NH town’s police make 13 immigration arrests in ICE partnership

Dartmouth roundup: Men's soccer locks first win for new coach

After defeats to Boston College and Albany (N.Y.) to start the season, the Dartmouth College men’s soccer team secured its first win of the new campaign on Monday with a 2-0 blanking of Stonehill at Burnham Field. Trenton Blake and Noah Sams each notched goals for Dartmouth in the contest, which also served as the […]

Human remains found in burned vehicle at a Hartford cemetery

HARTFORD — Authorities worked Thursday morning to extract a body discovered following a car fire at the Hartford Point Cemetery the previous day. Hartford Police and Hartford Fire and EMS responded on the afternoon of Sep. 9 to a car fire at 807 Maple Street, where a vehicle had been actively burning on cemetery property. […]

Disguised as a man to fight the Civil War: 'Wakeman' finds a modern story in a soldier's letters

There was an early moment in “Wakeman,” the developmental production at New London Barn Playhouse last Friday, when the protagonist broke into a smile as the ensemble lifted her and slipped her into a pair of soldiers’ trousers. Her eyes sparkled, her expression somewhere between delight and disbelief, as though she couldn’t quite fathom what […]

West Lebanon dry bridge closes Monday for a year: detours, bus changes and what to know

Beginning Sept. 14, the 77-year-old dry bridge connecting Main Street to the Route 12A shopping district in West Lebanon will close for a year to allow for the demolition phase of a $14.3 million replacement project.

Column: Will there be singing?

September 11th marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the deadliest attack on America since Pearl Harbor. This year, 9/11 coincides with the Jewish New Year, Rosh HaShanah, which begins at sundown this Friday. As Jews gather to welcome the year 5787, our observance of the holy day will be tempered by the memory of that horrific day when so many died or were injured or lost loved ones, and when our sense of relative safety was permanently destroyed. According to Jewish legend, God created the world on Rosh HaShanah, and creates it anew—and us with it—each year. That’s a powerful, mythic way […]