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Aiden Banks and Justin Lamphear relax before the beginning of graduation ceremonies at Kearsarge Regional High School yesterday. (Medora Hebert photograph)

‘A Little Bit of Kearsarge in Our Hearts’

Sunday, June 16, 2013

North Sutton, N.H. — On a sun-splashed afternoon, Kearsarge Regional High School’s Class of 2013 was praised for its accomplishments inside and outside the classroom yesterday during graduation exercises held on the football field. “It is a high bar you have set,” said Superintendent of Schools Jerome Frew. “You’ve done a wonderful job and we congratulate you. We congratulate all classes, but this one is a little special.” Before Frew came to the lectern, high school Principal James Daley ran through a list of the accomplishments, asking the students involved to stand and be recognized. He called on state champions, a girls team that won …

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 made an appearance in Thetford to discuss Overcome: Burned, Blinded and Blessed, her story of …

Diversion for Colby-Sawyer Student

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Newport — A Colby-Sawyer College student who has accused the former New London police chief of asking her to pose nude in exchange for dropped charges has been sent to a court diversion program and will likely avoid a criminal conviction. Janelle Westfall, 19, of Alexandria, N.H., who said that former Police Chief David Seastrand offered leniency for a pending charge if she …

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