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By JIM KENYON

Jesse Keenum, a 67-year-old disabled veteran, is staying home for the holidays — and hopefully well beyond — after his landlord recently backed off from trying to kick him out of the Lebanon apartment he’s lived in for 14 years.While Keenum’s case...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Fitch ratings downgraded Dartmouth Health’s outlook from stable to negative last week.The outlook change was due to weak operating cash flow with operating losses that accelerated in fiscal year 2023, according to the Dec. 13 rating action...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the Lebanon Recreation, Arts and Parks Department had steadily been growing its youth rock climbing program.Around four times a week, middle and high school students who took part in the aptly named “Wall...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Listen Community Services is bringing back its Christmas Day meal.This year’s spread will be pickup and takeout only. People are required to reserve one of the 700 meals by calling 603-727-2518. They can either pick up the...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — The City Council this week awarded 11 years of property tax abatement to a planned residential complex and a riverwalk at what is known as the Woolen Mill property off Mechanic Street. It is the longest duration of property tax relief the...

LEBANON — Dartmouth Health has invested $5 million to help manufactured homeowners purchase the land their homes sit in.This month, the nonprofit health care organization invested an additional $2 million to the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund,...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — The city budget for next year includes funding for a new downtown fire station, a seasonal emergency shelter and additional staffing to better assist residents in need of support services. On Wednesday, the City Council voted unanimously to...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — The Department of Human Services is seeking a 45% increase in its annual operating budget next year and added staffing to help serve an exponential increase in residents seeking assistance with housing, fuel and other needs.On Wednesday, the...

Lebanon Police Officer Matthew Kaufman, center, gathers belongings for the driver of a car that crashed into the Freihofer’s Bakery Outlet in Lebanon on Wednesday. The driver had minor injuries and was transported by Lebanon emergency medical workers...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WEST LEBANON — The City Council next month will consider whether to sell three city-owned properties on Main Street to a private developer — and whether to join the properties by closing Church Street, which intersects the parcels.The West Lebanon...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

PLAINFIELD — One day in this past May, Susan Kahn, a 77-year-old Plainfield resident, was unable to get up.Her husband, Chris Rollins, called 911. She was unconscious with heart palpitations and says there were no Upper Valley cardiologists available...

Devon Blanchard, 21, of West Fairlee, right, and his friend Carter Shannon, of Canaan, left, wait for Lebanon Recreation, Arts and Parks Director Paul Coats, not pictured, to secure a support for strings of holiday lights from a lift truck while...

By FRANCES MIZE

HANOVER — The Hanover Selectboard is considering giving conservation easements it holds on 150 acres and six recreation trails in Lebanon to the city.The easements and trails include the 130-acre Indian Ridge, which abuts the city-managed Boston Lot...

LEBANON — Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is one of 100 pilot sites for a national Anti-Stigma Initiative focused on improving care for people struggling with addiction, according to a Thursday news release.The effort aims to reduce addiction...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Dartmouth Health continues to see a financial loss on operations, but the red ink has subsided substantially since last year, according to filings with bondholders last week.For the first quarter of fiscal year 2024, which ended Sept. 30, DH...

By NICOLA SMITH

WEST LEBANON — Thanks to an ambitious infrastructure project paid for in part by the federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, or ESSER, the Mount Lebanon Elementary School, with 256 students in grades K through 4, now boasts a...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WEST LEBANON — City and state officials are still negotiating responsibilities to manage environmental contamination in Westboro Rail Yard, a former railway property that the city hopes to purchase from the state for recreational use.The city is...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — The School Board has eliminated the city’s school resource officer from the 2024-25 school budget, but board members said they are open to a different type of collaboration with law enforcement.During an all-day budget workshop on Saturday,...