Tunbridge

Orange County Deputy Sheriff Dan Bohnyak demonstrates a knee strike with student Branda Field as Kay Jorgensen, left, and Ellen Hosford, right, look on during a self-defense and situational awareness class at the Tunbridge Town Hall on April 20. The informal Tunbridge women’s group decided to hold the class after a rash of burglaries in the White River Valley last year started a dialogue about how to stay safe. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Brookside Honors Volunteers

Monday, May 6, 2013

Orange County Deputy Sheriff Dan Bohnyak demonstrates a knee strike with student Branda Field as Kay Jorgensen, left, and Ellen Hosford, right, look on during a self-defense and situational awareness class at the Tunbridge Town Hall on April 20. The informal Tunbridge women’s group decided to hold the class after a rash of burglaries in the White River Valley last …

Darrell and Ariel Colson of Tunbridge were married in the Scarborough, Maine Cabela’s store on March 17, with Darrell in camoflauge vest, hat and bowtie, and Ariel in a dress altered by her grandmother to include a mesh camo overlay and veil. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Not a Shotgun Wedding, But Camo Was in Fashion

Saturday, April 27, 2013

The bride wore white — sort of. This being a union of two outdoors-loving souls, joined together in the Mecca of hunting supply stores, it was only fitting that the white dress be accented with a camouflage overlay, the groom don a camo-patterned tuxedo and baseball cap, and the ring bearer carry the …

$17,550 Grant Will Support Vt. Water Quality Projects

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Berlin, Vt. — The White River Natural Resources Conservation District recently received a grant of $17,550 to help conserve and protect the water quality of the first branch of the White River. The grant from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation will support water quality projects on farms in Chelsea, Tunbridge, Royalton and Washington, Vt. The projects reduce the amount of sediment and …

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Hanover’s Katie Irwin reaches for a ball from St. Thomas’ Kelly Carson during their NHIAA Division II semifinal match at the Boss Tennis Center in Hanover yesterday. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Saints Stop Marauders

St. Thomas at Hanover girls tennis in Hanover, N.H., on May 24, 2013. St. Thomas won, 7-2. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Photo Gallery: St. Thomas at Hanover Girls Tennis

Radio host Terri Dudley jokes with Mascoma Savings Bank President Stephen Christy during a break in the last taping of Sunday Mornings with Terri Dudley on WTSL-AM in West Lebanon yesterday afternoon. Dudley is retiring after 50 years in the public eye. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Dudley Steps Away From Mic

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Streaming

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Thatcher Morrison, 14, works his way up the First Branch of the White River near his Tunbridge home on opening day of trout season yesterday. Valley News — James M. Patterson …

Roger Welch hugs his wife, Hazel Welch, after coming in from trimming the hedges at their home in North Tunbridge yesterday. The Welches have been married 58 years. (Valley News - Libby March)

Tunbridge Spring Feeling

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Roger Welch hugs his wife, Hazel Welch, after coming in from trimming the hedges at their home in North Tunbridge, Vt. on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Hazel and Roger have been married for 58 years. “A scrap is …

Elizabeth Clara “Libby” Dodge

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Tunbridge, Vt. — Elizabeth Clara “Libby” Dodge, 100, died on March 28, 2013 at her home in Tunbridge. She was born Sept. 26, 1912, in South Strafford, Vt., the daughter of Jacob Nicholas and Minna Clara (Sickert) Josler. She attended grammar school in South Strafford and stayed with …

The curtain closes on the first act of the Tunbridge Civic Club Show with Henry Swayze as Mr. Interlocutor, right, End Lady Maxine Young, left, and chorus member Marion Simonds, center. Though the performance is now structured as a local variety show, it is rooted in the minstrel tradition with an “interlocutor” who serves as the straight man and master of ceremonies, and joke-telling “end men” and “end ladies.” Performers in the Tunbridge show wore blackface into the 1990s, before the practice was ended. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Audio Slideshow: Tradition of Minstrelsy Colors Tunbridge Civic Show

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Tunbridge — By the end of the 61st annual Tunbridge Civic Club Show, everyone was singing along — even the chickens.

“I think that’s a first for animals onstage,” at least recently, said Henry Swayze, the evening’s master …

A Tunbridge firefighter watches as a school bus is pulled away by a tow truck after the bus slid into a ditch on Strafford Road in Tunbridge yesterday. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

5 Injured in Tunbridge Bus Crash

Friday, March 15, 2013

Tunbridge — Five children were hospitalized yesterday afternoon when a school bus tipped over on Strafford Road. Students from the Tunbridge Central School were transported to Gifford Medical Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. None of their injuries were …

Ambulance Service Draws Attention in Tunbridge

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Tunbridge — At this year’s Town Meeting, divisions still lingered from last year’s controversy over the performance and responsibility of First Branch Ambulance in providing emergency services in town. By a vote of 108-61, residents defeated an amendment put forth by Deb Mullen of First Branch Ambulance to …

Tunbridge Easily Passes Higher School Budget

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Tunbridge — The $3 million Tunbridge school budget sailed through as proposed last night in what turned out to be a brisk school meeting, even as the town adjusts to changes in special education being handed down from the state. The fiscal year 2014 budget — which was …

Tunbridge May Evaluate Safety Service Groups

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Tunbridge’s School Meeting will be held on Monday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. at Tunbridge Central School to act upon six warning articles. Tunbridge Town Meeting will be held in the school at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 5, to consider 12 warning articles. Tunbridge — Last year’s …

Bruce E. Cate

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Tunbridge, Vt. — Bruce E. Cate, 69, died unexpectedly, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at his home in Tunbridge. Arrangements are pending at the Boardway & Cilley Funneral Home, Chelsea, Vt. …

Custodian Brian Sullivan sweeps the floor as health teacher Lynn Bates of Campton, N.H., heads to the door for her long commute home from Mascoma Valley Regional High School in Canaan. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

School Notes: Commuting Educators Go the Distance for Their Jobs

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

When Lynne Bates left her job as a medical technologist 12 years ago to become a high school health teacher, she probably didn’t anticipate how far she would go in her new career. Between the Campton, N.H., resident’s …

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Brookside Honors Volunteers

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Dudley Steps Away From Mic

Saints Stop Marauders

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