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Enfield Shaker Museum to purchase La Salette Shrine, plans to continue holiday lights

by Liz Sauchelli Valley News Staff WriterJuly 13, 2023

Visitors enter the festival of light display at the Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette in Enfield, N.H., on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. The annual light display begins on Thanksgiving and is open to the public from Wednesday through Sunday during the holiday season. (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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La Sallete Shrine in Enfield to close permanently at end of September

by Liz Sauchelli Valley News Staff WriterMay 4, 2023

The Rev. Kyle Seibert, of Our Savior Lutheran Church, applies ash to the forehead of Arielle Isedenu, of Long Island N.Y., during a United Campus Ministries Ash Wednesday service at Dartmouth College's Rollins Chapel in Hanover, N.H., Feb. 6, 2019. (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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Generational change in the church pulpit

by Liz Sauchelli Valley News Staff WriterDecember 23, 2022

Annie Bauer, of Norwich, Vt. adds Christmas lights to a tree at her home on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Bauer was adding lights and garland around her home with her two dogs Coco and Charlie. (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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Season of light

by Staff Report December 19, 2022

From left, Stahv Jacoby, 9, Joslyn Meier, Reah Jacoby, 5, all of Norwich, Vt., Susan Linsey, of Hanover, N.H., and Alice Berliner, of Norwich, lay their hands on one another as Melissa Herman, Kol Ha’Emek Upper Valley Jewish Community director of education, leads them in a blessing during a Tot Shabbat event hosted by Kol Ha’Emek and Shir Shalom at Kilton Public Library in West Lebanon, N.H., on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Traditionally the Shabbat blessing is given from parents to children, but Herman said she likes to have the blessing going both ways during family events. (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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Tot Shabbat event brings Jewish generations together in West Lebanon

by Benjamin Rosenberg Valley News Staff WriterDecember 4, 2022

Lebanon Recreation, Arts and Parks Department Director Paul Coats, left, and maintenance foreman Tanner Hibbard decorate a tree for Christmas at Colburn Park in Lebanon, N.H., on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Coats said he often volunteers to help decorate the tree. “You have to get out of the office sometimes,” he said, “and who doesn’t want to go up in a bucket truck?” (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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Tree toppers at Lebanon’s Colburn Park

by Staff Report November 30, 2022

Jared and Annah Brooks, of Windsor, and their children Henry 5, and Nora, 3, stand on Main Street in Windsor, Vt., to see Santa Claus pass by atop a military cargo truck on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. The Vermont Army National Guard carried Father Christmas on a 106 mile circuit beginning in White River Junction, Vt. through Weathersfield to Rutland and back to Hartford as a way for kids to see the Jolly Old Elf as the pandemic continues. (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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Riding the Christmas convoy circuit

by Staff Report December 23, 2021

Lester Perreault, left, talks to Linda Bagley as she arrives with her contribution to the “Fence of Wreaths” on Bank Street next to the former Lebanon Junior High School building in Lebanon, N.H., on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. Perreault has been clearing and maintaining a three-mile stretch of road since he moved back to Lebanon in July and decided to organize the wreath display, encouraging individuals and alumni groups to contribute wreaths, to lift community spirits in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We just need something to make us feel good,” he said. “If it makes one person smile, I’ve done what I set out to do.” At 5:00 p.m. on December 23rd, Perreault will be lighting about 400 candles along the fence to illuminate the wreaths. (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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Wreathing out in Lebanon

by Staff Report December 19, 2021

Mark Plagge decorates his house for the holidays in Etna, N.H., on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. Plagge created a Christmas tree by hanging evergreen cuttings from a planter that typically holds potted flowers in the spring and summer, calling it an “all season decoration.” (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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A plan for all seasons

by Staff Report December 7, 2021

Peggy Roberts, of Royalton, left, and Robin Becker, right, watch an inflatable holiday lawn ornament take shape as they decorate in front of Becker's Royalton Village home on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. "Usually the guys are all out hunting and us women do it," Becker said of the decorating. Becker's dog Turbo watches from the window. (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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Blowing up the holidays in Royalton Village

by Staff Report December 3, 2021