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Roy Knights stacks firewood at his home in Lyme on Friday. A bead of sweat formed on Knights’ brow as he hauled loads of wood in 80 degree heat. “You know the old saying about wood,” he said, “it heats you twice.”

Cliff Cantlin, left, who retired from the Lebanon Fire Department in 2007, talks to Inspector Charlie Barker, who stated working in the department a few months later, as they watch the demolition of the Central Fire Station in Lebanon on Sept. 5.A new...

By CAROLINE FROST

CANAAN — Eight months after the sudden departure of Fire Chief John Hennessy, town officials have yet to name a permanent replacement.“The Selectboard is still playing games with the position,” firefighter Sean Saunders said in an interview last week....

CORINTH — An early morning fire that destroyed a mobile home on Limlaw Road was the town’s second catastrophic house fire in a five-day period, according to the Corinth Fire Department. Firefighters responded to 76 Limlaw Road just after 3:40 a.m. on...

CORINTH — A morning fire destroyed a single-family home on Camp Munn Road, displacing one resident, according to the Corinth Fire Department. Firefighters responded to a house fire at 440 Camp Munn Road at 7 a.m. on Wednesday. The single-story house,...

Firefighter Jeremy Dodge, left, and Isabelle Hamilton, 18, right, load lockers onto a trailer as Capt. Jeff Egner, back left, and Lt. Todd Hamilton, Isabelle’s dad, back right, look on during the moving of Lebanon Fire Station One.

LEBANON — The city’s began relocating its downtown fire station this week to temporary sites on city-owned land that will house personnel, equipment and apparatuses during the construction of a new firehouse to replace its aging facility on South Park...

Korin Korpi, middle, untangles balloons for her daughter Finley LaFont 6, right, and ErinLyn Flamma, 9, during an Independence Day gathering of family and neighbors on Chestnut Street in Claremont on Wednesday. The group, including from back left,...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford Selectboard rejected, 4-3, a citizen-sponsored resolution in support of a cease-fire in Gaza and an end to U.S. support for Israel’s offensive on Tuesday. In addition to an immediate cease-fire between Israel and...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford could be the next Upper Valley community to adopt a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza and an end to U.S. military aid for Israel’s offensive.The Selectboard will vote on June 11 whether to support an immediate...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

HANOVER — Voters will consider a resolution at Tuesday’s Town Meeting calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and the West Bank and an end to U.S. military aid to Israel.The meeting takes place in the wake of the recent arrests of demonstrators at...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WEST LEBANON — Firefighters in the Upper Valley had a busy weekend, in which three separate structure fires — in Claremont, Hanover and Canaan — occurred on Sunday afternoon.At noon, the Claremont Fire Department responded to Barnes Park on North...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — The City Council will consider a new resolution on Wednesday to reaffirm — in writing — the council’s support of ending the ongoing war in Gaza.The proposed written resolution, drafted by the city’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

SOUTH ROYALTON — A Saturday morning fire rapidly engulfed and consumed a home on Broad Brook Road, displacing the residents who are now sheltering at a hotel in White River Junction.Evan Burnham said that he discovered a fire in the utility...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — The city’s downtown fire station will be packing up and moving — temporarily — during the construction of a new building to replace its aging facility on South Park Street.On Monday, the Planning Board will hear a plan from the Fire...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — A divided City Council adopted a verbal resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, a return of all hostages and for the allowance of humanitarian aid to the region. An advisory board has been tasked with crafting a written resolution for...

By JAMES M. PATTERSON

As Tom Guillette and his wife Julie were watching the news at about 7 p.m. on Wednesday, they noticed their whole backyard lit up. Two hours earlier he had finished cleaning up and cooling down the crucible in his nearby foundry shop where he melts...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

CANAAN — Following the sudden departure of the town’s fire chief last month, the Selectboard faces a gap in emergency services leadership and pushback from some residents who think the board should have refused to accept the chief’s resignation.A...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WEST LEBANON — A two-alarm fire damaged the second story of a condominium unit at 23 Pleasant St. on Friday afternoon.Hank Clarke was bringing his recycling outside when he noticed smoke coming from a neighbor’s roof at the Village Green...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — Unexpected competition for the role of fire chief last March has divided some residents into opposing factions, reduced the ranks of the Fire Department and left the town of 1,200 without a Planning Board.Orford’s voters in 2014 authorized...