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Friday Update: Claremont Lifts Boil Water Order
Claremont officials lifted the “boil water” order on city residents and businesses Friday morning, after getting test results showing there was no contamination of the public drinking water supply. The …
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Rolling Up His Sleeves: New Stevens Coach Ready to Rebuild Cardinals
Claremont — Ross Dole is an optimist. He has to be. After all, he is taking over a Stevens High girls basketball program that was under .500 (8-10) last season and is inheriting a roster that has only an occasional starter from a year ago. Still, he can see through all the roadblocks that lie …
They Just Want to Skate: Dartmouth Alums Cope With NHL Lockout
Hanover — Lee Stempniak won big the last time the National Hockey League locked out its players. Seven years later, he’s much like everyone else who earns a living in the sport. He just wants to skate. “I’m frustrated,” said the 29-year-old Stempniak, who was in town with four former Dartmouth teammates — all under …
Woman Rescues Dog in Fire; Hanover Home Badly Damaged
Hanover — A woman and her dog are safe after a fire destroyed a two story house on Route 10 near the Lyme line early yesterday morning. Magda Janney was at home when the fire started on the first floor around 5:45 a.m. She was standing outside the house when the first fire engine arrived …
Entertainment Highlights: NCCT Presents Popular Rock Opera 'Jesus Christ Superstar'
There was a time when a winter show was a fixture in the North Country Community Theatre’s annual calendar. Then, life got in the way. The all-volunteer theater troupe has carried on with its annual summer production, but struggled to find people committed to putting on a second production. “They just kind of fell off …

Students Saban Wein, left, and Dylan Adamovich, both of Claremont, haul 21/2 gallon containers of water to the art room on the third floor of the New England Classical Academy in Claremont yesterday. A parent donated 130 gallons of water to the school while the city investigates possible contamination of the water supply. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

Friday Update: Claremont Lifts Boil Water Order

Claremont officials lifted the “boil water” order on city residents and businesses Friday morning, after getting test results showing there was no contamination of the public drinking water supply. The order was imposed Wednesday after E. coli bacteria …

Fired Resident Sues DHMC Claiming Whistleblower Retaliation

Lebanon — A former resident physician who was fired from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in June is now suing the hospital, saying that she was improperly dismissed for reporting concerns about a colleague and that she was acting according …

Future Uses of Elizabeth Mine Site Considered

Strafford — Dori Wolfe, energy consultant and cofounder of solar energy firm groSolar, thinks the centuries-old Elizabeth Mine would be an ideal site for a solar energy installation. “The field is green and it’s ready, we can lay those panels on now,” Wolfe said. “It would be excellent …

Joe Newton, left, and Chuck Keir, both of the Brattleboro Fire Department, brace a doorway during a simulation of a rescue inside a damaged White River Junction apartment house yesterday. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Vermont Firefighters Descend on Hartford for Rescue Training

White River Junction — Pete Benedetto, wearing a hard hat and safety glasses, peered up at a vacant apartment complex on the banks of the Connecticut River. On the ground, squads of firefighters outfitted in heavy gear swarmed …

Randolph Repeat Fugitive Surrenders After Two Months on the Run

White River Junction — The last time Joshua Hill went on the lam, he made it all the way to Mexico, and was brought into custody only when federal agents tracked him down to a hotel in Cancun. His ambition, apparently, has waned. Hill, 23, who grew up …

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At Lebanon Pet & Aquarium Center in West Lebanon yesterday, Rebecca Mitchell of Bristol, N.H., gives her daughter Summer a better view of the store’s fish tanks. The city has proposed annual increases in its water and sewer rates. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Purchase photo reprints »
Mary Lamarca, of Hanover, tastes before buying a growler of cider from Wanda Loynds, left, at Poverty Lane Orchards in Lebanon Thursday. A friend told Lamarca about “thirsty Thursday” when Farnum Hill Ciders are sold by the growler for two dollars off the regular price, prompting her to stop by the orchard after work. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Purchase photo reprints »
The Hartford High School girls basketball team works on a shooting drill yesterday in White River Junction. The Hurricanes, who have a new coach this season, begin their defense of the Vermont Division II title on Saturday. (Valley News — Ryan Dorgan) Purchase photo reprints »
Kearsarge’s Oliver Gallo, right, is blocked by Lebanon’s Martin Gradijan during a Kearsarge boys basketball scrimmage at Lebanon High School yesterday. During football season, Gallo took control during a harrowing situation. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) Purchase photo reprints »
Dean Marquis, of Bridgewater, carries scrap lumber yesterday from the Taftsville Covered Bridge, which was severely damaged by Tropical Storm Irene. Alpine Construction will continue the historic rehabilitation of the bridge over the Ottauquechee River through the winter. Officials said the project is due to be completed in June. (Valley News - Ryan Dorgan) Purchase photo reprints »
Hartford High football coach Mike Stone, left, has won 10 state championships over a 26-year coaching career at his alma mater. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)
Judy Munger, left, and Noreen Arnold of Wilder work on an activity together during their Spanish I class at the Community College of Vermont in Wilder recently. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)
Jay Smith, of Woodstock, and Rachel Serkalow, of Wilder, take a lunchtime run in Hartford yesterday. They run every other day. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Purchase photo reprints »
Lebanon’s Mathew Cowles, center, splits the Kearsarge defense during a boys basketball scrimmage last night at Lebanon High School. The Cougars start their season on Friday; the Raiders commence on Dec. 15. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) Purchase photo reprints »
Luke Cramer, 6, of Union Village, reacts as he begins to lose balance while his father, John, helps him size a new pair of ski boots yesterday during the annual ski and skate sale at Thetford Elementary School in Thetford. At right are Luke’s brother, Jack, 6, mother, Pam Podger, and Cyrus Pejouhy, of Omer and Bob’s Sport Shop in Lebanon. (Valley News - Ryan Dorgan)