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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — If you stop by the tennis courts at Maxfield Sports Complex anytime from dawn to dusk, there’s a good chance you’ll hear it: the gentle thwack of a hollow ball hitting a paddle.It sounds a little higher-pitched than a tennis...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — The project to rebuild two bridges on Interstate 89 between Lebanon and Hartford will begin to alter traffic patterns later this month.Jeffrey Potter, an engineer with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT), said it will be...

By JIM KENYON

Some stories that come my way are so off the wall, I immediately put them in the you-must-be-joking category. Josh Manheimer has one of those stories — except he’s not laughing. In January, Manheimer received a certified letter from Our Court Tennis...

By ALEX HANSON

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Like any creature just getting its legs under it, electronic music had a wobbly start.Composers worked on cumbersome analog machines and recorded music on reel-to-reel tapes. Concerts often consisted of composers placing a reel...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI and ALEX HANSON

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Monday night rollover crash that has become known nationwide for a dog’s heroism will have long-term effects on the many people and animals whose lives are connected to the two men who were in the vehicle.Police have charged...

By ANNA MERRIMAN

HARTFORD VILLAGE — A 28-year-old Woodstock man who was charged with wielding a machete in West Lebanon in the spring is facing new charges after Hartford police say he brandished a knife, ran from officers and jumped into the White River earlier this...

By ANNA MERRIMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Most of the five candidates vying for two Hartford Selectboard seats say they’re focused on issues that include finding “common ground” among Hartford residents and villages.The candidates all submitted their names this month...

By ALEX HANSON

HARTFORD — Doug Heavisides wasn’t looking for a new job.He’s nearing the end of his ninth year as the director of the Hartford Area Career and Technology Center, where he’s hired much of the staff during his tenure. He’s currently serving as the...

By ALEX HANSON

HANOVER — Varujan Boghosian, the puckish artist who mined the castoffs of material culture to assemble works both powerful and whimsical, died Monday at his home in Hanover. He was 94.He had suffered a broken hip last week and died of complications...

By MIKE DONOGHUE

BURLINGTON — A 42-year-old East Corinth man has received a nine-month federal prison sentence for possessing explosive materials during a traffic stop on Interstate 91 in Hartford last year. Mark A. Mattiace, 42, was credited during his sentencing in...

By ANNA MERRIMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 26-year-old Hartford man pleaded not guilty this week to charges he sexually assaulted a child more than a decade ago.Justin Chamberlin appeared in Windsor Superior Court on Friday on charges of aggravated repeated sexual...

By JOHN P. GREGG

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Drive-in theaters were a major feature of American life in the second-half of the 20th century, and some remain in operation, including in Fairlee and Bethel.Their hold was so strong that nostalgia is helping to drive the effort...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Two days after Sean Taylor opened his new barbershop in Hanover, customer appointments for haircuts already were double-booked, thanks to a glitch in the online software program.Taylor has been a barber in the Upper Valley for only four years. But in...

By TIM CAMERATO

HARTFORD VILLAGE — Transportation officials say the VA Cutoff Bridge that connects routes 4 and 14 in Hartford Village could be closed for a year beginning in the summer of 2023 as crews replace the 96-year-old structure.Construction is expected to...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Emily Landecker’s name is not a familiar one in the Upper Valley, and the legacy established in her honor has been shrouded in secrecy.But the Emily Landecker Foundation has had a profound impact in the region as the source of funding for the Upper...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The smallest class in 50 years graduated from Hartford High School on Friday.The classmates from Hartford, Hartland, Cornish and Sharon came together in White River Junction four years ago and quickly bonded, Class President...

By JORDAN CUDDEMI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Windsor Superior Court judge on Wednesday sentenced Gregory Smith to 13 to 15 years in prison for the fatal shooting four years ago of a Springfield, Vt., father who was upset about suspected drug dealing in the...

By TIM CAMERATO and DANIELA VIDAL ALLEE

SOUTH ROYALTON — Flooding from heavy rain and snowmelt today closed several roads across the White River Valley, swamped downtown Quechee and sent the Connecticut River toward flood stage at West Lebanon.The parking lot between the Quechee Post Office...

By JORDAN CUDDEMI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 41-year-old Vermont man who is facing federal charges alleging he kidnapped a New Hampshire woman and her son outside of a Manchester mall in early January is now facing state charges that he raped the woman at a White River...

By JORDAN CUDDEMI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 38-year-old Vermont man serving 26 to 33 years in prison for unintentionally hitting and killing a state trooper from Bradford, Vt., during a high-speed chase on Interstate 91 in 2003 is seeking to have his sentence vacated or...