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Annual Bike Rodeo with Free Helmets, Activities, and More!

The  Annual Jim Wechsler Bike Rodeo and Safety Fair is back and this year will be happening in conjunction with the grand opening of the Lebanon Mall Tunnel. Join us on July 8th for a fun, two-for-one celebration of both! The events will be held ...

Upper Valley E-bike Lending Library Comes to Lebanon!

Would an e-bike make your life easier? Find out for free! 

Local Motion’s Upper Valley E-bike Lending Library will be in Lebanon from July 4th to July 24th. Borrowers can check out an e-bike from Lebanon for 60-minute slots or overnight. ...

Northern Rail Trail 25-Mile Anniversary Challenge

In celebration of the Northern Rail Trail’s 25th Anniversary in 2021, Friends of the Northern Rail Trail (FNRT) invites the whole community to participate in a challenge to walk, run, or bike 25 miles (cumulative) on the Northern Rail Trail this summer!&a...

Board and Committee Members Needed!

Would you like to make a meaningful contribution to the community? Boards and Committees are an important part of our local government and help weave the fabric of our beautiful City. Their success is entirely reliant upon the selfless dedication of our v...

Lebanon Tunnel Grand Opening Event on July 8th

Exciting news! We are pleased to announce that work on the Downtown Lebanon Tunnel Project is nearly complete and a grand opening event will be held on Thursday, July 8, 2021 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm. 

This event will include live radio by "The ...

Boston Lot Bog Bridge Construction Project

On Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend, approximately 19 volunteers participated in a project to install bog bridges on the Lakeside Trail within Boston Lot Conservation Area. The bridges are designed to assist foot traffic during wet conditions, both minimi...

Volunteers Needed by Upper Valley Senior Center

The Upper Valley Senior Center is looking for dedicated individuals to assist with Home Delivered Meals in Lebanon, West Lebanon, and Hanover. 

Typical routes take 1 to 1.5 hours and mileage is reimbursed for drivers. Meals are free on the days yo...

Volunteers Clean Up Two Rivers Conservation Area!

On Wednesday April 28th, approximately 20 volunteers from the local congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints arrived at the Two Rivers Conservation Property and participated in a clean-up event. 

The group led the charge to ...

"Keys to the Valley" Website Launched

The Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission (RPC), working jointly with two Regional Commissions in Vermont, is pleased to share the resources and findings from Keys to the Valley, a multi-year initiative to study homes and housing needs in...

March is Women's History Month

Women’s History Month has been celebrated since 1987 and was dedicated to reflect on the often-overlooked contributions of women to United States history. This March, the Lebanon Heritage Commission invites you to “stand in her shoes” to explore some of t...

Community Conversation: Mt. Support Road Special Assessment District

The City of Lebanon is contemplating the creation of a Special Assessment District to fund necessary capital improvements at and near the intersection of Mt. Support Road and Lahaye Drive. A draft map of the proposed District and identification of the pro...

Slow Internet Getting You Down? Tell the Grafton County Broadband Committee!

Don’t miss out—this is the chance you’ve been waiting for to help inform County and State efforts toward securing funding for better broadband infrastructure.

What is broadband? 

Put simply, broadband is high-speed int...

NHDOT I89/Exit 18 Project Feedback

Have you ever been stuck in rush hour traffic either trying to get to I-89 or going north toward Hanover, such as to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center or Dartmouth College? Or have you tried to get your kids to school on a nice day, on foot or bike, but ...

Survey Work along Main Street, West Lebanon

The Planning & Development Department has engaged a consultant to assist us with designing streetscape and transportation improvements along Main Street in West Lebanon as a follow-up effort to the 2019 West Lebanon Village Visioning Charrette.&nb...

Upper Valley Pollinator Partners

It is NOT too late to start a pollinator garden! Pollinator plaques are still available. Please help us reach 100 new gardens! Learn more in the Upper Valley Pollinator Partners October 2020 newsletter.

Glenwood Cemetery Fountain Restoration Complete

With the restoration of a fountain at Glenwood Cemetery, Lebanon has put another feather in its cap as the “The City of Fountains”. 

With gratitude to the City’s volunteer-led Fountain Working Group, a function of the...

Final Visioning Charrette Report Available

On October 18-19, 2019, the Planning Department hosted a Visioning Charrette to explore how Main Street in West Lebanon Village and the surrounding area could be enriched through a variety of enhancements. More than 50 residents, property owners, and busi...

Online Building Permits Now Available!

The City of Lebanon is excited to announce that you can now electronically apply for - and track - the status of residential and commercial building permits using our new online portal powered by “City Squared”. Applications submitted ...

Lebanon Racks It Up While Staying Apart, Together

Our roadways are a bit quieter for the time being, though maybe you’ve been pedaling or afoot more? If so, there’s a good chance you’ve noticed a new element to the Downtown Lebanon and West Lebanon streetscapes: two shiny ne...

E-bikes in Lebanon

Have you recently seen someone riding their bike up a hill without using much effort? Maybe their bike looked hefty or had extra attachments on the frame? If so, you were most likely looking at an electric bike. 

Electric bikes sometimes referred ...

Lebanon's SolSmart Award Upgraded to Silver

In January 2019, Lebanon was informed that they had been upgraded from SolSmart Bronze to Silver designation by the U.S. Department of Energy. This was the result of the D.O.E.’s reconsideration of two key features that the City had already put ...