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Advocates say high child care costs impacting New Hampshire families, employers

Cowiche Growers, an Upper Valley-based business owned and operated by 67 small growers, marked its 100th anniversary this past week with a midweek celebration at Highland High School.

A Northfield man was arrested in Georgia for allegedly embezzling over $500,000 from a nonprofit organization working to install fiber internet in central Vermont.

THETFORD — In some ways, Owen Dybvig is just like any other 21-year-old still living at home: he’s ready to move out from under his parents’ wings and pursue his own interests, make new friends, and see more of the world.But moving is a lot more...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Outside Hartford Town Hall last Friday, Steven Zue happily greeted everyone who arrived just before noon and with good reason: He’d been waiting years for this moment. After the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered most national and...

Suspending operation of a timber harvesting business. Rerouting drivers. Not filling open positions. Canceling Netflix.These are some of the ways Upper Valley residents and businesses are handling a surge in gas and diesel prices triggered by Russia’s...

Open mic nights have long held a role in performance life in the Upper Valley. At these events, musicians, poets and comics have a chance to share new material in a supportive setting. They play an especially crucial role for those just starting out...

Upper Valley restaurants take on delivery apps "> Chris Acker, executive director of U.V.E.R., picks up a delivery order at Boloco Modern Mexican in Hanover, N.H., on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. U.V.E.R., or the Upper Valley Eateries and Retail Consumer Cooperative Society, Inc., is working with area restaurants to create a local alternative to major food delivery companies like Grubhub and Uber Eats. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or u...

About 60 people, more than half of them children, showed up last weekend for a puppet show, ice cream, face painting and art kit giveaways to mark the launch of Blake Memorial Library’s summer reading program, according to the puppet show’s...