
Upper Valley Super Compost Project teaches schools how to manage waste
SHARON — Every day after lunch, fifth graders at Sharon Elementary School take turns bringing cafeteria food scraps out to the school’s compost “palace.”

Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter dies at 85
WASHINGTON — Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench, has died. He was 85.
Sports

High school lacrosse: Scoring outburst sends Lebanon girls past Pelham
LEBANON — The rain was sporadic but the goals came in a steady stream Wednesday for the Lebanon High girls lacrosse team.




Opinion

Editorial: Vermont judge defends free speech
U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III of Vermont has performed a public service as well as his judicial duty by clarifying the nature of the Trump administration’s lawless campaign of abduction, detention and deportation of international students studying at American universities.





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.
Photos

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

Art Notes: Northern Stage produces play about Vermont farm life
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — This week, two bedrocks of the Upper Valley, farming and theater, will meet in “The Vermont Farm Project,” a new musical generated by Northern Stage.



Obituaries

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

White River Junction, VT - Marilyn M. Gates, age 93, passed Saturday, March 29, 2025. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 am on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in White River Junction, followed by a burial at Mt... remainder of obit for Marilyn M. Gates

Ascutney, VT - Arlene Chamberlain, age 88, passed Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Calling hours will be held from 2-4pm on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at the Knight Funeral Home in Windsor, VT. Knight Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrang... remainder of obit for Arlene Chamberlain

Rotonda, FL - Judith Desmarais Wilson, 86, of Rotonda, FL, formerly of Lebanon and Enfield, NH, passed away peacefully at home with her family on April 13, 2025. Born in 1938 in Concord, NH, Judy was guided in her Catholic faith and New... remainder of obit for Judith Desmarais Wilson