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School Notes: Upper Valley Educators Institute Hires New Director

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

From across the country, the Upper Valley Educators Institute has hired a new executive director who has been focused on the same methods of training …

Rest, Yes, but Avoid Summer Brain Drain

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

It’s summertime. Breathe deeply, hear the splash in the pool. For a few sweet weeks, let the chaos of the school year recede; forget about …

To Your Good Health: Colon ‘Burned’ By Radiation

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Dear Dr. Roach: In 2008, I was treated for prostate cancer with radiation. A couple of months later, I started passing blood during bowel movements. …

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Randolph vs. BFA-Fairfax in the VPA D-III baseball championship in Burlington, Vt., on June 17, 2013. Randolph won, 3-2. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) Photo Gallery: Randolph vs. BFA-Fairfax Baseball Championship
Sharon Academy senior Larkin Goode performs Miley Cyrus’ Butterfly Fly Away during her speech portion of Sharon Academy’s graduation at The Sharon Academy in Sharon, yesterday. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) ‘You’ve Got to Go For It’: 34 Sharon Academy Graduates Relate Learning From Experience
Thirty-four graduating seniors received their diplomas during The Sharon Academy's commencement in Sharon, Vt., on June 16, 2013. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) Photo Gallery: The Sharon Academy Graduation
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Miss Connecticut USA Erin Brady reacts after being crowned Miss USA during the Miss USA 2013 pageant, Sunday, June 16, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jeff Bottari)

Miss USA Winner Is Quitting Her Day Job

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Las Vegas — The newest Miss USA is leaving a white-collar job behind for the glamour and excitement that go with her new role — and she can’t wait. Moments after she was crowned at the Planet Hollywood …

Marion Simonds, 82, of Pomfret, a driver with her son’s company, P&P’s Twin State Taxi, waits while one of her passengers, Rich Royce, of White River Junction, helps carry groceries for another passenger, Susan Smith, of Hartford Village, on Tuesday. “I love it,” Simonds said. “I love the people, you know what I mean? I want them to feel comfortable and like I said before I’d go mad if I had to stay home day after day. I’ve got to be out here doing something and I love doing this. Making people happy, getting them where they need to go and do.” she said. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

‘Ma’ Gives Riders a Lift: At 82, Pomfret Cabbie Drives to Stay Young

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Pomfret — By lunchtime, taxi driver Marion Simonds had already put in a full day’s work. “I’ve been busier than hell this morning,” the 82-year-old Chelsea native said. On a recent Friday, she’d started work at 4 a.m., …

Cecropia moth larva: Look for Cecropia moth caterpillars feeding on black cherry, apple, box elder, maple, birch and willow trees. (Mary Holland photograph)

Naturally Curious: Season of the Giant Moths

Monday, June 17, 2013

P erhaps because of their size, or because we don’t see them that often, giant silk moths cause quite a stir when discovered on a June morning, clinging to a screen door or window near an outdoor light …

Sue Chickering, of White River Junction, does some weeding last week in the garden she shares with others from The Center for Transformational Practice, a home and practice center for community organizers working to support a sustainable local culture. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

In the Weeds

Monday, June 17, 2013

Sue Chickering, of White River Junction, does some weeding last week in the garden she shares with others from The Center for Transformational Practice, a home and practice center for community organizers working to support a sustainable local …

Mama Hen wears a chicken diaper while roaming the stairs of Julie Baker’s home in Claremont. Baker started Pampered Poultry and works with a sewing co-op in the Dominican Republic to make and sell the handmade chicken diapers. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Pampering Poultry: Chicken Poop a Problem? Claremont Woman Has It Covered

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Claremont — Open the door to Julie Baker’s rural Claremont home and find little Mama Hen, hanging out on the stairway to the second floor. No need to check the bottoms of your shoes, though. The 3-year-old broody …

A memoir-writing group meets at the Thompson Senior Center in Woodstock Diana Leskovar, of Norwich, the facilitator of the group, is at left with John Leavitt, of East Barnard, Audrey Barr, of South Woodstock, and Jim Minnich, of Bethel. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

Everybody Has a Story, Memoirists Prove

Sunday, June 16, 2013

By all appearances, the Upper Valley is a region overflowing with engaging life stories. In the last couple of months alone, local authors have been reading and signing copies of at least three memoirs. Carmen Blandin Tarleton recently …

Rising to the Challenge

Sunday, June 16, 2013

After falling victim to an avalanche while ice climbing in 2011, West Lebanon native Ed Warren didn’t have as much of a speedy of a recovery as he’d hoped for. Eighteen months later, he made up for the lost time in a big way. Using modern-design ski boots …

Residents of the William P. Clough Extended Care Center at New London Hospital were recently recognized for their support of the New Hampshire Food Bank. Wanda Walker, left, and Phyllis Taylor, resident council vice-president and president, respectively, hold a certificate from the food bank and the New Hampshire Health Care Association. Photograph by Jen Ellms

At the Hospitals: June 16, 2013

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Valley Regional Chief Medical Officer Leads N.H. Delegation to D.C. Claremont — Dr. Oliver Herfort, chief medical officer of Valley Regional Hospital, led the New Hampshire delegation of seven doctors to the annual American College of Physicians leadership …

Birth Announcements: June 16, 2013

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Alice Peck Day  Memorial Hospital KATTAMIS — A daughter, Zoe Ava Kattamis, born June 7, 2013, to Rebecca and Nicholas Kattamis, of Lebanon. Cottage Hospital WETHERBY — A daughter, Virginia Pearl Wetherby, born Feb. 6, 2013, to Mandy Pillsbury and Adam Wetherby, of Piermont. SMITH — A son, …

Wedding: Baade — Gage

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Sunapee — Hannah Eliza Baade and Woodruff Addison Gage were married on June 8, 2013. The wedding was an outdoor ceremony that took place at the bride’s family home in Sunapee. A reception followed at the bridegroom’s family …