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Dartmouth College plans to build a pair of five-story buildings on West Wheelock Street to house undergraduates.

Representatives from the college are scheduled to go before the Hanover Planning Board on Tuesday to seek site plan approval for two residence halls at 37-43 West Wheelock St., near the Ledyard Bridge.

“Dartmouth wants to recruit the best and the brightest and part of that is making sure they have great places to live,” Josh Keniston, senior vice president for operations at the college, said in a phone interview Thursday.

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Last June, the college bought the two adjoining r

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