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Baxter Memorial Library Trustee Kit Hood, left, hands over a bag of corn bread to Rick Pethtel, of Sharon, at the library's chili fundraiser as Tom Ophals, of Quechee, right, waits his turn and Suzanne Jones, of Sharon, second from left, boxes up her meals in Sharon, Vt., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Pethtel lives next door to the library and stopped over for a $15 quart of chili and corn bread to show his support. (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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Sharon library’s chili sale brings the heat to fundraising efforts

by Ray Couture Valley News CorrespondentFebruary 11, 2023

Valley Improv members, from left, Mo Whitaker, Mica Tucker, Christina Goodrich, Ben Guaraldi, Maggie Ronan, and Liz Rizzo finish their show with an improvised rap at Junction Arts and Media in White River Junction, Vt., on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. The group performed a series of short-form improvised games and scenes, playing off input and suggestions from the audience. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Improv show brings raucous laughs to White River Junction

by Ray Couture Valley News CorrespondentFebruary 4, 2023

Fisheries biologist Austin Galinat, front right, guides the jig line as Kamila Asanova, 16, of Kyrgyzstan, center, reels in a fish during the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Ice Fishing Festival hosted this year at Silver Lake in Barnard, Vt., on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. Asanova, an exchange student staying in Springfield with host mother Cathryn Feickert, third from right, toured the stations set up by the agency on the lake to learn about ice safety, equipment, technique, the fish themselves, and regulations. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Vermonters learn how to ice fish at Barnard’s Silver Lake

by Ray Couture Valley News CorrespondentJanuary 30, 2023

Fisheries biologist Austin Galinat, front right, guides the jig line as Kamila Asinova, 16, of Kyrgyzstan, center, reels in a fish during the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Ice Fishing Festival hosted this year at Silver Lake in Barnard, Vt., on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. Asinova, an exchange student staying in Springfield with host mother Cathryn Feickert, third from right, toured the stations set up by the agency on the lake to learn about ice safety, equipment, technique, the fish themselves, and regulations. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Hundreds of Vermonters learn about ice fishing at Barnard’s Silver Lake

by Ray Couture Valley News CorrespondentJanuary 28, 2023

Eliza Rapf, 10, of Hanover, contemplates the next frame in her stop-motion animation as her mother Melanie Adsit, left, cuts out more images for the video during a drop-in workshop at Junction Arts and Media in White River Junction, Vt., on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. The family, including Rapf's dad, Alex Rapf, not pictured, who used to use Super 8 film to make animated flip-books, is new to the Upper Valley and attended the event to get to know their new community. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

A lively array attend WRJ workshop blending collage and stop-motion animation

by Ray Couture Valley News CorrespondentJanuary 21, 2023

Owen Dybvig watches a holiday movie at his father's worksite in Meriden, N.H., on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. His father, Evan Dybvig, right, has been taking his son to job sites since his family has not been able to find an at-home caregiver for him. (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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Thetford 21-year-old with cerebral palsy yearns for independence with a bit of support

by Ray Couture Valley News CorrespondentJanuary 6, 2023

Traffic moves through Hartland Three Corners on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, in Hartland, Vt. The town's long-planned project to redo its main intersection has inspired controversy, at least in part due to the anticipated cost. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Town-City-Government

Hartland Three Corners project is still a go despite public outcry

by Ray Couture Valley News CorrespondentJanuary 6, 2023

Chelsea road foreman Rick Ackerman grades a road in Chelsea, Vt. on May 8, 2014. The town will vote on Monday to see if it should replace the town garage.
Valley News - Jennifer Hauck

Chelsea chooses new Selectboard members after mass resignation last fall

by Ray Couture Valley News CorrespondentJanuary 4, 2023

Town mulls grants for child care centers

by Ray Couture Valley News CorrespondentDecember 19, 2022

Town-City-Government

Election planned after exodus

by Ray Couture Valley News CorrespondentDecember 12, 2022