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Barbara Ann Balch

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Cornish, N.H. — Barbara Ann Balch, 72, of Route 12A in Cornish, who died on Jan. 3, 2013, at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. Graveside committal service will be held on Saturday, May 11, 2013, at 2 p.m. in the Trinity Church Cemetery in Cornish, N.H. with Rev. Dale Nicholas officiating. Arrangements are with the Stringer Funeral Home and Crematorium, 146 Broad Street, Claremont, N.H. …

Mike Gaffney, of Amesbury, Mass., waits for the start of bidding at the auction of the historic Chase House in Cornish. “I flip houses for a living,” Gaffney said. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

Plainfield Man Purchases Cornish’s Chase House B&B

Friday, May 3, 2013

Cornish — A historic inn on Route 12A has a new owner after sitting vacant for years . At a live auction yesterday, Plainfield resident Darrell Atwater purchased the childhood home of Salmon Portland Chase, a 19th century Secretary of the Treasury and Supreme Court justice, besting one other bidder in the driveway …

Reading, Vt., firefighter Eric Joyal, left, sprays water on a hot spot as Windsor Lt. Tim Lang moves to a different area at a brush fire in Mt. Ascutney State Park yesterday. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Dry Spring Ignites Brush Fires in Upper Valley

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Ascutney — A spring with little rain has left the ground covered under a dangerous mix of dead grass and dry leaves that has made conditions ripe for brush fires — and that’s exactly what happened yesterday as four separate fires broke out in the Upper Valley, burning ground cover and trees. “We …

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State Senate Roundup: Pierce Defeats Osgood

Friday, May 17, 2013

West Lebanon — The New Hampshire Senate seat in the heart of the Upper Valley will remain in Democratic hands for at least the next two years. State Rep. David Pierce, D-Etna, handily defeated fellow three-term state Rep. Joe Osgood, R-Claremont, by a 4-1 ratio in Hanover, a …

Sharna Wilkerson, of Claremont, casts her ballot at Claremont Middle School with her kids Charlotte, 5, left, Peyton, 8, foreground middle, Bella, 9, right, and Madeline Olson, 7, back middle yesterday. (Valley News — James M. Patterson )

Claremont House Democrats in Sweep

Monday, May 20, 2013

Claremont — It was a clean sweep for New Hampshire House Democrats from Claremont in yesterday’s election with two incumbents, a former state representative and a political newcomer winning handily. Democrats, who held just four of the 13 …

Big Second Half Sends Somersworth Football Past Stevens

Monday, May 20, 2013

Somersworth, N.H. — Drew Francoeur didn’t know what was up with the Somersworth High football team at halftime of yesterday’s New Hampshire Division V semifinals. The Hilltoppers were trailing by a point to a team they had beaten by four touchdowns in the regular season, and their playoff …