The ''Valley News'' (and ''Sunday Valley News'') is a seven-day morning daily newspaper based in Lebanon, New Hampshire, covering the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire and Vermont, in the United States. Although the newspaper's offices are in Lebanon, its mailing address is a

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in nearby White River Junction, Vermont. The newspaper covers communities on both sides of the

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, which forms the state line. The paper's circulation is 16,522. The current editor is Matt Clary. The paper was founded in 1952 by

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. Shortly thereafter he sold the paper to

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and

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. Paine would serve as editor and publisher of the paper for twenty-four years. In 2012, the ''Valley News'', the '' Nashua Telegraph'', and

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established "PolitiFact '12 NH," a fact-checking effort focused on the candidates in the

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. At the time, Jeffrey Good was the ''Valley News editor. Newspapers of New England, a private company based in

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, bought the ''Valley News'' in 1981 and has owned it since.

Editorial positions

The ''Valley News'' has editorialized in support of same-sex marriage.

References

External links

VNews.com -- ''Valley News'' Website
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