Dartmouth football steps up late to secure first victory of the season

Opinion: A question of dignity, accountability and community at Dartmouth Health

The recent announcement by Dartmouth Health regarding the elimination of employee positions and the cancelation of hundreds of vacant positions has left many people in the Upper Valley asking difficult questions. The issue is not simply whether a large healthcare organization facing financial difficulties has the right to reduce its workforce. Sometimes difficult financial decisions […]

Opinion: Booked: Curl up with these fall reading recommendations

Step into my office. Take a seat. You’ll have to move a stack of books. When I worked at the Norwich Bookstore and visitors asked for recommendations, my first response was always, “What are some books you’ve loved?” Then we’d go from there. Here in a newspaper column, we don’t have that conversational bridge. A […]

Federal court says US agents can search phones at Vermont’s border with Canada without suspicion

A federal appeals court ruled that border agents may manually search travelers' electronic devices without a warrant or suspicion of a crime, a decision that critics argue threatens privacy and free speech.

Opinion: Finding hope in pumpkins, Tom Waits

The breezy, mid-September afternoon seemed like a good time to harvest pumpkins with our granddaughters. In late May I had planted two seeds in the manure pile outside our fenced-in garden, and by mid-September there were more than a dozen of them the size of beachballs, peeking out from a wild tangle of vines. As we […]

Community College of Vermont receives $790,000 grant for new LNA Training Hub

The Community College of Vermont has been awarded a $790,000 grant from the Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living to establish a statewide licensed nursing assistant training program known as the LNA Training Hub.