Saturday, February 9, 2013
When Harry Jorgensen was growing up on his parents’ Connecticut farm, his two aunts came to dinner every Sunday. They both worked at the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and when they came to visit, they …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Woodstock — The teachers union and the Woodstock Union High School and Middle School Board have exhausted all options to save teachers’ jobs, including a 2010 Vermont math teacher of the year. Now it’s up to voters to decide whether to approve the budget on Town Meeting Day. …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Woodstock — Most hockey coaches look at a full bench and pull out line combinations. Charlie Hancock peers at his mostly empty bench and occasionally pulls rabbits out of a hat. The Woodstock High boys hockey team isn’t …
Friday, February 1, 2013
Hartland — When George and Nancy Smith eased into their retirement years, they didn’t approach the sunset of their lives by sitting around the house. As far as they were concerned, having more time and fewer responsibilities provided …
Friday, February 1, 2013
This winter Valley Quest asks you to strap on cross country skis and climb to the top of Mount Tom in the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park. At the end of your excursion, you will be rewarded with a …
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Newbury, N.H. — With Emily Perryman and Kenny Weitzman producing big days, the Lebanon High ski team topped three foes yesterday at Mount Sunapee to take the Connecticut Valley Conference championship races. Perryman swept the slalom and giant …
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Woodstock — Students and parents turned out in full force last night to speak out against the School Board’s proposed budget, which would cut as many as 12 staff members, including a Woodstock Union High School teacher who was named the state’s best math teacher in 2010. “All …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Woodstock — Few things will usually keep Wendy Wannop from coaching field hockey at any point in the last three decades, but she thinks she’s found one: grandchildren. Wannop, who spent three decades in a variety of capacities …
Friday, May 17, 2013
To the Editor: On Wednesday of this past week, the students and teachers at Woodstock Union High School received shocking news that shook us to the core as a small community and family within the walls of our school. We learned that some of our favorite and most …
Thursday, January 3, 2013
White River Junction — To Todd Bebeau, relevance means making the playoffs, at an absolute minimum. That’s not a difficult task to accomplish in the almost-all-comers Vermont Principals Association postseason. Except at Hartford, where Bebeau — the Hurricanes’ …
Maggie Cassidy
By Don's Early Light
