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Wasps Ace Stops Chieftains

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Chester, Vt. — Zach Cole pitched a one-hitter as Woodstock High coasted to a 10-0 win over Green Mountain yesterday in a Marble Valley League game at Adams Field. Cole, a junior right-hander, took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, but Jake Cavacas ended that bid with a crisp, leadoff single. Cole walked the next batter, his only free pass of the afternoon. He threw 78 pitches, 53 for strike and fanned five batters. Nine Wasps had hits in an 11-hit attack. The visitors committed two harmless errors and improved to 3-3. While Woodstock was never in danger of losing the lead, the Wasps stranded …

Crowd Funding Supports Five Area River Projects

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Pomfret — Five river restoration projects in New Hampshire and Vermont have received a total of $7,550 in donations through CleanWaterFuture.org, a website that links conservation projects with prospective donors. All of the work will take place in the Connecticut River watershed. The Vermont projects are on Broad Brook in Sharon, the White River in South Royalton and Stony Brook in Stockbridge. Sponsored …

Josephine K. Brayton

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

South Pomfret, Vt. — A memorial service for Josephine K. Brayton of South Pomfret will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 4 at Pomfret Town Hall. Jo died on Saturday, March 30, 2013, at age 93 after a brief illness. She was the oldest citizen of Pomfret. A transplanted “flatlander” from Massachusetts, Jo loved Vermont. After years of ever-longer vacations, Jo …

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Can Marauders Continue Dynastic Ways?

Friday, December 21, 2012

There is nothing so constant in the world as change … except when it applies to the Hanover High girls hockey program. The Marauders have won four of the five state championships offered by the NHIAA, a run …

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Hustling Wasps Hoops Team Buzzes Past Olympians

Friday, December 21, 2012

Woodstock — In last Friday’s 56-41 loss at Marble Valley League frontrunner Fair Haven, the Woodstock boys basketball team played the Slaters tight in the first half before letting the game get away in the third quarter. After …

Vassie Sinopoulos cuts a run of several wool rugs made by Lesley Scales, of Bridgewater, off the loom. Sinopoulos provides weaving lessons for free in a setting she says is cooperative, therapeutic and full of camaraderie. “This place has been a healing place for me,” said Scales. “It has really helped me out on a lot of levels.” (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Bridgewater Nonprofit Uses Historic Looms to Transform Rags Into Rugs

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Bridgewater — Using a stack of secondhand T-shirts and some old wooden looms, Woodstock weaver Vassie Sinopoulos has managed to tackle two sustainability-related goals: recycling unwanted items and boosting local employment. She’s also created a place where people …

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Teams Raring to Return to the Hardwood

Sunday, December 16, 2012

With the winter season officially upon us, the best place to get a front row seat for all the action is your area gymnasiums. Last year, Oxbow and Hartford claimed state titles. Who will be this season’s Cinderella? …

Letter: A Serious Blow to Local Theater

Thursday, December 13, 2012

To the Editor: Bravo to the Valley News for recognizing that Brooke Ciardelli and Northern Stage parting company is a serious blow to theater lovers in the Upper Valley (“Exiting the Stage,” Dec. 9). Many of us got our early exposure watching Broadway productions, and to find that …

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Taking Care of Their Own: Upper Valley Firefighters Travel to New York to Help Sandy Recovery Efforts

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Queens, N.Y. — Three firefighters wearing dust masks faced a bolted door in a ruined apartment in the Rockaways section of New York’s outer boroughs. One held a crowbar. Two others, on the opposite side of the door, …

Letter: Separate and Unequal Treatment

Friday, November 30, 2012

To the Editor: The criticism of Peter Hoe Burling was emotional but wrong (“Too Quick to Play the Race Card,” Nov. 28). Barbara Fortune was correct about the passionate and low personal attacks on Susan Rice. Yes, the Republican lawmakers would have criticized a white male — but …

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For Post Office Mistress in Hartford, Violence Hits Twice

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Hartford — There may be customers who visit the Hartford Post Office and don’t receive a warm welcome from Postmistress Rosi O’Connell, but judging from a recent afternoon, it seems unlikely. “I met your grandson the other day, …

H.S. Notebook: Whitcomb, Randolph in the Mood for Cooperation

Monday, May 20, 2013

Bethel — Whitcomb High athletic director Willy Walker is always grappling with the need to find more athletic opportunities at his tiny high school. His latest idea has everything to do with grappling. At least four Hornets will join the wrestling team at neighboring Randolph Union High School …

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Special Teams Lift Wasps Football to Title Game

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Woodstock — During this special season, undefeated Woodstock football team’s most impressive facet may be its brilliant special-teams play. While outscoring opponents 507-89 through a 10-0 start — that’s an average score of 51-9 — the Wasps have …