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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 …

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 …

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 …