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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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

A Life: Betsy Taylor Foster, 1923-2012; 'She Had a High Sense of History'

Monday, January 21, 2013

Vershire — Betsy Taylor Foster didn’t look like the type of person who would smuggle suspicious material onto airplanes. But during her time as an Federal Aviation Administration employee in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Chicago, …

Coach Does It All: Royals' Moreno Performs Balancing Act

Thursday, January 3, 2013

South Royalton — As the South Royalton School athletic director and assistant principal, as well as father of three small children, Jeff Moreno was already a man of many hats before the start of basketball season. When Stretch Gillam stepped down on the day of the Royal boys’ …

VTC Nursing Candidates Invited to Join Honor Society

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Randolph — More than 100 candidates in the associate degree in nursing program at Vermont Technical College have been invited to join the top honor society for associate degree nurses in the country. The college’s newly formed chapter of the Alpha Delta Nu Nursing Honor Society, founded by …

Strafford’s Newton School Principal Resigns

Monday, December 17, 2012

Strafford — The Newton School is searching for a new principal after the abrupt resignation of Judy Ross, who left Friday after four months on the job. Ross announced her departure to parents on Thursday in an email, and then to the wider community Friday in a post …

Todd Tyson, of Tunbridge, is part of the Tunbridge Grease Collective, a co-op that collects and filters used vegetable oil for diesel-powered vehicles. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen)

Talking Grease With Todd Tyson of Tunbridge

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Tunbridge — What qualifications would be required for a person to pad his resume with the title of “chief grease officer”? To answer that question, the Valley News recently spent some time getting to know Todd Tyson. An …

Pat Warren grooms Harry this week on her last day with the Highland steer, one of the first she started her small herd with about 10 years ago in a pasture across from her Tunbridge home. Warren recently made the difficult decision to have Harry slaughtered after nursing him through the fall. His declining health made it more likely that Harry would suffer through the winter. The herd, however will maintain its numbers as Harriet, left, gave birth to a calf this past Monday.(Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Farewell Harry

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Pat Warren grooms Harry this week on her last day with the Highland steer, one of the first she started her small herd with about 10 years ago in a pasture across from her Tunbridge home. Warren recently …

Letter: Responsibility for What’s Published

Friday, December 14, 2012

To the Editor: I agree with the recent letter complaining about the Valley News running obituaries with spelling and other errors. Those mistakes show that the obit submitters are not polished writers. It is lazy journalism to allow obvious errors such as “in Lou of” to appear in …

Wendy Faye Le Duc

Friday, December 14, 2012

Tunbridge, Vt. — Wendy Faye Le Duc, 38 died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at the Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, Vt. She was born August 11, 1974 in Springfield, Vt., the daughter of Robert and Terry (Carpenter) Baker. She attended school in Springfield. On July 11, …

A Life: Richard Steele, 1921 - 2011; 'He Had an Aura of Welcoming and Concern for the Other Guy'

Monday, December 10, 2012

Tunbridge — Richard Steele was a man who knew how to bridge gaps, to cross the chasm between people of different generations and backgrounds. He was a kind, soft-spoken leader with a polished Southern accent who had a knack for making everyone in the room feel comfortable and …

Todd Tyson shows workshop participants the engine temperature of his Mercedes diesel sedan while it runs on waste vegetable oil in Tunbridge yesterday. Tyson collects and filters the oil for the Tunbridge Grease Collective. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen)

Vegetable Grease Is a Gas in Tunbridge

Monday, December 10, 2012

Tunbridge — A few minutes into his pitch about the benefits of biofuel-powered vehicles and furnaces yesterday, Todd Tyson took a moment to scold his dog, Abe, who was sneaking in a few licks of the day’s fuel …

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