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Valerie Woodhouse and Eli Hersh, owners of Honey Field Farm in Norwich, Vt., harvest purple daikons at the farm on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. The couple have participated in the farmer peer support network run by Farm First. Woodhouse is on the advisory board of the organization. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Program trains Upper Valley farmers to help others in mental health crisis

by Frances Mize Valley News Staff WriterNovember 24, 2022

Michael Quinn, of Windsor, Vt., points to the bank where people used to set up targets that they would shoot from across the pond at the Windsor Grasslands Wildlife Management Area in Windsor, Vt., on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Target shooting was prohibited after the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department acquired the property. (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.

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Windsor: Bursts of gunfire collide with other uses on 825-acre property

by Frances Mize Valley News Staff WriterNovember 20, 2022

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Affordable Energy Resources Fair offers information and help cutting costs

by Frances Mize Valley News Staff WriterNovember 17, 2022

Drew Tobiason, who has worked at the Woodstock Union High School and Middle School as a custodian for almost 30 years, does a deep scrub in the hallways on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in preparation for returning students in Woodstock, Vt. ( Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Windsor Central Unified Union School District a step closer to possible name change

by Frances Mize Valley News Staff WriterNovember 17, 2022

Peter Welch, of Groton, left, and Roger Frechette, middle, of Quechee, pass Kristen Bianco, of Linwood, N.J., and her children Evelyn, 4, and Nathan, 6, on their way to the bottom of the Quechee Gorge in Quechee, Vt., on the first day of deer rifle season on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. Frechette said he has seen good deer sign in the woods around the gorge but it's the first time he's tried to hunt there. Bianco and her husband got engaged in the groge and have brought their kids to walk the trails there on several visits. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Bucking tradition: First day of Vermont’s deer rifle season about more than bagging game

by Frances Mize Valley News Staff WriterNovember 12, 2022

Vermont urges deer hunters to collect teeth

by Frances Mize Valley News Staff WriterNovember 11, 2022

Sharon Academy student Bryce Rikert, 15, plants potatoes at the Food Justice Garden in Sharon, Vt., during a class work session on Thursday, June 9, 2022. The garden is a collaboration between the school, Youth Empowerment and Action, Regeneration Corps and Change the World Kids. (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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Curriculum rooted in Sharon garden program pairs students with community food needs

by Frances Mize Valley News Staff WriterNovember 11, 2022

Dick Ballou plucks absentee ballots out of a box at the Hartford polling station at the Hartford High School on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in White River Junction, Vt. Ballou is on the board of civil authority and the box is checked throughout the day. ( Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

With tensions high after 2020, election officials hope for smooth day of midterm voting

by Frances Mize Valley News Staff WriterNovember 5, 2022

Lebanon Solid Waste Manager Marc Morgan, right, gives Assistant City Engineer Erica Douglas a tour of the Lebanon Solid Waste Facility in West Lebanon, N.H., on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Morgan is leaving for a new position as the assistant commissioner of solid waste with the county of Westchester, N.Y., and Douglas will take over his role. (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.

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Outgoing Lebanon solid waste manager brought recycler’s mindset to landfill

by Frances Mize Valley News Staff WriterNovember 4, 2022

Daxton Redmond, 14, of Perkinsville, left, and Aksel Oates, 15, of Pomfret, second from right, both ninth graders from Woodstock Union High School, learn to use taping jigs from Jenevra Wetmore, program director for Sustainable Woodstock, lower left, build supervisor Rick Biddle, of Thetford, right, and Jeanne Bostock, of Woodstock, back middle, during a community build to make thermal weatherization window inserts at the North Universalist Chapel Society in Woodstock, Vt., on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. The seven-day build of 235 inserts was administered through the Maine non-profit Window Dressers. Volunteer labor and fundraising will allow 26 households in Woodstock and surrounding towns to have the custom inserts at no cost. Wetmore said this year's rising fuel costs are driving an interest in weatherization. "I'm already seeing the panic," she said. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Upper Valley window weatherization events help homeowners beat the cost of heat

by Frances Mize Valley News Staff WriterNovember 2, 2022