In lawsuit joined by Hanover and Dresden schools, judge blocks Trump push to cut funding over diversity programs
Local Roundup: Mascoma baseball narrowly loses to Fall Mountain
Over Easy: To dumb and beyond
With its funding in peril, NH's child advocate faces pressure to stay quiet on LGBTQ issues
NH Supreme Court declines to consider resentencing in murders of Dartmouth professors, sends case back to lower court
Vermont beekeepers work to produce future generations of disease-resistant bee colonies
Proposed cuts to Medicaid worry Upper Valley health care providers, advocates
CLAREMONT — As Republicans in Washington signal plans to eliminate hundreds of billions in Medicaid funding, Upper Valley health care providers, lawmakers and organizers paint a grim picture of what these cuts could mean for residents.
Vermont regulators approve Woodstock water system purchase
WOODSTOCK — The Vermont Public Utility Commission has approved the municipal purchase of the town’s water system, Municipal Manager Eric Duffy announced Wednesday.
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‘A bit Kafkaesque’: Federal judge spars with government lawyer over status of Dartmouth international student
NH 21-year-old dies amid the worst flu season since 2009
Hundreds of alumni sign letter urging Beilock, Dartmouth to make a stand for academic freedom
After more than 45 years, Upper Valley guitar shop closes
On the trail: Gov. Ayotte says she delivered on her promises in her 100 days in office. Not everyone agrees
Claremont City Council votes unanimously to fire city manager
Editors Picks
First Baptist Church in Lebanon celebrates first service in new building eight years after arson
A Life: Kelly Kangas ‘just always had that spirit’
Editorial: Free speech detentions reach into Upper Valley
Out & About: Teen center finds a new home in Bradford, Vt.
Sports
Cross Vermont Trail expands into nearby communities with connector to Lamoille Valley Rail Trail
Two trails run east-west across Vermont: the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail, which runs from Swanton, Vt., to St. Johnsbury, Vt., entirely on a former rail bed, and the perhaps lesser-known, Cross Vermont Trail, which runs from Burlington through Montpelier to Wells River with just under half of the trail on off-road walking and biking paths.
Local Roundup: Lebanon hosts four-team track and field meet
As spring skiing season winds down, one NH ski area plans to spin its lift until May
Mascoma runner to race in the Boston Marathon days after turning 18
High school baseball: Hanover blanks Lebanon on chilly opener
Opinion
Editorial: New Hampshire budget shortfall is a crisis of Republican design
Who says manufacturing is dead in the United States? The budget crisis that Republican lawmakers in Concord are now purporting to solve through draconian reductions in state spending is at least partially, and perhaps mainly, the result of unwise and unwarranted tax cuts they enacted over the past decade. If that’s not manufacturing a crisis, what is?
Editorial: Time is running out for American democracy
Editorial: Jeanne Shaheen blazed a trail in politics
Column: Federal funding for medical research puts America first
Editorial: MLB resumes all-American pursuit of new billions
Your Daily Puzzles
An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."
A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.
Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.
Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Photos
A little off the top
Joel Luis and Danny Sanchez of Olsen Roofing remove shingles on a large barn last week in Orford. Built in the 1800s, the barn is getting a new roof to help preserve the building.
Winding up a project
Capping a class trip
Spring into action
Spring cleanup
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Arts & Life
Art Notes: Two Upper Valley events to feature video game soundtracks
Video game soundtracks, by their nature, exist in the background. Their job is to give texture to the action and to lull players into the world of the game, without posing a distraction.
Sandra Oh to speak at Dartmouth graduation
Roman Catholics mourn Pope Francis
A timeline of events in the rebuilding of Lebanon’s Baptist church
Art Notes: JAM exhibit combines cartoons and journalism
Obituaries
Philip Carlisle Laro
Webster, NH - Philip Carlisle Laro, age 84, passed Saturday, January 18, 2025. A private graveside service will take place in the Union Village Cemetery in Norwich, VT. A gathering at the family home in Webster, NH will be announced... remainder of obit for Philip Carlisle Laro
Alison Dyan Ricker
High Point, NC - Alison Dyan Ricker (Spooner) passed away unexpectedly at home April 15th, 2025 She was born on July 18th, 1970 in Berlin, Vermont to Mervin & Beverly Spooner of Marshfield, Vermont Alison grew up in Marshfield and ... remainder of obit for Alison Dyan Ricker
Stuart Thompson Close
Norwich, VT - Stuart Thompson Close, 65, died Thursday, April 17, 2025, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center following a twelve-year battle with a brain tumor. Born January 30, 1960, in Hanover, NH, Stuart, better known as Stu or S... remainder of obit for Stuart Thompson Close
Kristin Kent
Meredith, NH - Kristin Kent, 75, died on Thursday, March 20, 2025, peacefully at home in Meredith, NH. Kristin was born March 24, 1949, in Hanover, NH, to Dr. Samuel C. and Joanna M. Doyle. Kristin grew up on Huntington Hill, spending ... remainder of obit for Kristin Kent
