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Black and Hispanic drivers stopped disproportionately across Vermont, traffic stops study finds
Shannon Sciria named new Colby-Sawyer Men’s Basketball head coach
Upper Valley school notes for May 12, 2025
Local ‘climate-smart’ farms awarded NOFA-NH mini-grants
Vermonters react to the Trump administration’s guidance for increased logging on national forests
Out & About: Geisel students lead gatherings for people with memory disorders and their caregivers
Freed Palestinian student accuses Columbia University of inciting violence
A Life: ‘They all remembered Becky’
LEBANON — Sometimes when Sarah Schneider was working as a server at Lou’s Restaurant and Bakery in Hanover, she’d look across the room to her mother, Becky, who was doing the same.
Woodstock trustees’ report says former police chief failed to serve as town ‘role model’
WOODSTOCK — Village trustees concluded that evidence of the town police chief’s lack of leadership was so “damning” that they were left with no choice but to uphold the municipal manager’s decision to demote him to the entry-level rank he held when joining the force as a rookie 25 years ago.
Kenyon: At Dartmouth, fear remains palpable a year after arrests
Upper Valley DJs follow own passions while bringing life to the party
Editorial: Dartmouth should join the fight
A Look Back: How the Connecticut River transformed from a polluted waterway to a scenic one 
Sports
Local Roundup: Hartford and Hanover girls lacrosse teams win
Hartford 13, Brattleboro 4
High school lacrosse: Scoring outburst sends Lebanon girls past Pelham
Hartford softball coach ‘just wanted them to get excited about this sport’
Local Roundup: Hartford girls lacrosse remains undefeated
Local roundup: Hanover shuts out Manchester in girls lacrosse
Opinion
Editorial: Graduation wisdom from a legendary American
Graduation season is almost upon us once again, and commencement speakers no doubt are honing their annual messages of hope and glory, in which they will urge newly minted graduates to be passionate and compassionate; to follow their dreams wherever they lead; to be grateful to their families, teachers and coaches for their unwavering support; to treasure the good friends they have made; to consider the road not taken; or take the road not considered. And so on.
Editorial: Vermont judge defends free speech
Editorial: Free speech detentions reach into Upper Valley
Editorial: New Hampshire budget shortfall is a crisis of Republican design
Editorial: Time is running out for American democracy
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.
A welcome home
Playdate
Full of energy
Front yard activism
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Arts & Life
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.”
Art Notes: Northern Stage produces play about Vermont farm life
Fairlee Drive-in won’t open for season this summer
Amphibians’ migration routines are getting more difficult. These brigades are trying to help.
Out & About: Fairlee church to host walk for peace on World Labyrinth DayObituaries
David Michael DiFrancesco
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
Raymond F. Truncellito
Manchester, NH - Raymond Francis Truncellito, 96, of Manchester, NH, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on April 29, 2025. Ray grew up in North Bergen, NJ, the son of James and Mary Agresta Truncellito. He was academically... remainder of obit for Raymond F. Truncellito
Kathryn Tilden Wheeler
Bradford, VT - Kathryn Tilden Wheeler, age 94, passed Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Services are pending. Ricker Funeral Homes of Lebanon and Enfield, NH is in charge of arrangements. ... remainder of obit for Kathryn Tilden Wheeler
Ralph Stearns Jr.
Plainfield, NH - Ralph R. Stearns Jr., age 67, passed Thursday, May 8, 2025. A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Valley News. Arrangements are with the Ricker Funeral Home & Crematory of Lebanon. ... remainder of obit for Ralph Stearns Jr.
