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By Greg Fennell

It’s a Long Way to Go for a Championship- Hanover — Laura Ray remembers back when her son, Daniel, was in second grade and wanted to play hockey.A young girl Daniel’s age, Matti Hartman, was also part of a group of youngsters “who were talking about hockey every moment, and he wanted to try,”...

Charles B. Officer, Jr.- Hanover, N.H. — Charles B. Officer Jr. (Chuck), 89, died peacefully on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, at Harvest Hill in Lebanon, N.H..He was born in Evanston, Ill, on Dec. 15, 1926, to Charles and Ethyl Officer and was raised in Claremont, N.H. He...

By Jared Pendak

Young Riders Receive Tips From Sports Psychologist- Hanover — Of the many analogies equestrian trainer Daniel Stewart links between horseback riding and various aspects of life, one of his favorites is the attitude of Thomas Edison when addressing the shortfalls he experienced attempting to invent the...

By Rob Wolfe

Dartmouth Commencement Speaker Announced- Hanover — Leymah Gbowee, a Nobel laureate known for her human rights activism in Liberia, will deliver the keynote address at Dartmouth College’s commencement in June.Gbowee led an interfaith women’s movement against the violence of Liberia’s Second...

By David Corriveau

Entertainment Highlights: Jazz Standout Maria Schneider Returns to Hopkins Center- Maria Schneider hopes that by the time her orchestra starts playing at Dartmouth on Tuesday night, the jazz composition that the Hopkins Center co-commissioned will sound at least a little newer to the audience in Spaulding Auditorium than to her.“We...

By Aimee Caruso

Dartmouth Students Offer Youngsters an Intro to Science- Hanover— A few years ago, McKenzie Kelley’s teacher asked her class to draw a picture of a scientist.Nearly everyone came up with the same thing: “an old man,” said McKenzie, a Bennington, Vt., eighth-grader attending a free science event at Dartmouth...

By Tim Camerato

First Love, 52 Years, Then Marriage- Thetford — Woodstock native David Williams wasn’t an outgoing student during his days at Woodstock High School. In fact, he said, he was often “shy” and “withdrawn” compared with the average teenager.And because he would often rather be at home on...

Harold M. Friedman- Hanover, N.H. — A memorial service for Harold M. Friedman, who died on Feb. 28, 2016, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday July 30, 2016, at the Rollins Chapel Hanover N.H. A reception will follow the service at the Dartmouth Outing Club, 10 Hilton Rd.,...

By Rick Jurgens

Hundreds of Geisel Employees to Learn Fate Next Week- Hanover — Employees of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College will learn next week whether the school’s deficit-driven restructuring measures will leave them unemployed, require them to start over as employees of Dartmouth-Hitchcock or...

At the Hospitals- APD Board Appoints Members, Elects Officers Lebanon — Six new members were recently appointed to Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital’s Board of Trustees. The board also elected officers.“The addition of these talented executives and physicians will...

People in Business- Peter Stern, of Lyme, a financial adviser in Morgan Stanley’s Wealth Management office in Lebanon, has attained the firm’s Family Wealth Advisor designation. The designation is granted through Morgan Stanley’s Institute of Family Wealth Management to...

By Rob Wolfe

Neighbors Not Thrilled with Dartmouth Field House Plan- Hanover — A plan by Dartmouth College to build a $20 million indoor athletic facility east of campus has neighbors worried about the size and appearance of the building.The 70,000-square-foot field house would be located off South Park Street, a half...

By Josh Weinreb

Marauder Softball Coach Makes the Right Call- Jessica Belley was reluctant at first. She liked coaching softball at Lebanon Middle School, liked teaching the basics to girls who — in many cases — were learning the game for the first time.Taking the job as Hanover High’s varsity softball coach...

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Forum: Beauty and the Building; Joys of the Hood Museum; The Co-op Election- Beauty and Function in Building I very much appreciated Valley News staff writer Nicola Smith’s thoughtful article on the proposed renovations to the Hood Museum. The article raised my awareness of the plans as well as important questions about the...

By Liz Sauchelli

Hanover Boy’s Toy Has High-Flying Adventure- Hanover — Bryan Palmer and his family were long gone from a Leesville, La., hotel room on Christmas Day when he realized he’d left his beloved stuffed dog Dawg behind.“I just like the fact that his ears are green and he’s red and he’s a stuffy,” said...

By John Lippman

A Life: Lou’s Chef Maurice Bergeron Was a Family Man Through and Through- Lebanon — Lou’s restaurant owner Toby Fried remembers the day nearly two decades ago when Moe Bergeron showed up to try out for a chef’s job at the longtime Hanover eatery.“We interviewed chefs by having them prepare a meal,” Fried explains....

By Nicola Smith

Will the Hood Be Hidden?- Architecture gets people riled up. It provokes awe, exuberance, delight, incomprehension and displeasure — rarely indifference. We are proprietary about the buildings we live with and work in. Where we live, what we live with and what we work around,...

By Rick Jurgens

Dartmouth Panel Discusses Climate- Lebanon — About 60 public health professionals and volunteers came to an auditorium at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center last week, not to debate the reality of climate change, but to prepare for it.Reducing the atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide...