely” going to trial and the defense “may” argue that the encounter was...

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RANDOLPH — Standing next to a pancake-flat concrete foundation more than twice the area of a basketball court in a clearing a few thousand yards from exit 4 on Interstate 89, Perry Armstrong viewed the scene under sunlight and clear skies one...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A South Royalton man who is accused of breaking into neighbors’ homes twice within the space of a week will get to stay out of jail while his cases proceed, after a state judge rejected an attempt by prosecutors to revoke the...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WEST LEBANON — The months dissolved into weeks, the weeks shortened into days, the days ticked down to hours and finally, on a fine November morning in West Lebanon, the portal to sandwich satisfaction finally opened: Jersey Mike’s, a fast-food chain...

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EAST RYEGATE — A Woodsville man who maintained that he had been wrongfully accused of attempting to kidnap a juvenile at gunpoint was found dead at the residence where he was under court order to live while he was free on bail.Keith Teele died of an...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — If you’re a rent-a-cop and decide to pretend to be a real one, here’s a pro tip: Try not to pull over drivers who happen to work for a police department.A 24-year-old Norwich man who works for a Vermont private security firm was...

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SOUTH ROYALTON — “Sasha” is a name of Russian origin that means “defender” and “helped of mankind.”And a 2-year-old female German shepherd named Sasha who lives in South Royalton lived up to her name on Monday, according to her owner.A man broke into...

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PLAINFIELD — A 31-year-old Lebanon man was the mastermind and main culprit behind a scheme to steal a luxury car out of a barn in Plainfield last spring, but he attempted to blame his alleged partner-in-crime for the theft as authorities closed in on...