Jim Kenyon

Warren Johnston and another volunteer, Toby Skarsten, of Sharon, working on a trail in the Ashley Community Forest, which runs through Sharen and Strafford. Michael Sacca photograph.

In a way, I feel sorry for Hanover police prosecutor Mariana Pastore. Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock has put her in a tough spot.The day is fast approaching when Pastore must declare whether she’s moving forward with criminal charges against 87...

Ian Struckhoff, of Enfield, has had to alter his travel patterns and work habits to avoid traversing Dartmouth College property while in Hanover, N.H., like the alley next to the building where he runs The Fourth Place, a gaming and comics store, due to bail conditions resulting from his arrest on the Dartmouth Green during the protest on May 1. The criminal trespass charge against him was dropped this week, but bail conditions remain in force. Struckhoff was photographed in Hanover, N.H, on Friday, June 28, 2024. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to [email protected]. Valley News — James M. Patterson

During a visit to the summer day camp run by a southern Windsor County YMCA on Wednesday morning, I talked with Ashley Denofrio’s 11-year-old niece.I asked her what she’d be doing, if not attending camp.“I’d be home, probably sleeping,” she said....

A day seldom passes this summer when Matt Malloy, collector of greens fees/scheduler of tee times/bartender at Carter Country Club, doesn’t have a golfer asking him what the future holds for Lebanon’s century-old course.“A lot of people still think...

With all of her wheeling and dealing this summer, real estate investor and developer Jolin Kish seems bent on turning Hanover into her personal Monopoly board.

Since Hanover police prosecutor Mariana Pastore isn’t talking, it’s hard to figure out how she decided to file criminal trespass charges against some people but not others who were on the Dartmouth Green during a pro-Palestinian protest back in May....

Jed Smith, left, and Mark Williams, of Lyme, N.H., collect a load of used tires to be taken to a company in West Lebanon for recycling at Smith’s Dorchester Road property in Lyme, N.H., on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Smith and his family have been given a deadline of August 31 to complete the cleanup of two of their Lyme properties, and if they fail to meet it the town will hire a private company to take over the task. “These people never understand,” Smith said. “It’s not junk to me.” (Valley News - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to [email protected]. Valley News — Alex Driehaus

For Blake Allison, whose wife was among the nearly 3,000 people killed on 9/11, it’s never been about seeking retribution against the men accused of planning the deadliest terrorist attacks in U.S. history.It’s about finding answers.How did the plan...

Delay, delay, delay. The time-tested legal strategy is a sneaky way to keep the public from gaining access to police information that under New Hampshire law should be easily available to anyone who asks for it.Hanover officials and their attorney...