Lebanon

Lebanon Acts on Odor

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

West Lebanon — Get a whiff of this: The stench that prevails in parts of West Lebanon could disappear by the end of the year if all goes according to plan at the city landfill. The city’s solid waste department is gearing up to deploy an arsenal of odor-control methods that it hopes will snuff out the “rotten egg” smell familiar to commuters and shoppers who travel through West Lebanon …

Rising to the Challenge

Sunday, June 16, 2013

After falling victim to an avalanche while ice climbing in 2011, West Lebanon native Ed Warren didn’t have as much of a speedy of a recovery as he’d hoped for. Eighteen months later, he made up for the lost time in a big way. Using modern-design ski boots to help stabilize a left ankle that was severely broken last fall, Warren recently set …

Marion Simonds, 82, of Pomfret, a driver with her son’s company, P&P’s Twin State Taxi, waits while one of her passengers, Rich Royce, of White River Junction, helps carry groceries for another passenger, Susan Smith, of Hartford Village, on Tuesday. “I love it,” Simonds said. “I love the people, you know what I mean? I want them to feel comfortable and like I said before I’d go mad if I had to stay home day after day. I’ve got to be out here doing something and I love doing this. Making people happy, getting them where they need to go and do.” she said. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

‘Ma’ Gives Riders a Lift: At 82, Pomfret Cabbie Drives to Stay Young

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Pomfret — By lunchtime, taxi driver Marion Simonds had already put in a full day’s work. “I’ve been busier than hell this morning,” the 82-year-old Chelsea native said. On a recent Friday, she’d started work at 4 a.m., driving “a steady” who travels from White River Junction to his job at a Lebanon …

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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

Sharon Academy senior Larkin Goode performs Miley Cyrus’ Butterfly Fly Away during her speech portion of Sharon Academy’s graduation at The Sharon Academy in Sharon, yesterday. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

‘You’ve Got to Go For It’: 34 Sharon Academy Graduates Relate Learning From Experience

Thirty-four graduating seniors received their diplomas during The Sharon Academy's commencement in Sharon, Vt., on June 16, 2013. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Photo Gallery: The Sharon Academy Graduation

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A memoir-writing group meets at the Thompson Senior Center in Woodstock Diana Leskovar, of Norwich, the facilitator of the group, is at left with John Leavitt, of East Barnard, Audrey Barr, of South Woodstock, and Jim Minnich, of Bethel. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

Everybody Has a Story, Memoirists Prove

Sunday, June 16, 2013

By all appearances, the Upper Valley is a region overflowing with engaging life stories. In the last couple of months alone, local authors have been reading and signing copies of at least three memoirs. Carmen Blandin Tarleton recently …

Megan Willeman looks to the American flag during the singing of the Star Spangled Banner. The ceremony, which is normally held outdoors, had to be moved inside because of rain. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

‘Seek Unlikely Community’: Lebanon Graduates Urged to Stretch Beyond Comfort Zone

Friday, June 14, 2013

Lebanon — The Lebanon High School graduation last night was at times very traditional, and at other times, very 2013. Just a couple minutes into her salutation address, Kang-Chun Cheng was describing how high school can at the …

Artist Laura Boyajian talks about her work at her home in West Lebanon. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

Art Notes: Laura Boyajian’s Art Is About Conversation, Not Commerce

Thursday, June 13, 2013

It frequently happens that an artist in the Upper Valley holds an open studio, usually with the intention of selling some work. Laura Boyajian is taking a different approach: She’s holding a salon at her West Lebanon home …

Lebanon School Board Looks to Fill Vacancy

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Lebanon — The Lebanon School District is encouraging city residents to apply for a vacant position on the School Board. District Clerk Martha MacDonald said that the vacancy was caused by the resignation of Carissa Means. Means is leaving due to her husband accepting a job transfer to …

Northern Rail Trail To Close for I-89 Construction

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Lebanon — The Northern Rail Trail will be closed at the Interstate 89 overpass throughout the day tomorrow, Saturday, and Monday. The closures are for safety reasons and will take place from 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day as the New Hampshire Department of Transportation plans to …

Charles Coolidge Cunningham

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Lebanon, N.H. — Charles Coolidge Cunningham, 88, of Lebanon, N.H., died peacefully on Friday, May 10, 2013. His four children, Donald D. Cunningham, Joshua E. Cunningham, Lydia C. Cunningham, Sarah T. Cunningham; and his daughter in law, Jennifer C. Cornwell, were with him at the time of his …

Jeannette Ada Beers

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Hewitt, Texas — Jeannette Ada Beers, 98, of Hewitt, passed away at her home in Hewitt June 12, 2013. Graveside services will be later on in New Hampshire. Jeannette was born in South Wentworth, N.H. March 21, 1915, to Clyde H. and Florence (Jac) (White) Colburn. She had …

Letter: Principles, Not Law, Matter

Thursday, June 13, 2013

To the Editor: With his latest steps into spying on Americans, President Obama has not, as so many critics maintain, brought us closer to the ground assumed by Hitler and Stalin. He has instead taken us thoroughly inside their territory. We can no longer call ourselves the land …

W. Lebanon Driver Dies After Crash

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Lebanon — A West Lebanon woman injured last week in the latest Route 4 car collision has died, after her family spent days in the hospital grappling over what course of action to take because her religion forbade …

Tyissha Childs wipes away tears while delivering her speech during the Ledyard Charter School commencement at the Richard W. Black Center in Hanover yesterday. The school awarded 13 diplomas during the ceremony. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

‘I Know We Can All Do It’: 13 Graduates Are Awarded Diplomas From Ledyard Charter School

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Hanover — Before the 13 graduates of the Class of 2013 filed in, Lynne Grigelevich, executive director of Ledyard Charter School, grabbed a basket of the only things more important to a graduation ceremony than diplomas. “Tissues!” she …