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By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — Dartmouth College is seeking the Hanover Planning Board’s approval of a $3.6 million renovation to the Corey Ford Rugby Clubhouse “to address existing equity issues” between the men’s and women’s locker rooms.On Tuesday, the board is...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HANOVER — Former Vice President Mike Pence outlined his concerns for the Republican Party and the future of American democracy inside the Hanover Inn Thursday evening as about two dozen people gathered on the sidewalk outside to protest his record on...

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 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 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 JIM KENYON

Christopher MacEvitt, who chairs Dartmouth’s religion department and lives on campus, was a late arrival to the pro-Palestinian demonstration on the college’s Green on May 1.Around 9:30 p.m., after attending a faculty dinner in White River Junction,...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — A Dartmouth student and a college employee were arrested by Hanover police after they protested for Palestinian rights by interrupting an appearance of U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., on campus Wednesday, the latest campus incident over...

HANOVER — David Kotz will step down from his role as Dartmouth’s provost at the end of the academic year in June, the college announced last week.Kotz, a computer science professor, plans to stay on the faculty and continue his research in security...

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...

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 ELLE MULLER

HANOVER — As a Dartmouth College professor, writer and father, James Heffernan inspired those around him with his love of literature and passion for life.Heffernan’s children, Virginia and Andrew, affectionately called their father’s lust for life...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HANOVER — Political strategists Donna Brazile and Kellyanne Conway discussed the 2024 election and the importance of fostering conversations across the political divide this week in the first in a series of debates hosted by the Dartmouth Political...

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...

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 CHRISTINA DOLAN

HANOVER — Dartmouth College’s graduate student union is the subject of a religious discrimination complaint filed by a graduate student and teaching assistant opposed to the union’s support for pro-Palestinian causes.Benjamin Logsdon, a student in...

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,...

By LUKAS DUNFORD

HANOVER — Leah Farley had been a clinical social worker for 20 years, helping the vulnerable and voiceless, when four years ago she suddenly found herself in that same position.She was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease. The uncommon...

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...