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Hartford boys lacrosse heads to championships as senior hits 100-point mark

Hartford senior attackman Tyler Spaulding became the third Hurricane to reach the career 100-point mark, joining his brother Ryan Spaulding, as Hartford defeated Milton 15-3 in the VPA Division II boys lacrosse semifinal.

‘Swatting’ incidents becoming more common for Vt. school districts, law enforcement officials

Seven Vermont schools received false bomb threats from an AI-generated voice, prompting evacuations and disruptions, but the threats were deemed unfounded by law enforcement officials.

Needle-exchange programs have new state reporting requirements under new NH law

Gov. Kelly Ayotte has signed a bill into law that requires organizations providing clean syringes to report the ratio of needles disposed at their sites to the number they hand out on a quarterly basis, and to have free disposal sites available to the public, in order to reduce the number of used needles discarded in public areas.

If YDC is sold, lawmakers want to send the money back to the State of NH — not victims

A bill headed to Gov. Kelly Ayotte would send money generated from the sale of the state's youth detention facility to the state general fund, while some lawmakers believe the money should go to the YDC Settlement Fund to pay out abuse claims from former residents.

Kearsarge parts ways with second-year superintendent

The Kearsarge Regional School Board voted this week to terminate the contract of Superintendent John Fortney. The termination was “not for cause,” Fortney wrote in a message to staff on Tuesday. “While this was not my decision, I respect the board’s authority to make it and remain committed to supporting a smooth transition over the […]