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05-22-2025 5:00 PM

WEST LEBANON — This month’s announcement that Rite Aid, the national pharmacy chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections has hit home with its Upper Valley customers, especially those who reside in communities where Rite Aid is the only drugstore in town.


‘We’ve got momentum’ — Residential treatment center for moms heads to Lebanon Planning Board

05-22-2025 4:31 PM

LEBANON — After years of planning, an Upper Valley nonprofit is approaching the construction stage for a residential substance use treatment center for mothers and their children near Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.


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Boys Tennis: Bears make a racket again
05-21-2025 4:00 PM

HANOVER— The Hanover High boys tennis team continued its run of dominance as it seeks to repeat as state champion, blanking Keene, 9-0, in a NHIAA Division I matchup on Tuesday at Storrs Pond Recreation Area.

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Editorial: Graduation wisdom from a legendary American
05-09-2025 8:01 PM

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 ionate and comionate; to follow their dreams wherever they lead; to be grateful to their families, teachers and coaches for their unwavering ; to treasure the good friends they have made; to consider the road not taken; or take the road not considered. And so on.

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

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

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Middle Branch Grange to be rebuilt
05-19-2025 5:15 PM

Judy Powell, left, helps her brother Joe Williams salvage windows to use for a chicken coop out of the Middle Branch Grange building in East Bethel last month before demolition of the fire-damaged building began the next day. The building was severely damaged in a January 2024 fire, and the organization plans to rebuild on the site.

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Art Notes: Hartford High students express themselves in new Main Street Museum exhibit
05-21-2025 5:00 PM

As the school year draws to a close, a group of six Hartford High School students prepare to display their work in a month-long exhibit at the Main Street Museum in White River Junction.

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Obit photo for Lorraine Follensbee Lorraine Follensbee

Hartford, VT - Lorriane Follensbee, age 94, ed Friday, January 10, 2025. A Celebration of Life will be held for Lorraine on Saturday, May 31st from 12:00 - 4:00pm at the North Hartland Lake Recreation Area, 112 Clay Hill Road, N... remainder of obit for Lorraine Follensbee

Obit photo for Winifred Walker Winifred Walker

West Topsham, VT - Winifred A. Walker, age 85, ed Tuesday, February 4, 2025. Service will be held on Friday, May 30, 2025, at 11am at the East Corinth Congregational Church in East Corinth. The burial will follow at Welch Road C... remainder of obit for Winifred Walker

Obit photo for Harry R. Sprague Jr. Harry R. Sprague Jr.

Harry "Bob" R. Sprague, Jr. Newbury, VT - Harry "Bob" Robert Sprague, Jr., 85, ed peacefully Monday afternoon, May 12, 2025, at his grandson Adam's home in Newbury, VT, where he had been living since his wife, Madalyn ed in March... remainder of obit for Harry R. Sprague Jr.

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White River Jct., VT - Eleanor Kenison, 87, died Sunday May 18, 2025, at Lebanon Genesis Eldercare. She was born October 30, 1937 in Hanover, NH a daughter of Troye and Eleanor Clara (Webster) Allard. Eleanor attended schools in Pomfre... remainder of obit for Eleanor A. Kenison

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