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By CHRISTINA DOLAN

LEBANON — Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center has announced a collaboration with a Maine-based mountain guide service to offer the first Diploma in Mountain Medicine (DiMM) program east of the Rocky Mountains.The program is designed to train...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Over the past few weeks, waste disposal sites across the state have become the scene of a meticulous investigation. Trash bags are being torn open, their contents spread out on tables and examined with a fine-tooth comb.This scrutiny is part of the...

John Garoutte, of Charlestown, works on a mural titled “Patchwork” in the Lebanon Pedestrian Tunnel, which ferries cyclists and pedestrians on the Mascoma River Greenway under the downtown Lebanon Mall. Garoutte designed the mural to look like a...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

New Hampshire’s proposed solid waste rules face a critical checkpoint before reaching legislative offices – a review by the Waste Management Council, an advisory body to the state agency primarily composed of members from the waste industry.After many...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

As testimony on bills targeting landfill safety in New Hampshire continues in both chambers of the legislature, the state Department of Environmental Services maintains its stance against proposed legislation advocating for a four-year moratorium of...

By JIM KENYON

I tend to lump hair salons into the same category as funeral homes. No matter how the economy is doing, their services are always in demand.With that in mind, it’s surprising to hear the New England School of Hair Design is shutting down next...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

Finding his status as the Republican party’s leading alternative to former president Donald Trump increasingly challenged both nationally and in New Hampshire, Ron DeSantis came to Newport on Saturday night for a town hall that saw the Florida...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

CLAREMONT — Patty Deschaine knew that when the time came for her to step down as Stevens High field hockey head coach, she would have a succession plan in place.For the last four seasons of her 20-year run leading the Cardinals, Deschaine has had...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

Justin DeSanto had never picked up a tennis racket until halfway through his senior year of high school.Growing up in Pittston, Pa., DeSanto played basketball, football and volleyball and ran track in his youth, but he wanted to try something...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — City crosswalks are getting a colorful makeover in downtown areas in an initiative to improve pedestrian safety and to touch up the aesthetics.Public Works employees are painting a new crosswalk design on the streets surrounding Colburn Park...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

CLAREMONT — The goal the Mascoma High field hockey team could sense was coming arrived later than the Royals would have liked, but in the playoffs, all’s well that ends well.Junior Hailey Miller led a late fourth-quarter rush, and senior Carmen Zani...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

Last year was another banner fall for field hockey in the Upper Valley, with Windsor winning its third state title in a row, Hartford playing in a championship game and both Hanover and Lebanon enjoying typically strong seasons.The Yellowjackets,...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

There are 48 peaks in New Hampshire that stand at least 4,000 feet above sea level, and nobody has summited them all faster than Alyssa Godesky.A professional endurance sports athlete who moved this week to West Fairlee, Godesky set the record for the...

By JIM KENYON

As we say in the newspaper biz, Joanne Conroy buried the lead. The CEO of newly rebranded Dartmouth Health could have easily launched her Facebook live video performance last Friday by letting rank-and-file employees know how they stand to benefit...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NEWPORT, N.H. — Bill Rodeschin was born at the Rodeschin family home which was located across Sunapee Street from where LaValley Building Supply is now, in 1926.His brother, Henry Rodeschin, was born in the same house in Newport six years later, in...

By ALEX HANSON

HARTFORD — Doug Heavisides wasn’t looking for a new job.He’s nearing the end of his ninth year as the director of the Hartford Area Career and Technology Center, where he’s hired much of the staff during his tenure. He’s currently serving as the...

By GREG FENNELL

Kate Blaisdell is bringing some hardware with her as she heads off to Northeastern University field hockey this fall.The Hanover High senior forward was named the NHIAA Division II offensive player of the year as part of the New Hampshire Field Hockey...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — An antiviral drug that President Donald Trump has been taking as part of his treatment for COVID-19 was cleared for use on patients hospitalized with the coronavirus earlier this year after clinical trials conducted at Dartmouth-Hitchcock...

By PETE NAKOS

Field hockey coaches across the Upper Valley are adjusting to COVID-19 guidelines as the season begins, and they’re adjusting to another wrinkle as well: The sport has moved from two halves to four quarters. The change messes with the pace of play and...

By JIM KENYON

Can you imagine a downtown Hanover without cars and trucks clogging South Main Street?Some business owners can.They envision several blocks as an outdoor pedestrian mall, a la Church Street Marketplace in Burlington, where people dine and shop while...