‘A bit Kafkaesque’: Federal judge spars with government lawyer over status of Dartmouth international student

04-23-2025 6:48 AM

A federal judge characterized a Trump administration lawyer’s refusal to confirm basic information about the legal status of a Dartmouth College international student as “a bit Kafkaesque” during a lengthy court hearing Tuesday.


Activist with Upper Valley ties remains detained in Vermont with a hearing set for next week

04-23-2025 12:49 PM

BURLINGTON — A large crowd of supporters and advocates gathered outside a Vermont courthouse Wednesday to support a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship.


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Cross Vermont Trail expands into nearby communities with connector to Lamoille Valley Rail Trail
04-23-2025 9:00 AM

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.

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Editorial: New Hampshire budget shortfall is a crisis of Republican design
04-11-2025 10:01 PM

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?

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04-18-2025 3:03 PM

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.

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Sandra Oh to speak at Dartmouth graduation
04-22-2025 12:58 PM

HANOVER — Golden Globe Award-winning actor Sandra Oh will deliver the commencement address at Dartmouth College’s 2025 graduation ceremony on June 15. Oh will also receive an honorary doctorate of the arts at the ceremony.

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Obit photo for Patricia A. Jache Patricia A. Jache

Claremont, NH - Patricia A. Jache, 91, passed away at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon on Wednesday April 16, 2025. She was born to the late Kenneth & Helen (Alger) Hoyt in Lyndon, VT on January 28, 1934. She worked for Smi... remainder of obit for Patricia A. Jache

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Meriden, NH - Barry Jay Larrabee, 75, died Saturday, April 19, 2025, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. He was born April 19, 1950, in Hardwick, VT one of eleven children of Charles and Lelia (Hodgdon) Larrabee. Barr... remainder of obit for Barry Jay Larrabee

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Plainfield, NH - Albert Norwalk, 84, a devoted husband, loving father, grandfather and respected member of the Plainfield, NH, community, passed away peacefully on April 17, 2025. Born in Cleveland, OH, on February 9, 1941, to Albert C... remainder of obit for Albert Norwalk

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Chelsea, VT - Visiting hours for Rufus and Nancy Royce will take place on Friday, May 30, 2025 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home, 300 VT Route 110, Chelsea, VT 05038. A funeral service for the two will be held o... remainder of obit for Rufus and Nancy Royce

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