Arts & Life
Grant boosts efforts to repair Canaan Meeting House
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
CANAAN — The town has received a $74,000 grant to put toward much-needed repairs on its historic 1793 meeting house.The funding for the Canaan Meeting House, located on Canaan Street across from the Canaan Street beach and Canaan Historical Society,...
Two new restaurants bring fresh and familiar flavors to downtown Hanover
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
HANOVER — Two recent additions to the downtown dining scene bring fresh flavors and old favorites.A building located at 15 Lebanon St. in Hanover is now home to Little Havana, a Cuban restaurant, while a previous tenant of the space has opened a tapas...
Hartford High student makes top five in singing competition, seeks votes to win
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford High senior Macy Bettwieser was voted into the top five of the Broadway World’s Next On Stage contest last week.But she needs more votes to win the annual competition.People can vote for Bettwieser online...
Rain on snow: How climate change might be shortening New Hampshire’s winters
By EMILY CUMMINGS
Mount Washington is known for having the worst weather in the world, so the week before Christmas, most people would expect the summit to be consumed by snowy conditions. But on Dec. 17-19, 2023, precipitation on the mountain fell as rain. The...
Out & About: In-person dining returns for free annual holiday meal
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Listen will hold a sit-down Christmas Day dinner for the first time in five years.The newly named “Upper Valley Winter Holiday Dinner” will be held for the first time at Listen’s dining hall in White River Junction. The event is...
Turning dusty attic treasures into cash can yield millions for some and disappointment for others
By NICK PERRY
THOMASTON, Maine — Kaja Veilleux has been hunting New England attic treasures for more than 50 years. He once found a copy of the Declaration of Independence sitting on a pile of trash, and he made headlines this year when he stumbled upon a...
With fifth edition, Vermont Almanac continues to showcase stories of an evolving state
By ALEX HANSON
CORINTH — It might not seem this way at first, but Vermont Almanac is the product of an uneasy time.The annual publication’s fifth volume reached store shelves in late November. Weighing in at nearly 300 pages full of writing and imagery about rural...
Little damage reported in Vermont from Wednesday’s heavy rainfall
By EMMA COTTON
Impacts from Wednesday’s storm appeared minor on Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service and Vermont Emergency Management. The weather service had issued a flood watch for most of the state on Wednesday but downgraded expected...
Hartford High student needs votes for singing competition
HARTFORD — A Hartford High School student who placed in the top 10 in a national singing competition needs more votes to make it to the next round.People can vote for Macy Bettwieser, who was one of more than 250 high school students around the...
The Satanic Temple unveils holiday display in city plaza in front of NH State House
By ARIANNA MacNEILL
Near the city Christmas tree and a nativity scene, a new holiday display – backed by city permit – now stands in the city plaza in front of the State House.The Satanic Temple has installed its own holiday monument in front of the State House, unveiled...
Listen dedicates book room to longtime volunteers
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
LEBANON — Dozens of people gathered in the book room at Listen’s Miracle Mile Thrift Store, while more waited outside the store holding tight to reusable bags in Friday morning’s cold air.Dorothy Syme made her way to the front of the crowd inside to...
Over Easy: An Upper Valley winter musical would be titled "Wicked Cold," of course
By DAN MACKIE
I am not the sort of person who suddenly bursts into song — or would wish for anyone else to (too startling) — but I have been feeling musical after experiencing the movie, “Wicked,” during Thanksgiving break.I was not there under duress; as a leading...
Theater Review: Northern Stage’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ captures the magic of a beloved story
By NATHAN DOUGLAS GARDNER
Northern Stage’s 2024 winter musical, “Beauty and the Beast,” feels like a glass of warm milk before bed — comforting and nostalgic, yet hard to critique without a layer of sentimentality. For those who grew up in the ’90s or raised children during...
VINS sets records for number of birds in its care
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
QUECHEE — For around a decade, Pat Tivnan has been volunteering at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science to help care for baby birds.During her four-hour shifts, she’d feed the tiniest patients at the Center for Wild Bird Rehabilitation and...
Mount Washington Observatory unveils new project to expand weather monitoring across NH
By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN
Mount Washington famously lays claim to the world’s worst weather. Now, a new project from the Mount Washington Observatory will allow people to monitor that weather more closely.Last week, the observatory unveiled a project to expand the Mount...
First right whales of season gorge on critical food off Massachusetts, giving hope for a strong year
By PATRICK WHITTLE
Scientists who study a critically endangered species of whale that lives off New England said encouraging early signs suggest the animals could have a strong season for feeding and breeding.The North Atlantic right whale is one of the rarest whale...
Upper Valley Guernseys earn ribbons at World Dairy Expo
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
MERIDEN — To owner Angela Toms, Mill Bridge Farm is a “4-H project gone right.”Toms, a physician, and her husband, Chris Forman, a software engineer, built the barn that houses 11 Guernsey cows in 2018, after their four children joined 4-H and got...
Making Statehouse plaza festive: When moving a 40-foot Christmas tree, the wind isn’t your friend
By DAVID BROOKS
Cutting your own Christmas tree is a snap. Unless, that is, it weighs 3,100 pounds, is as wide as a lane of traffic and nature decided to make the whole process more complicated.“The wind makes it a little trickier,” said Ryan Rambeau, Concord tree...
Rain will help NH's drought conditions. But it's not enough.
By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN
Ongoing drought conditions are straining some local water systems, and state officials are urging people to conserve water where they can. Meanwhile, some people are reporting that their residential wells are going dry. Fires are also catching across...
Out & About: Upper Valley Thanksgiving meals 2024
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
Every year, dozens of volunteers and organizations make Thanksgiving special.This happens in various ways: there’s people who put together meal boxes for families in need, those who serve meals at Thanksgiving Day dinners and yet others who volunteer...
