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Above: Naomi Nelson leads the Mascoma graduating class in a song during commencement.  Accompanying her at far left is Chris Sanborn with the ukelele and Eric Petersson on guitar. (Medora Hebert photograph)

Sending Them On Their Way

Saturday, June 15, 2013

West Canaan — The class of 2013 spent some of their final moments together, as so many from Mascoma Valley Regional High School have before them, standing in two lines at the foot of the steep grassy hill that runs to the school’s entrance, fidgeting with their gowns and chatting expectantly. “I’m nervous,” one said. “Chill out,” said another. “Where’s …

S. Royalton Couple Survives Lightning Strike

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Canaan — Sunday’s thunderstorms drenched the Upper Valley. For many people, it meant getting caught in a downpour. For South Royalton residents Katrinia Ballou and Cory Danner, it meant getting struck by lightning — and living to tell about it. Ballou along with her three children and her fiance, Danner, were seeking relief on the hot and muggy day at their favorite swimming …

Riding Out the Storm: Weather System Leads to Power Outages, Road Closings in Valley

Monday, June 3, 2013

Plainfield — A series of powerful thunderstorms crackled across the Upper Valley yesterday, bringing downed power lines and forcing road closings in what amounted to some of the storm system’s worst damage in northern New England. Plainfield Fire Chief Frank Currier said his department had seen “all kinds of mayhem” in the aftermath …

Fast Moving Fire in Canaan Leaves Three Tenants Homeless

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Canaan — A fast moving fire destroyed a mobile home off Route 118 early yesterday morning, authorities said, displacing three young tenants and killing a pet cat. Around 4 a.m., firefighters were called to a fire at 289 …

Co-op, Residents Discuss Mascoma

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Enfield — By the end of yesterday’s meeting with representatives from the Co-op Food Stores, organizer Dorothy Heinrichs had the names of more than 100 residents who supported her cause. She’ll need them all and more for her goal of opening a Co-op store in the Mascoma Valley …

Haverhill Gets Fire Safety List

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Haverhill — The state fire marshal has given the Haverhill Cooperative School District a to-do list of requirements following the rejection of a warrant article by voters in March that would have paid for necessary fire safety improvements at the high school. The $330,000 warrant article failed by …

Mascoma Officals Wait For N.H. Fire Marshal

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Canaan — Administrators at Mascoma Valley Regional High School are still waiting to hear from the state Fire Marshal’s Office after a renovation plan that would have added a sprinkler system failed in March. In March, a $21.8 million proposal to renovate the 50-year-old high school failed. It …

Appetites Grow in Mascoma Valley; Residents in Enfield, Other Towns Signal Interest in Co-op Market

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Enfield — Could the Co-op Food Stores open a location in the Mascoma Valley? A group of area residents are curious enough in the idea that they signaled their intention to attend an informational meeting at the Enfield …

School Notes: Mascoma Valley Schools Will Showcase Student Work in May

Friday, May 17, 2013

When schools assemble public displays of student work, they tend to focus on the accomplishments of a select group of young artists, scientists and performers. The Student Showcase that will be held at Mascoma Valley Regional High School …

Life in Canaan and a Canine’s Life

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Sandra Pierce coos to her daughter’s dog, Angel, on her way inside after hanging out on the porch with her husband, Freeman Pierce, at their home in Canaan, N.H. on Monday, April 15, 2013. The Pierces have lived …

Their First Speed Machine

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Chappy Kilgore, of Canaan, helps his employee and friend Brandy Baron, of Canaan, assemble an electric Jeep while her daughters, Krystin Baron, 3, and Joslynn Baron, 4, watch at the Canaan Speedway earlier this week. Assembly took longer …

Police Cleared In Shooting Grafton Man

Thursday, April 18, 2013

New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney yesterday ruled that police officers in Walpole, N.H., were justified in fatally shooting a Grafton man after he committed an armed robbery, initiated a high-speed chase and brandished a weapon that turned …

‘I Looked Back and Saw Two Plumes of Smoke’

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Boston — Twenty minutes before the deadly explosions near the finish of the Boston Marathon, Jim Burnett, of Canaan, was trotting down the Boylston Street homestretch in bright sunshine and a cool breeze, and basking in the glow …