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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 many do, for the annual day- or weekend-long reunions held across the Upper Valley. Banquets and breakfasts are popular, but everyone loves …

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 gravestones in honor of Memorial Day. In conjunction with Valley Quest, an educational program that …

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 Sawyer, 84, was pronounced dead at the scene . Her death came one day after …

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Hartford, Commission Divided Over Development

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Hartford — The proposal by a prominent Upper Valley businessman to build an office and retail center on land near the Interstate 89 exit along Route 4 has created a divide between the town of Hartford and the …

Jake’s Market Building Quechee Grocery Store

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Quechee — Sometime in August, it will much easier to buy a fresh tomato in this resort community. For years, residents have had to travel to Woodstock, Windsor or West Lebanon to buy fresh produce and to find other grocery needs. Now, filling the larder will be much …

Maine Engineering Firm Opens Office in White River Junction

Sunday, April 21, 2013

White River Junction — A Bangor, Maine, engineering firm is opening an office and testing laboratory on South Main Street in June. S.W. Cole Engineering announced last week that the company will be opening its first Vermont office soon, extending its reach into Northern New England. The White …

John Sears pulls the tire off a Toyota while performing an inspection at his shop in Sharon earlier this month. Sears said Vermont’s new inspection procedure may be more efficient, but he is also worried about the proposed rule’s effect on his customers. “I’m hoping there’s going to be some wiggle room, at least initially,’’ he said. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Vt. Inspections May Go Electric

Sunday, April 21, 2013

White River Junction — Vermont may soon require vehicle safety and emission-control inspections to be conducted through a state-approved computer system, a proposal that has some station owners and technicians worried about added costs — for their shops …

Dentists to Offer Free Care for Adults

Sunday, April 21, 2013

White River Junction — Upper Valley dentists will provide free services to adults next month as part of Free Dental Care Day. On May 4, local dentists will offer preventive and restorative care for adults without access to regular dental care. Patients will be screened in advance by …

Donovan Kelly's Eagle Scout Court of Honor was held last weekend at Wilder Center. Kelly is a senior at Hartford High School. Photograph by Walter Kelly.

Hartford Scout Earns Eagle Rank

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Hartford — Just two weeks after Donovan Kelly finished his Eagle project, Tropical Storm Irene roared in and whisked half of it away. In August 2011, Kelly, a member of Hartland Boy Scout Troop 235, installed four oak …

Deborah Amdur, the new director of the Veteran Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction, during a recent interview at the Valley News. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Battle of the Backlog: VA Grapples With More — and More Complex — Disability Claims

Sunday, April 21, 2013

White River Junction — The disability check that Larry Greene had been waiting for was a long time coming. The 63-year-old West Lebanon resident had applied to upgrade his veteran disability benefits after losing his job at the …

Aaron Dugan of Grafton, Michelle Wakefield of Candia, N.H, Susan Perry of Newport and Lindsay Dugan of Grafton join in a candlelight vigil at A Walk For Boston in Newport last night for victims of the Monday’s marathon bombings event. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Highway Patrols Reached to Upper Valley

Saturday, April 20, 2013

West Lebanon — The manhunt watched around the world yesterday stretched as far as the Upper Valley: Vermont State Police troopers fanned out around border areas, and to Hartford, in the event suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar A. …

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Racial Bias Complaint Dismissed

Friday, April 19, 2013

Hartford — A federal judge has dismissed a Wilder man’s claims that he was subjected to excessive force by Hartford police officers because he was black, saying there was insufficient evidence to support his contention that officers were …

Board OKs West Hartford Library

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

White River Junction — One new member was all it took to reverse a prior decision, as the Selectboard last night decided to borrow as much as $500,000 to pay for renovations and an addition to the West Hartford Library. Before Town Meeting in March, the board narrowly …