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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 54-year-old Hartford man whose home across the street from Hartford High School was the target of a police raid in 2023, pleaded guilty last week to a misdemeanor count of cocaine possession.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — Jury selection began Wednesday in the trial of a 26-year-old Dartmouth alumnus charged with raping and physically assaulting a female student at a college fraternity more than two years ago. Meanwhile, prosecutors and defense attorneys have been wrestling over the scope of witness statements and even whether the words “assault” and “victim” can be used in opening statements.

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NEWPORT — A former Claremont doctor has been been sentenced up to a year in county jail after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a female patient during an office visit two years ago.Under a plea bargain with Sullivan County prosecutors, Thomas...

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CANAAN — State fire marshals are investigating a fatal house fire in Canaan Village that occurred last Sunday night.One of the town’s police officers came to the aid of badly burned 61-year-old man at the scene before the ambulance arrived and he was...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

LEBANON — For a small city, Lebanon has its share of amenities: highly rated schools, one of the top medical centers in New England, a regional shopping hub and an airport.But a thriving night life hasn’t necessarily been on the list.Beginning next...

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HANOVER — After serving as Hanover’s police chief for 10 years, Charlie Dennis informed the Selectboard last month that he would be stepping down at the end of the year.The Nov. 18 announcement was not a surprise. Dennis, who just turned 61, never...

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LEBANON — Talk about the long arm of the law.Lebanon police helped Swedish police identify and nab a 22-year-old man in Sweden who was allegedly sexually exploiting a 12-year-old Lebanon juvenile over the internet.Kim Niklasson, 22, of Växjö, Sweden,...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WINDSOR — Simon Pearce has entered into a “strategic partnership” with a California private equity firm, a move the renowned glassware designer said will provide it with a financial foundation to expand its business while avoiding the pitfalls that...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — Police have issued arrest warrants for three individuals accused in an alleged hazing incident earlier this fall at Dartmouth College.Dartmouth has suspended the fraternity — Omega Psi Phi — where the hazing is alleged to have occurred. The...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — A Dartmouth College student and his sister, who attends Mount Holyoke College, were rescued by New Hampshire Fish & Game after they reported that they were experiencing hypothermia following a hiking incident near Franconia on Saturday...

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HANOVER — Two Dartmouth College students and a Greek organization have been criminally charged with furnishing alcohol to a 20-year-old Dartmouth student who drowned in the Connecticut River following a party at a college sorority in July.Matthew...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Prosecutors have dropped a sex charge against a Newport small business owner in connection with allegations that forced him to step down from the School Board earlier this year and give up hosting a popular community-oriented...

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ENFIELD — A town employee was tricked into providing the town’s bank account information in a fraud scheme that led to $742,000 in town funds intended to pay for a contractor instead being funneled into a fraudulent bank account.Officials are...

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UNITY — The symbol spray painted on road signs is not quite befitting with the town’s name.Road signs in Unity have been defaced with Nazi swastikas and the town has yet to remove them. The vandalism may be tied to similar road sign defacement that...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WOODSTOCK — For the next 18 months or so, Windsor County criminal court cases will be heading back to the future.Back, that is, to criminal cases being heard in the county’s historic Woodstock courthouse — and back again to resorting to video...

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WOODSTOCK — A Cavendish, Vt., man who stole a Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center shuttle van from outside the emergency room and led police on a high-speed chase down Interstate 91 pleaded guilty to a raft of charges stemming from a 2022 crime...

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MERIDEN — A 17-year-old boarding student attending Kimball Union Academy was killed in a motor vehicle crash early Sunday morning in Shrewsbury, Vt., Vermont State Police reported.Macy Piersiak was remembered this week as an outgoing senior with a...

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NORTH HAVERHILL — A 30-year-old part-time Littleton police officer who promises “pro-active policing” has been elected the new sheriff of Grafton County.Democrat Jill Myers, of Lisbon, defeated Bath Police Chief Todd Matthew Eck, 28,937-23,098,...

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HANOVER — Town officials acknowledge they need to take better into account public views on law enforcement and improve how they communicate with the community and stakeholders regarding police actions, but argue the sweeping police response to a...

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HANOVER — A Dartmouth student and a college employee were arrested by Hanover police after they protested for Palestinian rights by interrupting an appearance of U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., on campus Wednesday, the latest campus incident over...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

LITTLETON, N.H. — The husband of the Democratic candidate for Grafton County sheriff and three other men face criminal charges in regard to the alleged harassment of a Lisbon, N.H., man in September.James Myers III, of Lisbon, husband of Jill Myers, a...