Residents vote against closing two Vermont elementary schools

Upper Valley Haven readies its new year shelter for its first guests

Upper Valley Haven held a ribbon cutting for the newly completed Patrick and Marcelle Leahy Shelter and Resource Center in White River Junction, with an official opening date expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

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.