The Sullivan County budget for 2013 has been finalized by the three county commissioners and it will require an additional $310,381 in tax support from the 15 county communities. More...
By GREG BLUESTEIN and DORIE TURNER The Associated Press
ATLANTA — When a Georgia middle school student reported to police and school officials that she had been bullied on Facebook, they told her there was not much they could do because the harassment occurred off campus. More...
By LAURIE KELLMAN and ALICIA A. CALDWELL The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Embarrassed by a prostitution scandal, the Secret Service will assign chaperones on some trips to enforce new rules of conduct that make clear that excessive drinking, entertaining foreigners in their hotel rooms and cavorting in d More...
Members of the Rangers wave to the crowd during opening-day ceremonies for the Claremont Youth Baseball and Softball Association on Saturday at Monadnock Park. More...
Cities and towns across the Green Mountain State are preparing for the greenest day of the year. Vermont will celebrate the 42th annual Green Up Day on Saturday, less than eight months after Tropical Storm Irene hammered the state. More...
Race car driver Dylan Bodreau, right, gives signed photos to Nicholis and Wyatt Burke at the Twin State Speedway race car show at the Visitors Center in Claremont on Saturday. More...
A Windsor-based company recently secured a contract to install what business leaders say is the largest private solarpowered system in Vermont. More...
Last week was a busy one for events at the college, most of them annual and eagerly anticipated. Events are the hallmark of the spring semester as we wind our way toward graduation on May 18. More...
During the middle school years, it is not uncommon for a parent or teacher to hear a student question the necessity of learning certain academic skills. More...
To tax or not to tax? Elimination of N.H. communications tax could prove too costly
state Sen. BOB ODELL
If you use Comcast to access the Internet, you are paying the 7 percent New Hampshire communications tax for that service. If you use Verizon Wireless or other providers to access the Internet, you are not paying that tax. More...
For all intents and purposes, Tuesday’s five primary victories for Republican Mitt Romney signaled the start of the fall election campaign — mano a mano. More...
Hartland man cited HARTLAND — Vermont State Police reported Michael Pitts, 31, of Hartland was cited Friday for possession of regulated drug (morphine) and operating a vehicle with a criminally suspended license after troopers stopped him for More...
CONCORD — University of New Hampshire students have been uncovering clues to campus life during the late 19th century by digging up a small grassy lot that was once home to a longtime professor and dean. More...
PORTLAND, Maine — Amid a national debate over legislation to prevent the student loan rate from doubling, a former Vermont college student living in Maine says she knows firsthand what the issue is all about. More...
DEAR ABBY: My 11- year-old niece, “Nina,” has no table manners. I was surprised at her inappropriate behavior because her parents are well-educated people who were raised with good table manners. More...