By Maggie Cassidy, Valley News Web Editor
Thursday, March 14, 2013
(Originally posted online Wednesday, Jan. 9. Updated to reflect the Jan. 10 edition of the Valley News.) Hanover — The Kendal at Hanover retirement community has limited visits to its assisted living quarters and canceled classes and programs for the week following a gastrointestinal virus outbreak that infected about 150 residents and staff. In an interview yesterday, Kendal at Hanover Executive Director Rebecca Smith said that officials sent a memo to staff and residents on Monday alerting them to cancellations caused by a small norovirus outbreak. The center,
By Maggie Cassidy, Valley News Web Editor
Thursday, March 14, 2013
In the wake of the Newtown, Conn. tragedy last month, ProPublica has posted an article analyzing legislation states have taken following mass shootings within their borders. According to ProPublica’s Joaquin Sapien: We found that while legislators in Virginia, Alabama, Arizona, New York, Texas and Colorado sometimes contemplated tightening rules after rampage shootings, few measures gained passage. In fact, several states have made it easier to buy more guns and take them to more places. Follow the link above for ProPublica’s state-by-state breakdown. Here in the
By Maggie Cassidy, Valley News Web Editor
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Canaan — Another day, another blog post about bridge construction. This time it’s in Canaan, as state officials announced today that the Canaan Street bridge would be reduced to one lane of traffic for three months as workers replace the deck. A crew from the New Hampshire Department of Transportation begins work tomorrow (Wednesday, Jan. 9) on the $200,000 project. Construction will force drivers through one-way alternating traffic controlled by stop and yield signs. The bridge, which carries the road over the Mascoma River near
By Maggie Cassidy, Valley News Web Editor
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Quechee — The rebuilt Quechee Bridge could be closed until 3:30 p.m. today and may be closed tomorrow morning, as well, as workers move forward with attaching its cover. The bridge was opened to traffic Dec. 29, but the town was surprised to find that contractors had closed it to traffic on Thursday of last week, Hartford Selectman F. X. Flinn wrote in an informational mass email. “Oops — contractor error,” Flinn wrote. “They had told us back in the fall that once the sides
By Maggie Cassidy, Valley News Web Editor
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Sharon — A married couple who work as research associates at Dartmouth College are staying with friends after a fire badly damaged their home on Beaver Meadow Road Thursday afternoon. Fire officials have not released a report on the cause, said owner-occupant Josh Landis, who purchased the contemporary two-story home with his wife, Vivien Taylor, in August. They have lived in the Upper Valley for several years and work in the Department of Earth Sciences at Dartmouth. However, Landis said Sharon Fire Chief Dana Durkee
By Maggie Cassidy, Valley News Web Editor
Monday, January 7, 2013
In case you missed it, I wanted to make sure you saw Valley News Publisher Dan McClory's article today about the future of our new website. His report, which I've included below, provides information about online subscription rates, which will take effect Jan. 3, and what readers can expect from the site going forward. 'Valley News' Debuts Enhanced Website Published in print Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 By Dan McClory, Valley News Publisher In recent days, we’ve quietly introduced a more robust website. We’re still working
By Maggie Cassidy,
Valley News Web Editor
Thursday, March 14, 2013
As we reported over the weekend, people familiar with child welfare have advised parents to comfort their children and consider limiting their media exposure – maybe even turn off the TV – in the wake of Friday's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. But for the adults, the conversation about gun rights and gun violence is almost unavoidable, as the horror surrounding Friday's tragedy, which killed 20 first-grade children and seven adults, continues to be felt around the country. President Obama
By Maggie Cassidy, Valley News Web Editor
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Bradford — The Bradford fluoride debate is back in the headlines. Valley News correspondent Jordan Cuddemi reports that the town’s Water and Sewer Commission quietly voted this week to reaffirm last month’s controversial decision to halt fluoridation in the town’s water supply. Cuddemi’s report yesterday is available at this link. Her article on the original vote can be found here. Opponents protested what they saw as a secretive process. The commission’s original decision went unnoticed for months; Tuesday night’s vote was taken not on an
By Maggie Cassidy, Valley News Web Editor
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Quechee — Hartford Selectman F. X. Flinn reports the rebuilt Quechee Bridge is on track to open by the end of the month, and the Hartford High School Alumni Association will move its annual parade from White River Junction to Quechee next summer to celebrate rebirth of the span. In a meeting last week, “contractors agreed that Friday, Dec. 28 was the most likely opening day,” Flinn said in an informational email sent out over the weekend. What about the weather? “(I)f we got a
By Maggie Cassidy, Valley News Web Editor
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Welcome to the new Valley News website. My name is Maggie, and I’ll be your web editor. What does that mean — “web editor”? Who knows! We’re still figuring out this “Internet” business as we go along, but here’s the vision: In addition to managing our online content in much the same way our editors manage our print edition, I’ll report an Upper Valley blog, the birth of which you’re witnessing right here in this debut post. (In an email a few weeks ago to
