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Vermonters react to the Trump administration’s guidance for increased logging on national forests
Out & About: Giesel students lead gatherings for people with memory disorders and their caregivers
Freed Palestinian student accuses Columbia University of inciting violence
Editorial: Graduation wisdom from a legendary American
Vermont federal judge releases Turkish Tufts student
Kenyon: The power-to-the-people side of Woodstock
Local Roundup: Hartford and Hanover girls lacrosse teams win
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.”
Harassed by Assassin’s Creed gamers, Dartmouth professor fights back with kindness
Sachi Schmidt-Hori has never played Assassin’s Creed Shadows, but facing an onslaught of online harassment from its fans, she quickly developed her own gameplay style: confronting hate with kindness.
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Lyme residents ask Selectboard to retain town-owned rental property
Authorities investigating possible murder-suicide involving woman and child in Pembroke
Police arrest 11 people in Bethel raid
Developer gets city approval for nearly 500 units near Lebanon schools
Editors Picks
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
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.
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
A Life: Larry Flint ‘just chose to focus on the positive’
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.
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
Editorial: Jeanne Shaheen blazed a trail in politics
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
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.
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 Day
Art Notes: Two Upper Valley events to feature video game soundtracks
Obituaries
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
Marilyn M. Gates
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
Arlene Chamberlain
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
Judith Desmarais Wilson
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
