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Two years after Tropical Storm Irene heavily damaged the Quechee Club golf course it was reopened with improvements last week. From left, Jerard Hankin of Boca Raton, Fla., John Fashjian of Framingham, Mass., Jim Lavoie of Quechee, and Ron Galotti of Pomfret putt on the fourth green of the Lakeland course Wednesday, May 23, 2013. 
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Greens, Redeemed

Friday, May 24, 2013

Quechee — Steve Rogers and Ken Lallier don’t recommend the speed-up method of rehabilitating a golf course. In their case, however, they didn’t have any choice. Pushy Irene. Rogers, the Quechee Club’s PGA golf professional, and Lallier, Quechee’s longtime property manager, were well into a four-year project to rehabilitate the private golf club’s 36 greens when Tropical Storm Irene blew …

McNicholas Rides to Win at Lake Sunapee Road Race

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Sunapee — Dylan McNicholas won a pack finish of 15 riders to win the top classification of the 40th Lake Sunapee Road Race on Sunday. McNicholas claimed the victory in the Pro 1-2-3 division, finishing a 69-mile route in 2 hours, 37 minutes. Luciano Pavan earned second place, followed by Anthony Clark in …

Successful Putting Depends on Gear, Preparation

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Is anyone struggling with the putter early in the season like me? There is not much more that’s as mentally challenging in golf as hitting some great iron shots and walking up to green looking at how close the ball is from the hole, then realizing it is that close only to miss …

The Road to Confidence: Dartmouth Women’s Track Athletes Commit to Girls on the Run

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

White River Junction — The evidence suggests Abbey D’Agostino — NCAA outdoor 5,000-meter champion, NCAA indoor 3K and 5K champ, national women’s indoor athlete of the year — is a sponge when it comes to running. Yet twice …

Kiss ‘n Ride

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Hank Chalmers gives his wife Amy a kiss before sending her off on a circuit of a back lot in White River Junction. Chalmers taught his nephews to ride on the motorcycle he purchased shortly after the death …

Founder’s Family Ends Rift With Little League

Monday, April 29, 2013

South Williamsport, Pa. — The decades-long rift that separated Little League Baseball’s founder from his beloved program once seemed as wide as the distance from home plate to straightaway center field. Those differences appear to have finally been put to rest. More than 20 years after the death …

Newport’s Teschek Entering MWRR Hall of Fame

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Pinkham Notch, n.h. — Next month’s running of the Mount Washington Road Race will include induction into the event’s Hall of Fame for Newport resident Bob Teschek. Teschek will be part of a four-person class entering the hall on June 14. The 7.6-mile running race up the Mount …

Good Golf Posture Is Monkey Business

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Good posture in golf feels like you’re imitating a monkey while facing a monkey and ready to run in case he starts chasing you. Posture is one of golf’s fundamentals and positions you for a balanced, powerful and …

Running For the Troops

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Hanover — Memorial Day may be a month away, but the Tuck School of Business Armed Forces Alumni Association is getting a head start on honoring U.S. military veterans. In conjunction with nonprofit charity Team Red, White and Blue, Tuck’s AFAA is staging the first annual Upper Valley …

For a Better Round, Go and Get a Grip

Thursday, April 18, 2013

It’s early in the season and it’s time to get our grips right once and for all. If you improve your grip now while it’s early in the season, you can grip it and rip it this summer. …

Norwich’s Werner Second at U.S. Squash Tourney

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Newtown Square, Pa. — Norwich’s Margeret Werner came home with runner-up hardware on Sunday, working her way to the finals of the girls under-15 division at the U.S. Squash Association’s Junior Silver Squash Championships at the Squash Club …

Trail Time? Not Quite

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Nichole Hastings received a disturbing email recently. As a volunteer Appalachian Trail corridor monitor , Hastings was alerted to the sight of a mountain bike’s tire treads on the AT in Norwich, off of Cossingham Road. As a designated National Scenic Trail, the AT is meant for foot …

Out to Lunge

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Deven DeCesare, 11, lunges to make a catch while playing outside with a friend during their spring break this week. Valley News — Libby March …