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Volunteer Molly Maxham, 16, right, waits to transport the microphone to the next speaker as Jason Drebitko, left, questions the Selectboard during the Woodstock, Vt., Town Meeting Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Voters at the meeting approved a $2.8 million bond to upgrade the South Woodstock Wastewater Treatment Facility, but are now at odds over who will cover the cost — ratepayers who benefit from the facility, or the town tax base as a whole. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Woodstock divided over splitting bill for wastewater treatment plant

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterOctober 22, 2021

Alexandria Sutton, left, of Ocala, Fla., watches as her sister Stephanie Sutton jumps to reach an apple on a high branch at Patch Orchards in Lebanon, N.H., on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Alexandria, a student at the University of Notre Dame, is in town visiting Stephanie, who is a graduate student at Dartmouth studying public health. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Upper Valley apple growers say crop was good this year

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterOctober 19, 2021

Rick Carbin in an undated photograph from the archives of the Vermont Land Trust. (Courtesy Bob Linck)

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A Life: Richard W. Carbin; ‘He had a gift for constructive change’

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterOctober 18, 2021August 4, 2025

At Crossroad Farm in Post MIlls, Vt., Owen Deffner, left, and Davey Ozahowski pick red peppers on Friday morning, Oct., 15, 2021. Plants like peppers are still producing due to mild weather and a lack of a killing frost. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

With the first frost yet to arrive in mid-October, Upper Valley farms are reaping the results

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterOctober 15, 2021

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‘Milk with Dignity’ tour brings push for better conditions for migrant farmworkers to Upper Valley

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterOctober 14, 2021

Organic farmers surprised as NH ends state certification for many

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterOctober 12, 2021

Katie Aman, of White River Junction, Vt., won the Climate Justice Award for her work in environmental activism, in part for what she does with her church, the Church of Christ at Dartmouth College. A large maple in front of the church shows some color on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, in Hanover, N.H. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Upper Valley faith groups get traction with climate change as a critical issue

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterOctober 9, 2021

After helping run the garlic food sale and library fundraiser, Jennika Bergamini, 11, of Grafton, N.H., sees how far mozzarella sticks, made with garlic scapes in the breading, can be stretched, at the annual Grafton Gargantuan Garlic Gathering held in Grafton, N.H., on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. (Rick Russell photograph)

The season for seasoning: Grafton garlic festival highlights a different fall harvest

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterOctober 9, 2021

Dartmouth College rally in Hanover, N.H., on April, 30, 2016.(Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

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Dartmouth to wind down fossil fuel investments

by John Lippman Valley News Staff Writers, and Claire Potter Valley News Staff WritersOctober 8, 2021

This wall-mounted minisplit heat pump cools and heats the first floor of Bob Solosko and Jean Krogh's Easthampton home. Their net zero home, equipped with solar panels, sells power back to the grid.

Industrial, household heat pumps may see big changes as federal rules target refrigerants

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterOctober 5, 2021