
Town Meeting 2025: Hanover voters encourage town officials to avoid contract with ICE
HANOVER — The item that prompted the most discussion at the annual Hanover Town Meeting on Tuesday night was an article brought by petition calling on the town manager and police chief not to enter any agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.

‘I thought we had some more time’ — Family and friends cope with the murder-suicide of a young NH son and mother
A half-eaten container of yogurt still sits in the fridge. A “Bluey” bike leans against the back door, and a small watering can rests untouched nearby, each item an aching reminder of the life that filled Bill Byrne’s home in Pembroke, N.H., less than a week ago.
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Sports

Dartmouth Roundup: Football holds spring game
WEST LEBANON — After some rough weather, the festivities also known as the Dartmouth College football spring game were moved to the Graham Indoor Practice Facility.




Opinion

Editorial: Dartmouth should join the fight
The president of Dartmouth, home of the brave space, has been notably absent from the list of college leaders speaking out against the Trump administration’s all-out assault on academic freedom and free speech.





Your Daily Puzzles

An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."

A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.

Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.

Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.

Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
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A growing fundraiser
Ledyard Charter School botany students, from left, Kiley Harvey, 18, Sabrina Lopez, 17, and RyaPospychala, 16, right, search for an information sheet on Morning Glories to give Timber Holmes, of Grantham, left, who bought starts of the flowers at their Mother's Day plant sale in Lebanon. The sale includes annual starts planted by the students and house plants they propagated. Proceeds from the sale, which continues through Friday, benefits the school as it prepares to install a lift between the first and second floors of its building.




Arts & Life

Theater Review: ‘Maytag Virgin’ fails to rise above cliche
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Theater director and actor Jammie Patton confesses that she’s “always had an affinity for romance, especially the corny kind.” That preference is part of what drew her to “Maytag Virgin,” the romantic comedy that opened last Thursday under her direction at Shaker Bridge Theatre in White River Junction.


Obituaries

Hanover, NH - Dr. Allen J. Dietrich, age 77, passed Friday, October 18, 2024. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 2:00 pm, at The Church of Christ at Dartmouth College, 40 College St, Hanover, NH. ... remainder of obit for Dr. Allen J. Dietrich

Floyd W. Van Alstyne, Jr. Barnard, VT - Floyd W. Van Alstyne, Jr., age 105, passed Friday, May 9, 2025. A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Valley News. The Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock Vermont is assi... remainder of obit for Floyd W. Van Alstyne Jr.

Charlestown, NH - Beverly (Moodie) Patten passed away peacefully surrounded by her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren at her daughter and son in laws home in Charlestown on May 10, 2025, at the age of 79. Beverly was b... remainder of obit for Beverly Patten

Brownsville, VT - David Michael DiFrancesco, 65, passed away on May 5, 2025, in Rutland, Vermont, with loved ones by his side, after a recent period of seizures and declining health. Born on February 7, 1960, in Portsmouth, New Hampshi... remainder of obit for David Michael DiFrancesco