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FILE - This Sept. 19, 2019, file photo shows a spotted lanternfly at a vineyard in Kutztown, Pa. According to Rhode Island state environmental officials, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, the insect that can cause damage to native trees and agricultural crops has been found recently in the state. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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Invasive insect is inching its way to the Twin States

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterNovember 14, 2021

Wesley Black, who sued the White River Junction VA Medical Center for failing to diagnose him with colon cancer caused by exposure to military burn pits, has died. A Hartford Fire Department Facebook post accompanying this photograph said, "The Hartford Fire Department regrets to announce the passing of Firefighter Wesley Black. Wesley passed away Sunday afternoon at his home surrounded by family and friends after a long and courageous battle with cancer."

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Vermont veteran exposed to burn pits dies of cancer

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterNovember 11, 2021

What the infrastructure bill means for New Hampshire, Vermont

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterNovember 11, 2021

The economic divide is also a green gap, preventing weatherization, shift to renewable energy

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterNovember 7, 2021

Carlo Frascoia, 5, of Taftsville, Vt., left, and Colin O’Shaughnessy, 7, of Plainfield, launch stomp rockets during “A Day of Flight” at the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vt., on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. In the background from left, 9-year-old Sophia Foil, of Laconia, N.H.; Frascoia’s mother, Elizabeth; and grandfather, David Westphalen, look on. (Rob Strong photograph)

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Day of Flight takes off at Montshire Museum of Science

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterNovember 7, 2021

Forest Brazil and his wife Michelle Brazil walk to their Enfield, N.H., basement apartment with children Una, 9 months, Emmett, 5, and Lily, 3, on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. The family moved to New England after their home in Ashland, Ore., was destroyed by the Almeda Fire on Sep. 8, 2020. (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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Experts warn the Upper Valley a likely destination for climate migration, and we should plan for it

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterNovember 5, 2021

Workers at the Elizabeth Mine on Thursday, June 6, 2019 in Strafford, Vt., build a passive treatment system for groundwater. (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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Cleanup nearly done at Elizabeth Mine as EPA prepares handoff of Strafford Superfund site

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterNovember 4, 2021

The Upper Valley Land Trust co-sponsored a new poetry anthology about land conservation and nature and will host a virtual poetry reading on Nov. 3. Jessica Purdy, of Exeter, N.H., wrote about 38 acres of wetlands in the headwaters of the Mascoma River in Hanover, N.H. named the Dismal on Pressey Brook. The Dismal was photographed on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. (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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Poets pen lines to support the land

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterNovember 2, 2021

A fallen leaf settles in the Linville River along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Linville Falls, N.C., Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, as autumn closes in on the North Carolina highlands. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Town-City-Government

Experts: Leave leaves out of garbage

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterOctober 26, 2021

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Fairlee to discuss town forest

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterOctober 24, 2021