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By PATRICK O’GRADY

PLAINFIELD — Cory LeClair, recently passed over for the SAU 6 superintendent position, has been hired to serve in that role for the Plainfield and Cornish school districts.LeClair, who spent nine years at SAU 6 and is a Stevens High School graduate,...

By JEANNE SHAHEEN, MAGGIE HASSAN and ANNIE KUSTER

In 1885, the world-renowned sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens sought to escape the brutal heat of New York summers while he completed a commissioned sculpture of President Abraham Lincoln for the city of Chicago. Promised by a friend living in New...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CORNISH — Back in the 1970s, Fred and Shirley Sullivan were struggling financially with the dairy farm off Route 120 they took over after Fred’s father had passed away.With 150 cows to milk, hay to cut and numerous other jobs to keep the farm running,...

By SARAH EARLE

CornishLibrary bathrooms get approval but equipment storage turned downCORNISH — Cornish residents moved one step closer to getting bathrooms in their library on Tuesday but voted down an addition to the highway garage that would have housed...

By DAVID CORRIVEAU

CORNISH — With the student body continuing to grow at Cornish Elementary School, voters at the annual meeting for the town’s school district on Saturday found little to fault in a $3.56 million operating budget that adds a full-time teacher and a...

By SARAH EARLE

The annual Cornish School District meeting will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, in the Cornish School gymnasium. Town Meeting will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 12, in the gymnasium.CORNISH — Voters will consider a 3 percent raise for...

CORNISH — The U.S. House on Tuesday approved a measure to rename the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site as a national historical park, which backers said could help boost tourism.“Saint-Gaudens is a treasure in our state and serves as an important...

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LEBANON — A 20-year-old Newport man has been charged with second-degree assault and theft of a motor vehicle after allegedly choking his girlfriend early Tuesday morning and then driving away in her car without her permission, police said.Nickolas S....

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Police say a 22-year-old New Hampshire man who grabbed cash from a gas station clerk early Tuesday morning and fled the scene in a waiting vehicle was apprehended in Cornish.Four Upper Valley police departments and New Hampshire...

Cornish — New Hampshire’s congressional delegation introduced legislation on Thursday to redesignate Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site as a national historical park.The legislation, introduced in both the U.S. House and Senate by Democratic Sens....

Cornish — Nikki Annis and Dave Gabrault, of Morrisonville, N.Y., have announced their engagement.The bride-to-be is the daughter of Pam and Bob Annis, of Cornish. She graduated from Hartford High School in 2009 and earned a bachelor’s degree in...

By Nora Doyle-Burr

West Lebanon — Despite challenges from school-choice advocates, it appeared that Democratic incumbents would hold on to their seats in two New Hampshire House districts in northern Sullivan County on Tuesday.With seven of eight of the towns in the...

By Nora Doyle-Burr

Plainfield — Democratic incumbents and their Republican challengers in two New Hampshire House districts in northern Sullivan County differ staunchly in their views of how the state ought to address school choice.Though most candidates agree that the...

By Jared Pendak

Cornish — “Bless you,” Ray Grace says casually as he saunters in the back entrance to the Cornish Flat Post Office.The person who sneezed, postal service worker Cara Decato, hasn’t greeted Grace yet, but people who interact with such regularity...

Even as rural towns throughout New England struggle with the loss of basic retail services and core institutions such as schools and churches, some Upper Valley communities are exploring innovative ways to get back to a future of at least modified...

By John Lippman

Cornish Flat — The dream had been to run a country store and revive a once popular meeting spot for the community. But in the end, hope and hard work were not enough to overcome the challenges of running a mom-and-pop store in the Upper Valley.After...

West Chester, Pa. — Carol Stokes Bergeson, 93, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Sept. 4th, 2018 at Barclay Friends in West Chester, with family by her side.Born in 1924, she was the daughter of Agnes Nicholson Stokes and Francis Collins Stokes of...

Cornish, N.H. — Bruce B. Tracy, 69, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018. He was born on March 10, 1949, in Windsor, Vt. to Rena and Floyd Tracy. He attended Cornish Elementary School and was a 1967 graduate of Stevens High...

By Gabe Brison-Trezise

Cornish — In the middle of the Cornish fairground, between intimidatingly named rides like Pharaoh’s Fury, an art show housed in Town Hall, an ox-pull ring and a plateau crammed with trucks and RVs parked for the weekend, stands the dairy tent. Its...