Tuesday, May 14, 2013
This week, Young Writers Project announces the six winners of the Farm Project writing challenge. Congratulations to David Amouretti, Grade 5, Thomas Fleming School, Essex Junction; Callista Bushee, Grade 8, Home School, East Wallingford; Kelsey Eddy, Grade 9, …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Vershire — By the end of the summer, life is likely to speed up in this tiny Orange County town tucked into the narrow valley where the Ompompanoosuc River begins its 25-mile run to the Connecticut. If work …
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Thetford — Who is stealing Thetford’s road signs? The disappearance of more than half of Thetford’s road signs over the past few months has frustrated town officials, who say it presents a potentially dangerous situation for emergency responders unfamiliar with the local map and ends up costing the …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Shaun Gulick, right, repairs a fence with his cousin Jason Ball, 11, before letting the cows out of the barn in Ely recently. Valley News — James M. Patterson …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
In the first photograph, Bread and Puppet puppeteer Frederica Collina demonstrates for Thetford Elementary fifth-graders the introduction to the school’s spring pageant during a rehearsal yesterday. In the second, Jason Hicks of Bread and Puppet outfits fifth-graders Hunter …
Monday, May 6, 2013
North Haverhill, N.H. — Jane L. White Wheeler, 88, died on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at the Grafton County Nursing Home, North Haverhill. Jane was born on April 15, 1925, in Meriden, Conn., to Stanley and Daisy (Birks) Langner. Jane worked for many years as a sales clerk …
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 …
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Boston — The freckled skin on Carmen Tarleton’s face was puffy and her eyes and lips sagged a little, but the image that the 44-year-old Thetford resident presented yesterday was one of grace and hope. Nearly six years …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Lilla Willey works on her yard at her home in Thetford last week. She and her late husband, Chauncey Willey, raised four children there after moving to the property from New York 61 years ago. Valley News …
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 …