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Shop foreman Dan Turner finishes an insulated wall panel at Yankee Barn Homes in Grantham last week. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Yankee Barn Rising

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Grantham — After a rough couple of years and a road that’s still pitted with lawsuits, Yankee Barn Homes is on the way back, re-establishing itself as a homebuilder of national significance, lead from financial ruin by a president who’s made his own resurgence from a well-publicized business failure. After briefly closing its doors in 2011, Yankee Barn has rebounded. …

Jon Honkala of Northside Towing and Collision returns belongings to Alex Von Brieo, of Jackson, N.J., from her overturned car on Interstate 89 yesterday. A tractor-trailer rear-ended the SUV. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Many Unhappy Returns

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Enfield — Unseasonably icy weather yesterday wreaked havoc for the morning and evening commutes and all the hours in between, prompting fender benders, slide-offs and rollovers throughout the Upper Valley. By the evening, authorities had not reported any serious injuries, but police and tow-truck drivers were busy responding to accidents throughout the day. …

Special education teacher Tracy Flickinger creates a visual aid for multiplication as residents vote during Lyme’s Town Meeting at the school last week. Flickinger was able to work and participate in voice votes while her class was taking a test. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

Audio Slideshow: Town Meeting Multitaskers

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Not long into Tuesday’s town meeting in Lyme, Elizabeth Glenshaw put down her town report and took up her knitting. She’s working on a bright pink sweater for a baby due in May. “It keeps you relaxed, but yet in the moment,” she said. “I find it actually helps me focus my attention …

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Family members talk with a Cabot Funeral Home employee at the scene of an accident that killed Norma Sawyer, of Bridgewater, in Woodstock yesterday. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) Another Route 4 Tragedy: Bridgewater Woman, 84, Is Fourth to Die on Road Since March
Volunteer Wendy WIndsor, of Hartford, talks over dress choices with Hartford High School senior Jordan Schaal, 18, while volunteer Betsy Durkee ,of Lebanon, back left, mends a dress and Hartford senior Rhyan Mavilla, back right, searches the racks at the Cinderella Project shop in the Raq-On Dance Studio on the Lebanon Mall Wednesday. The Upper Valley Cinderella Project is an all-volunteer effort providing a choice of about 250 donated prom dresses to girls attending the spring dances throughout the Upper Valley. The shop is open Wednesdays from 5 - 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 - 2 p.m. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Preparing for Prom
Oxbow Union High girls lacrosse captain Dilan Clements leads her team in a cheer at the close of practice in Bradford, Vt., yesterday. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Oxbow Scoring Aces Get Help From Their Friends
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