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Out & About: 20 good things in 2024
12-27-2024 6:46 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

As a reporter, one question I am regularly asked is: “Why don’t you report on anything positive?” My response is usually to insist that we do, but the stories that garner the most attention — and tend to stick most in people’s memories — are usually...

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Out & About: Hartland Winter Trails celebrates 50 years
02-01-2025 4:01 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

HARTLAND — Gary Trachier was a Hartford High sophomore and a member of the cross country ski team in 1974 when he and two teammates were looking for places to train.


Out & About: Claremont nonprofit thrift store seeks new location
01-10-2025 5:01 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CLAREMONT — In Maureen Spilsbury’s year of volunteering at Changes Boutique & Thrift she’s enjoyed a lot about the experience, from working the register to sorting through donated clothes.


Out & About: In-person dining returns for free annual holiday meal
12-14-2024 3:01 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Listen will hold a sit-down Christmas Day dinner for the first time in five years.The newly named “Upper Valley Winter Holiday Dinner” will be held for the first time at Listen’s dining hall in White River Junction. The event is...


Out & About: Two Enfield schoolhouses added to state Register of Historic Places
12-06-2024 5:31 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — Two one-room schoolhouses in Enfield have been added to the New Hampshire Register of Historic Places.The State Historical Resources Council, part of the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources, added Lockehaven School on Ibey Road...


Out & About: Upper Valley Thanksgiving meals 2024
11-23-2024 4:01 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

Every year, dozens of volunteers and organizations make Thanksgiving special.This happens in various ways: there’s people who put together meal boxes for families in need, those who serve meals at Thanksgiving Day dinners and yet others who volunteer...


Upper Valley holiday markets 2024
11-01-2024 8:01 PM

Submit additions and updates via the Valley News’ online Calendar system CitySpark, which can be found at calendar.vnews.com.Cornish Holiday Bazaar: Saturday, Nov. 2, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cornish School Gym, 274 Town House Road. Includes gifts, crafts,...


Out & About: Claremont Makerspace reemerges after pandemic
11-01-2024 5:21 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CLAREMONT — Artist Jane Kolias likes to forage for metal.Those skills are essential to the recycled metal sculptures she creates — a Christmas tree made of wrenches and an old file, a singer with a body made of a piece of a Singer sewing machine —...


Out & About: Newport pilot program aims to help protect kids
10-25-2024 6:31 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NEWPORT — A nonprofit organization has launched a pilot program to better support children and adults dealing with trauma in Newport.Turning Points Network’s “Newport Stops the Cycle of Abuse” aims to help town residents better react and support...


Out & About: Story Jam brings people together
10-18-2024 6:00 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Kate Barber was attending last month’s Story Jam: Bi-monthly Storytelling Circle when she spotted a face she hadn’t seen in 27 years.Norwich resident Irit Librot was familiar to Barber, the community outreach coordinator at JAM,...


Out & About: Perkinsville church resumes services following repairs
10-12-2024 4:01 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

PERKINSVILLE — The Perkinsville Community Church will resume church services this Sunday for the first time since March 2022 when a plaster ceiling collapsed in the church’s sanctuary.This Sunday at 5 p.m., the red brick church — located at 35 Church...


Upper Valley Halloween events 2024
10-10-2024 12:17 PM

All events free unless otherwise stated. Submit additions and updates via the Valley News’ online Calendar system CitySpark, which can be found at calendar.vnews.com or email calendar@vnews.com.BRADFORD, Vt.Horror Movie Themed Haunted House in...


Out & About: Groups to study trail accessibility
10-04-2024 7:01 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vermont’s trails — like many others throughout the country — saw increased use and interest.As organizations examined how to make trails more durable for that use, another conversation started to gain...


Out & About: West Fairlee Historical Society welcomes grant for Bean Hall renovation
09-20-2024 4:01 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST FAIRLEE — During the more than 15 years Bean Hall has sat vacant in the center of West Fairlee, community members have made multiple attempts to revitalize the historic edifice.The work needed to stabilize the three-story building — including...


Out & About: DHMC allergist sets up device to gather local pollen data
09-14-2024 5:01 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — Dr. Erin Reigh — an allergy and immunology specialist at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center — has a general idea of when pollens that trigger allergies come out.“But maybe it’s actually a little earlier than we think,” Reigh said Wednesday...


Out & About: East Barnard Linen Fair part of company’s effort to bring back flax
08-30-2024 7:01 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

EAST BARNARD — Flax might best be known for its use in creating linen, a lightweight fabric popular for clothing.But what those unfamiliar with the crop might not know is that flax also is prevalent in everyday items, from rope to car panels to...


Inaugural Bugbee Games encourage active participation outside the senior center
08-23-2024 6:34 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Martha Dupuis stepped up to home plate at Maxfield Sports Complex with swagger and some directions for Alec Struver.“I don’t want the ball next to my stomach,” Dupuis, of Wilder, told Struver, the administrator of the Bugbee...


Out & About: Beech leaf disease threatens Vermont trees
08-10-2024 4:00 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

Vermont officials are seeking the public’s help in tracking a new beech tree disease that’s spreading throughout the state.Beech Leaf Disease was first detected last October in Vernon and Dummerston, said Josh Halman, forest health program manager...


Out & About: Special Needs Support Center seeks volunteer advocates
07-26-2024 5:01 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Special Needs Support Center is looking for volunteers to advocate for children with special needs who attend schools in the Upper Valley.Special Education Advocacy volunteers help parents understand and navigate IEP/504...


Out & About: Norwich Historical Society’s talking tour features the town’s ‘unsung women’
07-05-2024 5:01 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NORWICH — A few years ago, Norwich Historical Society Director Sarah Rooker searched a 1909 Norwich history book for the word “she.” Rooker’s electronic search brought back three results from the roughly 300-page volume that has since been digitized:...


Upper Valley Fourth of July celebrations
07-03-2024 10:01 PM

FIREWORKSGrafton: July 6, dusk, Grafton Recreation Field, Prescott Hill Road.Fairlee; July 4, around 9 p.m., over Lake Morey.Hartford/Wilder: July 4, between 9:20 and 9:30 p.m., Kilowatt South Park, 61 Passumpsic Ave. (Rain date: July 5)Hartland: July...

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