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Hartford Seeks Healing After Suicides

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Hartford — After the suicides of two local teenagers, the Hartford community is grasping with how to cope with the loss of two young people, as well as how to open a dialogue about warning signs and suicide prevention. Ashley Ellen DeMond, 14 of Hartford, died June 7. Her family has openly expressed that DeMond died by suicide and her obituary said she “is now free from her long struggle …

Sue Fox, of Quechee, walks through the sanctuary of the West Hartford church after attending a meeting with more than 40 people to discuss its future in West Hartford yesterday. (Valley News - Libby March)

Residents Gather to Discuss Ways to Renovate West Hartford Church

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

West Hartford — Jack Heavisides has lived in West Hartford since 1947, but it wasn’t until last night that he had ever set foot in the old church building overlooking the small village on the outskirts of town. In a round of introductions at last night’s community gathering that drew more than 40 …

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 culture. Valley News — Jennifer Hauck …

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Mike Cotroneo, a barn restorer, sets up scaffolding around the lowered steeple of the Norwich Congregational Church in Norwich yesterday. Work to restore its rotted framing will take about two months. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) Steeple Repair in Norwich
Randolph catcher Ross Caswell hugs teammate Alex Gilbert after the Galloping Ghosts won the Vermont Division III championship last night at Centennial Field in Burlington. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) Motivation Works for Ghosts: Unusual History Lesson Lifts Randolph to Baseball State Crown
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
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Josh Martel takes his dirt bike out for a spin in a neighbor’s field as his friend Jimmy Demond (not pictured) and mom Jennifer Martel (not pictured) watch from up the hill in their yard in Hartford Village recently. The dirt bike is a recent addition to Josh’s wide variety of assorted motor vehicles, which he works on for fun. He also fixes cars and more for friends and family. “It’s not work, it’s fun,” explained Josh, who fixed his first motor at 7 years old. (Valley News - Libbby March)

Over Hill, Over Dale

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Josh Martel takes his dirt bike out for a spin in a neighbor’s field as his friend Jimmy Demond (not pictured) and mom Jennifer Martel (not pictured) watch from up the hill in their yard in Hartford Village …

Claudette Francella Clogston

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

White River Jct., Vt. — Claudette 70, died peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Sunday, May 12, 2013. She was born on Dec. 23, 1942, in Massachusetts, the daughter of Clyde Clogston and Jessie (Rathburn) Clogston. She was survived by three children, Donna Blodgett of …

Last year's Hartford Alumni Day Parade makes its way through White River Junction. Photograph courtesy of Sargent Photo in Wilder

Classmates Gear Up for Alumni Parade Season

Monday, May 20, 2013

By the time high school graduation rolls around, most students are ready to escape their boxy brick schools for a wide open future. But before too long, they start thinking about going back to their old school. And …

Hartford Middle School teacher Jennifer Boeri-Boyce speaks to students at the Hartford Cemetery yesterday. The students were at the cemetery to help put flags on veterans’ graves and dedicate a tree to those who served during the Civil War. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

Hartford Eighth-Graders Revel in Civil War History

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Hartford — A group of students who have been researching Civil War soldiers from Vermont visited the Hartford Cemetery off Route 14 yesterday afternoon to dedicate a tree to the deceased veterans and place nearly 200 flags on …

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

Friday, May 17, 2013

Woodstock — A Bridgewater woman died yesterday morning after the sedan she was driving collided with a box truck on Route 4. It was the third fatal accident on that road in Woodstock and Hartford this year. Norma …

Police: Other Route 4 Wreck Thursday Due to Texting 

Friday, May 17, 2013

Quechee — A 22-year-old South Royalton woman faces two driving citations after crossing the center line and crashing into the guardrails along Route 4 yesterday morning while texting and driving, police said. Authorities said her 9-month-old son was also in the vehicle, a Toyota RAV4, but neither he …

Green Mountain Lawmakers Pass Plate Reader Restrictions

Friday, May 17, 2013

Montpelier — Vermont lawmakers this week approved a bill to regulate for the first time police use of automatic license plate readers and require law enforcement to dispose of the potentially sensitive information after 18 months. The measure, which Gov. Peter Shumlin told the Valley News he is …

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

Friday, May 17, 2013

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 …

Vt. Lawmakers Pass Police Records Bill

Friday, May 17, 2013

Montpelier — Vermont lawmakers have approved a bill requiring police to release records of their investigations, handing a significant victory to open-government advocates who have long criticized law enforcement for operating with little transparency. The bill, proposed by Gov. Peter Shumlin and backed by the American Civil Liberties …

Route 4 has seen two fatal accidents in the past three months. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Rumble Strips Urged on Route 4

Friday, May 17, 2013

Woodstock — A pair of fire chiefs have proposed installing centerline rumble strips on sections of Route 4 after three people were killed in head-on collisions on the busy thoroughfare in recent months. Woodstock Fire Chief L.D. Sutherland …