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Goshen filmmaker wins Peabody for Rwanda doc

Deborah Scranton of Goshen doesn’t think about Rwanda the same way many westerners do. For many, Rwanda is the war-torn African nation that experienced the second worst case of genocide after the Holocaust. More...

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Local News

WHAT RELAXATION FEELS LIKE

Sunapee senior Marina Nekoroski, right, who learned about massage therapy for her senior project, gives a massage during Senior Project Night at Sunapee Middle High School on Thursday night. More...

Proposed budget could raise county taxes up to 4 percent

The proposed Sullivan County budget for fiscal year 2013 calls for expenditures of $29.55 million, up $416,105 over the 2012 budget. More...

Man faces charges for alleged knife assault

A 29-year-old transient was arrested Sunday after allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend and holding a knife to her throat at a Hartland residence. More...

Opinion

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Full Story

House calls and leather helmets

Maybe it was the anniversary of the Titanic sinking or the release of the 1940 census. Or perhaps just the reappearance of baseball or the coming of spring. More...

Sorting the wheat and chaff

Wednesday was a big day for political umbrage-taking. More...

Sports

SELFLESS STAR F.M.’s Allen always put others 1st

LANGDON — Jenn Allen wasn’t the leading scorer on the Fall Mountain girls basketball team. More...

Curtis comes up big against Springfield

SPRINGFIELD — Katelyn Curtis is all about location. In the first two innings of yesterday’s softball game against Springfield, Windsor’s ace kept her pitches steady down the middle of the plate. More...

Lakers steam past Newport

SUNAPEE — Sunapee baseball coach Tom Frederick couldn’t have asked for much more from his defending Division IV champions over the first few weeks of the season. More...

Lifestyles

Making treasured furniture out of other people’s trash

PHOENIX — If you can look at a dented, chipped, dusty piece of furniture that’s been in someone’s garage for years and see potential and beauty, then Debbie Nelson is impressed. More...

Farro: An easy-to-cook versatile ancient grain

Off the Beaten Aisle is a weekly column by AP Food Editor J.M. Hirsch. It explores lesser known but widely available ingredients. More...

A lighter take on a classic, yet fatty dip

Spinach and artichoke dip sounds like it should be a virtuous treat. After all, it’s loaded with vegetables. Trouble is, it’s usually more mayonnaise and cheese than spinach and artichoke. More...

Shot police chief remembered at candlelight vigil

GREENLAND, N.H. — Michael Maloney was only a few days from retirement as chief of a smalltown New Hampshire police department. After more than a quarter-century in law enforcement, he was eager to begin the next chapter of his life. More...

Local police officers react

Local law enforcement officers shared one resounding word after reacting to the Greenland, N.H., shooting that killed a police chief and wounded four other officers: Tragedy. More...

The legacy of Titanic

Epic disasters — the anguished cries, the stories of heroism — are the central narratives of our age, both enthralling and horrifying. More...

Obituaries

Dorothy Walker - 2013-05-21
Ernest M. Rzeczycki - 2013-05-21
Donald R. Melendy - 2013-05-21
Catherine Perry - 2013-05-21
Rose M. Butler - 2013-05-21
David A. Sclafani - 2013-05-20
Madeline E. Kane - 2013-05-20
Madeline E. Kane - 2013-05-18
Nancy A. McHugh - 2013-05-18
Shirley H. Noyes - 2013-05-18
Brony Budzik - 2013-05-18
Harry Blish Jr. - 2013-05-18
Shirley H. Mitchell - 2013-05-18
John R. Grady Sr. - 2013-05-17
Lawrence H. West - 2013-05-16

National/World

Boulders roll down on homes

HONOLULU — Boulders and rocks tumbled down a Honolulu mountainside, smashing into homes, leaving two uninhabitable and forcing residents to evacuate for fear others could follow. More...

Obama releases his tax returns

WASHINGTON — Pressuring Mitt Romney on taxes, President Obama’s campaign re-released more than a decade of tax records yesterday, a political maneuver designed to pressure the Republican presidential candidate to divulge tax records beyon More...

Lawyer: GSA client will remain silent

WASHINGTON — A General Services Administration executive will assert his right to remain silent at a congressional hearing next week into the agency’s spending practices, the official’s lawyer said yesterday. More...

Around Town

SATURDAY

Breakfast buffet CLAREMONT — A Community Breakfast Buffet will be held from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday, April 14, at the Claremont Masonic Hall, 40 Maple Avenue in Claremont. More...

SUNDAY

Benefit jam CHESTER — A Big Benefit Jam will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 15, at Gassetts Grange in Chester. Proceeds benefit the Vermont Farm Disaster Relief Fund. All are welcome. More...

MONDAY

Walpole seniors meet More...

Arts and Entertainment

Moe Stooges? Farrellys resurrect the knuckleheads

LOS ANGELES — Resurrect Curly, Larry and Moe? As any Three Stooges fan might say, that’s soitenly sacrilege. More...

‘Three Stooges’ one long poke in the eye

A little nyuk-nyuknyuk goes a long way in “The Three Stooges,” Peter and Bobby Farrelly’s feature-length homage to the classic slapstick comedy trio. More...

ABC comedy ‘Apt. 23’ lacks any real amusement

In ABC’s mirthless new comedy, “Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23,” a young woman named June (Dreama Walker) moves to the big city for a job at a big investment bank only to find the place in full-blown Madoff mayhem. More...

Social

Just married

Temple, Dingle

Mollie Suzanne Temple and Wallace Dingle, both of Charleston, S.C., will be married Sunday, May 13, 2012 at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston, S.C. The minister will be the Rev. Jyl Bradley. More...

Just arrived

Michael Alan Peaslee Jr.

Michael Alan Peaslee Jr. was born Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon to Michael Alan Peaslee and Casey-Jo Langlois of Claremont. He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and was 19 inches long. More...

Lempster student in state bee

Ben van Paassen, a 6thgrade student at Goshen- Lempster Cooperative School, was selected by the National Geographic Society to participate in the 2012 New Hampshire Geographic Bee. More...

Advice

Girl chasing limelight should keep feet on ground

DEAR ABBY: I am a 16- year-old girl and I want to become famous. My mom says that’s not a real job. I was in magazines when I was little, but now that I’m older, I want to be a singer or actress. What should I do? More...

Eating disorders can affect any age group

Q: I am a 55-year-old woman who struggled with an eating disorder (anorexia) during my teen years. More...