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Marion Stanley Smith

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Pompanoosuc, Vt. — A committal service for Marion Stanley Smith, 94, who died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, at Genesis HealthCare Center in Lebanon, N.H., will be held Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the Union Village Cemetery in Union Village, Vt. Knight Funeral Home in White River Junction, Vt. has been entrusted with arrangements. …

Local Students Win Writing Awards

Monday, May 20, 2013

Three local students were honored recently for their entries in the 2013 PBS Kids Go! Writers Contest, held by Vermont Public Television.The annual contest is open to students from kindergarten to third grade. Keira E. Kegelman, a kindergartener from Hartland, won her age group with her story “Best Friends Eat Their Veggies.” First-grade …

Carley Malloy, of Thetford, was one of the six winners of the Young Writers Project Farm Project contest. (Courtesy photograph.)

Young Writers Project: Thetford Student Wins Writing Prize

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, Mill River High School; Saskia Kiely, Grade 7, Vergennes Union High School; Carley Malloy, Grade …

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Carol Withington is retiring at the end of the school year after 31 years of teaching at Hartland Cooperative Nursery School. She was honored with a party yesterday at Hartland Recreational Center in Hartland. (Valley News - Libby March)

Generations of Love: Hartland Honors Retiring Preschool Teacher

Windsor High freshman Katey Comstock works on her shot put form under the guidance of Lebanon High throwing coach Beth Perkins on Thursday. Comstock has made rapid progress with the Jacks, even as she splits her varsity sports time as Windsor’s starting softball catcher. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

She's Got Games: Windsor Freshman Breaking Track Records in Two-Sport Spring

Jennifer Lesser placed signs on the Secret Trail that say “Private Trail” and “Firing Range Ahead” to dissuade hikers from proceeding. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

In Plainfield, Unease Over Easement: Landowner, Town and Hikers Clash Over Trail Access

Other Local News

Bill to Open Vermont Police Records Advances in Legislature

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Montpelier — The Vermont Senate unanimously approved a bill yesterday that would require police to release investigation records that are currently not available to the public, cheering open-government advocates who have long criticized law enforcement with ducking public scrutiny by operating behind closed doors. The bill, which was …

Loulou Voelkel, 10, of Norwich, skis at Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme Center yesterday. Forecasters are predicting 8-12 inches of snow locally from today’s storm, giving a late season boost to ski areas on the last day of winter. (Valley News - Libby March)

Winter Fades to White: End-of-Season Snow Storm Forecast to Leave 12 Inches

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Lyme — Larry Hunt traveled with his family from Mattapoisett, Mass., to the Dartmouth Skiway for a two-day vacation. Now he’s hoping that a surprise late winter storm will drop enough snow on the region to trap his …

Voters to Decide on Proposed $7.3M Oxbow School Budget

Monday, March 18, 2013

Bradford and Newbury, Vt., voters will decide on the 2013-14 Oxbow Union High School budget and several other articles by Australian ballot from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on March 26. Bradford voters will cast ballots at Bradford Academy and Newbury voters will cast their votes at the …

Maggie Miller of Lyme stands waiting to have items appraised yesterday during the Antique Appraisal Fair at Oxbow Union High School in Bradford, Vt. The event raises money for a scholarship fund. (Valley News - Libby March)

Getting the Measure of Treasure: Enthusiasts, Appraisers Convene for Annual Oxbow Antique Event

Monday, March 18, 2013

Bradford — Advertised as being “loosely patterned” after Antiques Roadshow, the Antiques Appraisal Fair at Oxbow Union High School yesterday had all the ambiance of the popular public television show, albeit on an Upper Valley scale. A steady …

“Can’t waste any of it,” said Wesley Clay licking maple syrup off his fingers after pouring off a measure to finish boiling in his North Thetford sugar house earlier this week. The sugar house was built by Clay’s uncle and he remembers sugaring there as a boy. “I grew up with it. It’s in my blood,” he said. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Maple Sugaring in North Thetford

Saturday, March 16, 2013

“Can’t waste any of it,” said Wesley Clay licking maple syrup off his fingers after pouring off a measure to finish boiling in his North Thetford sugar house earlier this week. The sugar house was built by Clay’s …

Shane Harlow, 47, of Quechee, is arraigned in Windsor Superior Court in White River Junction yesterday on two counts of aggravated sexual assault on a minor. Beside him is his attorney Liz Kruska. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

Quechee Man Faces Charges Of Sex Assault Against Minors

Thursday, March 14, 2013

White River Junction — A Quechee man pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of sexually assaulting two girls who came forward with allegations last week. Shane Harlow, 47, is being held without bail in Southern State Correctional Facility …

Thetford Academy Second-Quarter Honor Roll

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Grade 9, High Honors: Nicholas Buonanduci, Nadia Clement, Finbar Curtin, George Essex, Isabel Kotlowitz, Julio Lopez, Lydia Porter, Charlotte Reining, Robert Root, Rachel Twerdowsky, Jennifer Ulz, Kira Williams. Grade 9, Honors: Jessica Brown, Erin Bullard, Taylor Gravin, Julian Greene, Jasmine Jamieson, Christian Jones, Emily Masteller. Grade 10, High …

Sharon Ellen Timmons

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Deerfield, N.H. — Sharon Ellen Timmons, 55, of Deerfield died Friday, March 8, 2013, surrounded by loving family and friends, in Exeter Hospital, Exeter, N.H., after a sudden and brief illness. Sharon was born June 4, 1957, in Ludlow, Mass., to Ronald and Patricia (Guilbault) Lent. She was …

In Thetford yesterday morning, members of the Board of Civil Authority look at a ballot that was in question during a recount of last week’s Selectboard balloting. Chairwoman Laurie Ingalls holds the ballot, for (from left) Town Clerk Tracy Borst, Richard Balagur, Rob Leitschuh, Wendy Cole, Roxy Maxfield and Cyrus Severance. The count remained the same, with Selectman Mike Pomeroy winning 272-271 over write-in candidate Doug Stone. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

Thetford Vote Stands After Recount

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

In Thetford yesterday morning, members of the Board of Civil Authority look at a ballot that was in question during a recount of last week’s Selectboard balloting. Chairwoman Laurie Ingalls holds the ballot, for (from left) Town Clerk …

Ex-Road Foreman Narrowly Loses Selectboard Campaign in Thetford

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Thetford — A write-in Selectboard campaign by former road foreman Doug Stone was defeated by a single vote yesterday, with Selectman Mike Pomeroy fending off the challenge, 272-271. Pomeroy said last night that he had heard about the write-in campaign, but had “no idea” why he was challenged …

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