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Stanley Smith, of Haverhill, enjoys a piece of sourdough bread baked in a Dutch oven by Sue Rowell, of Newfane, Vt., left, Katie Szuch, of Westminster, Vt., center, and Rebecca Cornell, of Northfield, Vt., right, during Founders’ Day in Newbury and Haverhill yesterday. Rowell, Szuch and Cornell are members of the 27th Inniskilling, a re-enactment group that shared their knowledge of Colonial life to remember the establishment of the two towns 250 years ago. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Haverhill and Newbury Share Founders’ Day

Monday, May 20, 2013

Haverhill — Haverhill, N.H., and Newbury, Vt., began celebrating the 250th anniversary of their founding yesterday. The towns were founded on May 18, 1763, and yesterday’s events included re-enactors from the Revolutionary War in Haverhill and music, poetry and discussion in Newbury. In Woodsville, Dartmouth College Professor Emeritus Jere Daniell led a discussion of life in 1763. Proclamations from New …

Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Workshop Set for VTC

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Randolph Center — Vermont Technical College will host a free workshop on maintaining hybrid and electric drive vehicles on Thursday and Friday at its Randolph campus . The two-day class is open to auto technicians, service personnel and others involved in maintaining such vehicles. The hands-on workshop will cover materials and techniques for servicing and maintaining hybrid vehicles, including proper lifting and jacking. …

Edith Celley stands in one of the classrooms in Pearson Hall, a Haverhill grade school Celley attended as a girl. The Haverhill Historical Society is restoring the building. Celley is president of the historical society. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

A Passion for Possibilities

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Haverhill — On the first warm, sunny weekend of spring, about 30 people sat inside Haverhill Cooperative Middle School brainstorming about the best use for Pearson Hall, the 197-year-old Federal-style building that once housed Haverhill Academy and the Grafton County Court. Among them was 85-year-old Edith Celley, who’s leading the efforts to preserve …

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Jennie Ethel (Thurston) Corliss

Monday, May 6, 2013

Newbury, Vt. — Funeral services for Jennie Ethel (Thurston) Corliss, 98, who died Friday, December 28, 2012 at Brookside Nursing Home in White River Junction, Vt., will be held on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. at Hale Funeral Home, Upper Plain, Bradford, Vt. Burial will follow …

Voters Pass Oxbow School Budget

Friday, May 17, 2013

Bradford, Vt. — The second time’s the charm in the case of Oxbow Union High School’s annual budget, as Bradford and Newbury voters approved the revised figure last night after it was defeated earlier this year. Resident’s voted in favor, 294-158, of the newly drafted $7.2 million 2013-2014 …

Oxbow Budget Restrung

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Ballot voting on Oxbow Union High School’s redrafted budget will be held tomorrow for Bradford and Newbury voters from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bradford Academy auditorium and the Newbury Town Office. ■ Bradford, Vt. — School officials are crossing their fingers that voters tomorrow will …

Raking hay at Carleton's Farm on Tucker Mountain Road, mid-1800s. Photograph courtesy of Newbury Historical Society

West Newbury 250th Events Include History Talk, Music

Monday, April 29, 2013

West Newbury, Vt. — West Newbury, a village of Newbury, will hold a free day-long celebration of the 250th anniversary of the town’s founding next Sunday. Events will include a history talk, garden walk and worship service. Morning …

Northeast Woodland Training Inc. offered a chain saw safety course last weekend at Oxbow High School in Bradford, Vt. Known as the Game of Logging, the two-day course covered chain saw maintenance and tree-felling skills. Sally Wilson, of Ryegate, Vt., ducks under a fence on the way to the hands-on portion of the course. (Valley News - Libby March)

Learning About Logging

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Northeast Woodland Training Inc. offered a chain saw safety course last weekend at Oxbow High School in Bradford, Vt. Known as the Game of Logging, the two-day course covered chain saw maintenance and tree-felling skills. Valley News photographs …

Orange East Supervisory Union Superintendent Don Johnson, left, and Oxbow Principal Larry Walsh at a public hearing last November. (Valley News - Ryan Dorgan)

Orange East Superintendent To Step Down

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Bradford, Vt. — The superintendent of the Orange East Supervisory Union has tendered his resignation to the School Board, effective July 1. Don Johnson said in a phone interview yesterday that he was retiring from an education career …

Oxbow High School Slims Budget Proposal

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Bradford — After narrowly rejecting the proposed 2013-2014 Oxbow Union High School budget last month, voters will consider a new slimmer version of the spending plan. On Thursday, the school board cut about $94,000 from the original proposal, creating a budget totaling just under $7.2 million. The decrease …

Emilie Perry, of Newbury, Vt., holds a collection of pansies as her boss, Bill “Frosty” Frost waters perennials at Frost Gardens in Fairlee yesterday. Perry said the pansies are edible and would make an attractive addition to her salad. (Valley News - Libby March)

Some See  A Flower, Others A Garnish

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Emilie Perry, of Newbury, Vt., holds a collection of pansies as her boss, Bill “Frosty” Frost waters perennials at Frost Gardens in Fairlee yesterday. Perry said the pansies are edible and would make an attractive addition to her …

Young Writers Share A Life Lesson

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Each week, Young Writers Project receives several hundred submissions from students in Vermont and New Hampshire in response to writing prompts and selects the best for publication here and in 21 other newspapers and on vpr.net. This week, …

Oxbow High School Budget Misses by 5 Votes

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Bradford, vt. — The $7.3 million Oxbow Union High School Budget was voted down by just five votes yesterday in all-day balloting, leaving school administrators and board members unclear about the path forward. After the results of the 170-165 vote were read aloud at last night’s school meeting, …