1+ hour, 11+ min ago  (1215+ words) When America celebrated its bicentennial, in 1976, Rodney Smolla was in law school at Duke University. The country had emerged from the tumult of the conflict in Vietnam, the Civil Rights movement and the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and…...

1+ hour, 29+ min ago  (739+ words) Norwich Congregational Church members and Selectboard chair re-install repaired clapper of 1817 Paul Revere & Sons bell. An event celebrating the bell will be held Saturday afternoon July 4. After Easter service at the Norwich Congregational Church each year, the children in attendance…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago  (277+ words) LEBANON "Police have arrested a man in connection with sexually abusing a 10 year old child in Lebanon. Gene Pease, a 71-year-old Etna resident, is facing two counts of pattern aggravated felonious sexual assault and a misdemeanor count of simple assault....

1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (1860+ words) TUNBRIDGE " In 2001, Israel "Izzy" Provoncha was in his third year as a historical reenactor and the United States celebrated its 225th birthday. But the unit he was with at the time didn't attend many larger events that acknowledged that anniversary. "I…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (761+ words) WOODSTOCK " The attorney for an ousted police chief argued against the legality of his demotion to patrol officer at a Tuesday court hearing. The town's attorney insisted that the chief's behavior had violated policy repeatedly, and warranted the action by…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (275+ words) VERSHIRE " Voters approved revised general fund and highway fund budgets in a special election Saturday after the original proposals failed. On June 27, the town voted in favor of a general fund budget of $461, 000, with $259, 000 from taxes, 61 to 43. The highway fund…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (211+ words) LEBANON " Police responded to Eastman Hill Road for rollover crash involving a dump truck that was towing a wood chipper on Wednesday morning. The preliminary investigation indicates the dump truck, which was carrying a load of wood chips, experienced a…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (868+ words) LEBANON " In recent weeks, police in two Upper Valley communities have arrested the same man " who they characterized as a "sovereign citizen" " after traffic stops for invalid license plates escalated into physical altercations." In New Hampshire, Kenneth Forcier, 64, is facing…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (716+ words) CORINTH " Something strange happens to one's perception of time during a busy shift in food service." Crammed with a million tasks, each hour can feel like an eternity, while on the outside time marches on at its usual steady clip....

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (262+ words) RANDOLPH " Voters shot down a second proposed Kimball Library budget on Tuesday, with the start of its fiscal year already underway as of Wednesday. By a vote of 471 to 453, Randolph rejected the $491, 000 revised library budget, $402, 000 of which would have been…...