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Kenyon: Scott endorses one of three Republicans running for Windsor County Senate seats
By JIM KENYON
At a recent League of Women Voters forum for the six candidates running for the three Windsor County seats in the Vermont Senate, Jonathan Gleason was quick to tout his endorsement by Gov. Phil Scott. Gleason bills himself as a moderate Republican,...
Friends and rivals, Brazile and Conway, appear at Dartmouth
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
HANOVER — Political strategists Donna Brazile and Kellyanne Conway discussed the 2024 election and the importance of fostering conversations across the political divide this week in the first in a series of debates hosted by the Dartmouth Political...
Proposed shortcut would connect Sachem Village to DHMC
By CLARE SHANAHAN
LEBANON — A connector road between Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Sachem Village, a Dartmouth graduate student housing community, is under discussion by city officials once again.As proposed, the limited-access road would create a shortcut...
In race for Congress, Williams and Goodlander campaign for — and against — Washington
By JOSH ROGERS
Lily Tang Williams was multitasking when she campaigned at a New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women reception at Fulchino Vineyards in Hollis, N.H., recently.As the event kicked off, the congressional candidate snapped photos for her social...
NH Planned Parenthood officials say Vance defunding call ‘dangerous’ for health care
By ANNMARIE TIMMINS
Local Planned Parenthood officials joined their national counterparts Wednesday in raising concerns about vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance’s assurances that he and former President Donald Trump would defund the organization, including its...
Hartford School Board denies violating open meeting law
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
HARTFORD — The School Board this week acknowledged a “procedural glitch” in the non-public session of a June meeting, but denied that it violated the Vermont Open Meeting Law when it negotiated and signed a severance agreement with the district’s...
Gas to energy installation moves forward at Lebanon landfill
Twenty years after the project to burn methane gas produced in the Lebanon landfill to generate electricity was conceived, installation of equipment is underway to clean and burn methane gas, a byproduct of decomposing waste in the landfill. Expected...
Home health insurance options limited amid changes in Medicare Advantage plans
By CLARE SHANAHAN
NEW LONDON — While some people are choosing Halloween costumes and carving pumpkins, many older adults and people with disabilities are shopping for Medicare coverage.Ahead of the Medicare open enrollment period, which begins Tuesday, supplemental...
Hanover makes interim town manager permanent
By CLARE SHANAHAN
HANOVER — The Selectboard appointed Robert Houseman to the permanent town manager position earlier this week.Prior to Monday’s appointment, which was effective immediately, Houseman had served as interim town manager since Aug. 1. He replaced former...
State offers Water Street building to Claremont
CLAREMONT — The state has offered to sell the vacant state office building at 17 Water Street to the city for $700,000, City Manager Yoshi Manale told the City Council Wednesday.The offer would have to be approved by the governor and Executive Council...
Thousands scramble for health coverage as Medicare Advantage firms leave N.H.
By DAVID BROOKS
Tens of thousands of New Hampshire seniors will have to find new supplemental health insurance coverage next year because some companies, including Harvard-Pilgrim, Human and Ambetter, are pulling out of the Medicare Advantage business in the...
Merrimack Valley bus driver woes lead superintendent to get behind the wheel
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
Merrimack Valley’s bus driver shortage grew so dire on Monday that Superintendent Randy Wormald found himself behind the wheel of a van en-route to Loudon, N.H.“We’re paper thin and have everyone driving,” Wormald said. “If I’m driving a van, we’re...
Unsealed records show Sanborn – and judge – questioned state’s handling of search warrant
By ANNMARIE TIMMINS
Andy Sanborn’s fight against the state to keep his gaming license long enough to sell his casino has played out publicly for over a year. Since at least May, his lawyers have been waging a second battle behind closed doors, this one over records and...
Federal court gives mixed signals in free speech case over parents protesting transgender athletes
By ETHAN DEWITT
The standoff began over email.A day before the Bow High School junior varsity girls’ soccer team was set to face off on home turf against the Plymouth Regional High School’s team — a team that included a transgender female player — Bow’s athletic...
Lyme seeks to address housing shortage
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
LYME — Long thwarted by zoning and infrastructure challenges, the town’s Planning Board will take yet another crack at addressing the regional housing crisis at a meeting on Thursday.The board has scheduled a forum to get clarification on Upper...
Grantham doctor to plead guilty to cash-for-pills scheme
By JOHN LIPPMAN
BURLINGTON — A New Hampshire doctor who ran a chain of addiction treatment clinics in the Twin States, including one in Grantham, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to unlawfully distribute drugs.Dr. Adnan S. Khan, who prosecutors identified...
New London Hospital makes interim CEO permanent
NEW LONDON — New London Hospital has named the hospital’s interim CEO to the permanent post, following a national search, according to a Tuesday news release.Dr. Lauren Geddes Wirth has been in the interim role since March.She replaced former New...
Lebanon developer hopes to find ‘meaningful uses’ for Goddard College buildings
By EMMA COTTON
In the latest twist since Goddard College closed last spring, college trustees have decided to enter into a purchase and sale agreement with Execusuite LLC, a property redevelopment firm based in Lebanon.In an announcement issued Monday morning,...
North Country Union High School classes will move back inside after encouraging PCB results
By ETHAN WEINSTEIN
After surprise PCB test results this summer forced North Country Union High School students to take some classes in tents, all classes will move back inside next week.The news came after the latest round of test results, according to Chris Young, the...
Pandemic funds to bring mini herb gardens, hydroponic farms to schools
By CLAIRE SULLIVAN
Miniature herb gardens and compact hydroponic farms are headed to New Hampshire schools after the Executive Council approved using federal funds for the purchases last week.For about $12,000 total, 1,200 mini herb gardens will be distributed to...
