Patrick O'Grady

NORTH THETFORD — Town clerks in small towns are often in the best position to know who may be struggling a bit because they see just about all the residents for one reason or another.Emily Hood certainly knew who had fallen on hard times as Thetford’s...

With Megan Faris and Leah Perreard leading the girls and Ben Groves and Ryan Faris the boys, Hanover High easily won the NHIAA Division II cross country state championships at Derryfield Park in Manchester on Saturday.The boys repeated as champions...

Going into Saturday’s VPA Division III girls cross country state championship, Thetford Academy co-coach Joe Deffner said he thought a fourth-place finish would be a solid day for the Panthers.But as he watched the race unfold, Deffner began thinking...

Mascoma senior Gunner Currier was second in the NHIAA Division III boys cross country state championship race at Derryfield Park in Manchesteer on Saturday, helping the Royals claim the school’s first state title.The Royals were first among 27 teams...

Claremont City Manager Guy Santagate walks to lunch with Director of Planning and Development Nancy Merrill, left, in Claremont, N.H. Tuesday, November 29, 2016. Santagate is retiring after 15 years at his post. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to [email protected]. Valley News file — James M. Patterson

CLAREMONT — Two threats of school violence resulted in the cancellation of classes Friday at one Upper Valley high school and a heightened police presence on several campuses.SAU 6 Superintendent Chris Pratt said in a Thursday evening message to the...

Newport Wastewater Superintendent Arnold Greenleaf looks at the intake for aeration equipment on the roof of the treatment plant in Newport, N.H., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. A series of malfunctions beginning in early October in the system that helps break-down waste by injecting air into the plant's two lagoons has intermittently caused a foul odor to affect nearby residents and businesses. Sludge in the lagoons was stirred up when the system was turned on again early this week causing foul smelling hydrogen sulfide gas to be released, which prompted school officials to close the nearby Newport Middle High School on Wednesday and Thursday. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) James M. Patterson

LYME — For Allan Newton, teaching was not only a way to earn a living. It was a way of life.For more than 25 years before retiring in 1994 to Lyme — the town where he grew up and where his parents ran the popular Camp Pinnacle from 1946 to 1981 —...

A woman reaches out and touches a name at The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C on display at Fedde Middle School in Hawaiian Gardens, Calif., on Thursday, March 23, 2023. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News) Xxx — Xxx XxxKeith Birmingham—TNS

Traffic flows past businesses on Washington Street in Claremont, N.H., on Thursday, June 13, 2024. A traffic study conducted between June 2022 and June 2023 estimated that the street sees on average 30,000 daily trips. (Valley News - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to [email protected]. Alex Driehaus