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Dairy farmer Corey Chapman, of Tunbridge, plants alfalfa in a rented field in Royalton to replace last year’s corn crop. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

‘It’s Very Serious Right Now’: Spring Drought Worrisome Sign for Upper Valley Farmers

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

South Royalton — David Ainsworth leaned against his tractor and pointed downhill at the long, flat pasture wedged between the White River and Route 14. “This?” Ainsworth asked, sweeping his hand across a dusty path. “This all depends on if we can get some rain here pretty soon.” For Ainsworth, “this” is 440 acres of farmland straddling the Sharon and …

Alan Clark, of Sharon, prunes an apple tree on a property in Barnard earlier this week. Clark, who has been pruning trees for thirty years, said he has been pruning this particular tree since it was a sapling. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Branching Out

Friday, April 26, 2013

Alan Clark, of Sharon, prunes an apple tree on a property in Barnard earlier this week. Clark, who has been pruning trees for thirty years, said he has been pruning this particular tree since it was a sapling. Valley News — Sarah Priestap …

Carlos Garcia talks with his attorney Sandy Nelson in Windsor District Court in White River Junction. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

Sharon Man in Auto Fatality Case Pulls Guilty Plea

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

White River Junction — A Sharon resident charged with drunk driving in a 2011 collision that killed one person and seriously injured another backed out of a hearing yesterday in which he was expected to plead guilty. The move by Carlos Garcia, 20, whose decision to withdraw from the hearing marks the fifth …

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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
Volunteer Wendy WIndsor, of Hartford, talks over dress choices with Hartford High School senior Jordan Schaal, 18, while volunteer Betsy Durkee ,of Lebanon, back left, mends a dress and Hartford senior Rhyan Mavilla, back right, searches the racks at the Cinderella Project shop in the Raq-On Dance Studio on the Lebanon Mall Wednesday. The Upper Valley Cinderella Project is an all-volunteer effort providing a choice of about 250 donated prom dresses to girls attending the spring dances throughout the Upper Valley. The shop is open Wednesdays from 5 - 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 - 2 p.m. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Preparing for Prom
Oxbow Union High girls lacrosse captain Dilan Clements leads her team in a cheer at the close of practice in Bradford, Vt., yesterday. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Oxbow Scoring Aces Get Help From Their Friends
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