Patrick Adrian

Valley News — PLAINFIELD - Upper Valley farmers say that weather conditions for fruit and vegetable growing so far have been "unpredictable" and "extreme." To these farmers, however, that has become the new normal."The last 10 years have been what I'd call 'the...

PBS — The State We're In Episode 99 | 26m 26s Host Melanie Plenda is joined by Valley News Correspondent Patrick Adrian, Newport farmers Becky and Ben Nelson of Beaver Pond Farm; and state Commissioner on Agriculture Shawn Jasper, to talk about the impact of climate change on local farmers.

Valley News — GRANTHAM - Upper Valley families and institutions are opening their doors to Ukrainian families seeking refuge, though the United States' complicated and often slow-moving visa process continues to pose hurdles for Ukrainian applicants. Iryna Petrus, from Lviv, Ukraine, is living in Grantham with her daughter Polina, age 5, in the home of David and Alice Glass.

Valley News — LEBANON - School districts in Lebanon, Claremont and Sunapee are among several New Hampshire districts supporting a lawsuit against the state Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) over the department's restriction on services to students with developmental disabilities. Under federal law, individuals with disabilities are guaranteed a right to an education to the age of 21.

Valley News — LEBANON - The ongoing nationwide shortage of infant formula is spurring a surge in donations of human breast milk and money to area breast milk banks, including at the Dartmouth Health Women's Health Resource Center, to help provide milk to infants in...

Valley News — CHARLESTOWN - From her childhood in Virginia through her adult life in New Hampshire, Janice "Jan" Lambert found her bliss and contentment outdoors, whether walking along trails, exploring aquatic life in their watery habitats or studying and writing about the natural world.

The Eagle Times — CLAREMONT — Sullivan County’s tourism challenge is not a lack of assets but how to promote the wealth of assets it actually has, according to experts. “If you go to the [online destination map] we created, you can scroll down to see 140 or 150 sites that have been uploaded [so far], and it’s just one beautiful photo after another,” said University of New Hampshire Community & Economic Development Field Specialist Penelope Whitman. “And there’s a sense of, ‘Wow, this place is amazing!’ But nobody else really knows about it.” Sullivan County officials aim to change that through its creation of a regional marketing operation to attract people from outside the region to the county’s assets, from its historical and cultural attractions to its diversity of outdoor recreational opportunities.

Valley News — CLAREMONT - Community members and local health programs said the impending closure of the Planned Parenthood health center in Claremont on Thursday will be a loss to the area, leaving lingering questions about whether all people's health needs will be...