Town
clerks are gearing up for election day. But along the Connecticut River, the time it takes to vote may depend on where you
live. That's because, unlike Vermont, New Hampshire is phasing in a new law that will require voters to show a photo ID.
What
if you could choose the movies that get shown at your local theater? That's the idea behind a new online film
crowd-sourcing site called "Tugg." It's
building a following, mostly in large cities.
But the first place in Vermont to try it is the small village of Wilder, in the Upper Valley.
Ever
noticed how some people "park" their car and others "pahk" it? Or how some
people have ideas, and others have idea-rs? Many
speech habits get passed down through generations. But researchers from Dartmouth are finding that linguistic patterns in northern New England are taking surprising twists and turns.
Nurses
and doctors from Dartmouth traveled to Haiti last year after the deadly earthquake. The team has returned to Haiti this month and a photographer and reporter from the Valley News have gone along to chronicle their work. Reporter Gregory Trotter describes what they've found.