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Daybreak Upper Valley The weekday newsletter for people who live in and care about the Upper Valley.

- Woodstock municipal manager wants to fire chief- Strafford selectboard to see key departures- The Hop's season ahead.....
09/01/2026

- Woodstock municipal manager wants to fire chief
- Strafford selectboard to see key departures
- The Hop's season ahead..It's Daybreak Friday, 1/9...

Woodstock manager now wants to fire police chief

- More on yesterday's business park fire- NH radio reporter remembers Challenger disaster- Dear Daybreak returns..It's D...
08/01/2026

- More on yesterday's business park fire
- NH radio reporter remembers Challenger disaster
- Dear Daybreak returns..It's Daybreak Thursday, 1/8...

More on yesterday's business park fire; Dear Daybreak returns

Early-morning fire destroys office building in Wheeler Professional Park, across from Sachem Field. Crews were called ou...
07/01/2026

Early-morning fire destroys office building in Wheeler Professional Park, across from Sachem Field. Crews were called out around 4:30 this morning after a passing snowplow driver noticed the blaze, reports Eric Francis for Daybreak. His story and photos at the link.

Crews called out at 4:30 am for "fully involved" building by the West Lebanon-Hanover line

- Early-morning fire destroys Route 10 office building- Hanover's Main Street Kitchens closing doors next month- And Wil...
07/01/2026

- Early-morning fire destroys Route 10 office building
- Hanover's Main Street Kitchens closing doors next month
- And William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy have at it..It's Daybreak Wednesday, 1/7...

Fire at Wheeler Professional Park on Route 10 by Hanover town line

- Lake Morey skating trail opening- W. Leb, Claremont GameStops closing- And a bobcat goes up a tree after a squirrel..I...
06/01/2026

- Lake Morey skating trail opening
- W. Leb, Claremont GameStops closing
- And a bobcat goes up a tree after a squirrel..It's Daybreak Tuesday, 1/6...

Lake Morey skating trail opening, W. Leb GameStop closing

- Hearing "Jingle Bells" from the Amtrak train? You're not wrong- A WRJ bottle trove and the history it unveils..It's Da...
23/12/2025

- Hearing "Jingle Bells" from the Amtrak train? You're not wrong
- A WRJ bottle trove and the history it unveils..It's Daybreak Tuesday, 12/23...

Pedestrian struck, killed by driver in Woodstock

- Former Eagle Times owner indicted on fraud charges- Leb City Council approves budget with some cuts- Hikers with no fo...
22/12/2025

- Former Eagle Times owner indicted on fraud charges
- Leb City Council approves budget with some cuts
- Hikers with no food, water rescued from Mt. Monadnock..It's Daybreak Monday, 12/22...

Former Eagle Times publisher indicted for fraud

In this week's "Dear Daybreak," Meredith MacMartin’s sundog from Grantham the other day; Sue Morse Jamback’s fond remini...
18/12/2025

In this week's "Dear Daybreak," Meredith MacMartin’s sundog from Grantham the other day; Sue Morse Jamback’s fond reminiscence of the quarter-century-long joke that Leb’s Jim Vanier played on her mom (and, really, the whole Morse family); Barbara Woodard’s carefully wrought solstice centerpiece, pieced together from (mostly) Upper Valley finds—including one unlikely ornament; and Kathy Smith’s moment on Squam Lake, when her youngest son and a juvenile bald eagle mirrored each other.

Welcome to “Dear Daybreak”, a weekly Daybreak column. It features short vignettes about life in the Upper Valley: an encounter, a wry exchange, a poem or anecdote or reflection… Anything that happened in this region or relates to it and that might strike us all as interesting or funny or poign...

- Rainstorm coming- Revels ending- Reviews of two books from Upper Valleyites..It's Daybreak Thursday, 12/18...
18/12/2025

- Rainstorm coming
- Revels ending
- Reviews of two books from Upper Valleyites..It's Daybreak Thursday, 12/18...

Rainstorm coming, Revels ending, and two books rooted in the Upper Valley

- New Indian spot coming to Glen Road Plaza- An unusual Barnard farm in the '40s- Mt. Washington summit under stress..It...
17/12/2025

- New Indian spot coming to Glen Road Plaza
- An unusual Barnard farm in the '40s
- Mt. Washington summit under stress..It's Daybreak Wednesday, 12/17...

New Indian spot, the Upper Valley in the '40s, Mt. Washington strains

- Former Woodstock police chief placed on leave again- New farm-to-table restaurant to open in Randolph..It's Daybreak F...
12/12/2025

- Former Woodstock police chief placed on leave again
- New farm-to-table restaurant to open in Randolph..It's Daybreak Friday, 12/12...

Former Woodstock chief placed on leave again; new dining in Randolph

Looking for things to do this weekend? Every Thursday afternoon around 4, Daybreak's Weekend Heads Up goes out. It's ful...
11/12/2025

Looking for things to do this weekend? Every Thursday afternoon around 4, Daybreak's Weekend Heads Up goes out. It's full of events, from Woodstock's Wassail Weekend to the Howe's Jane Austen Ball (with dressing-up tips) to the Mallett Brothers at Court Street Arts. And that's just this Friday.

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in the Upper Valley

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About Daybreak

Sometimes you just want your day to start with a quick little rundown of what happened yesterday. This is that: an early-morning weekday newsletter by veteran journalist Rob Gurwitt that brings the Upper Valley (and sometimes the rest of Vermont and New Hampshire) to your inbox. Sometimes serious, sometimes quirky, always engaging.