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Local roundup: Lebanon juniors still alive; WRJ one win from states "> Modified: 7/24/2021 9:43:51 PM DOVER, N.H. — Lebanon Post 22 stayed alive in the New Hampshire American Legion junior state tournament hunt by riding stellar pitching from Freddy Mierke and Nick Brill to a 3-2 win over Dover Post 9 on Saturday at Dover High School. The victory kept Post 22 (5-10) tied with Merrimack Post 98 for the fourth and final tourney spot out of District A. Both teams have two games left on their reg...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Bringing in parking meters, looking for new parking lots and improving access to public transportation are some of the suggestions town officials and residents raised this week when looking at how to solve White River Junction’s...

New River Junction celebrates 40 years of tubing in Montgomery County Memorial Day Weekend 2021 a lot better than the flooding of Memorial Day Weekend 2020 Tags:  New River Junction celebrates 40 years of tubing in Montgomery County MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VA. – Memorial Day Weekend is the unofficial start of summer and with it brings a major milestone for a local small business. New River Junction is celebrating 40 years of tubing and camping fun in Montgomery County. This Memorial Day they kick...

Yoga in the Canopy Sundays in June, 4:30-5:45 p.m., at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science in Quechee. $20-24; preregister. The Vermont Institute of Natural Science in Quechee is a literal and figurative playground for lovers of the great outdoors. In addition to an actual nature-inspired playscape, the nonprofit offers walking trails, raptor encounters, exhibits and educational programming for kids and adults on its 47-acre campus. All of this is geared toward promoting a desire ...

Divers called out to help pull car from river at Kilowatt Park A subcompact SUV is pulled from the Connecticut River in Wilder on Sunday afternoon after its driver went down a ramp because of a mishap involving a water bottle. Divers with the Hanover Fire Department prepare to approach a submerged vehicle in the Connecticut River near the Wilder Dam on Sunday. Members of the Hanover and Hartford fire departments watch as a vehicle is pulled from the Connecticut Riveron Sunday near Kilowatt Park...

Bottom Line: As wedding bells ring again post-pandemic, so do vendors’ cash registers Modified: 4/24/2021 9:48:15 PM The wedding business is back on again. After cancellations and postponements arising from more than a year of pandemic-related quarantines, social distancing and face masks, Upper Valley businesses tied to the wedding industry say inquiries are rolling in about availability. “Numbers-wise we are back up to almost where we were in 2019,” said Brandon Blood, owner of Blood�...

Reply WCSU Theatre Arts announces Spring Virtual Production Series DANBURY, CT — The Western Connecticut State UniversityDepartment of Theatre Arts announces its Spring Virtual Production Series. The series comprises four unique productions that will be broadcast twice over two weekends spanning Thursday, April 29, through Sunday, May 9. A ticket to each performance date will allow the purchaser to access the show over the course of 24 hours that day. Tickets are available at wcsuvpac.eventbr...

Windsor County leads state in opioid overdose deaths Modified: 1/3/2021 11:07:40 AM WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — As the COVID-19 pandemic took lives and diminished livelihoods in the Upper Valley, the opioid epidemic that has afflicted the Twin States for several years raged on in 2020, seemingly fueled by some of the efforts required to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. Windsor County logged 21 opioid overdose deaths from January through October of 2020, the most of any county in Vermo...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A nationwide mail slowdown reported by The Washington Post has been felt in the Upper Valley.White River Junction resident Fred Lerner said he and other neighbors on Worcester Avenue didn’t receive mail for four days last week,...

Postal delays felt in Upper Valley Staff Report Modified: 12/22/2020 9:23:36 PM WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A nationwide mail slowdown reported by The Washington Post has been felt in the Upper Valley. White River Junction resident Fred Lerner said he and other neighbors on Worcester Avenue didn’t receive mail for four days last week, from Tuesday until Saturday. “The mail delivery has become quite irregular,” Lerner said in an interview Monday, adding that he has called the post office s...