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Trail Corps participants and Upper Valley Trails Alliance staff load gravel to build an accessible trail in Lyme last July. (Upper Valley Trails Alliance photograph)

Trails are not just nice — they’re necessary

by Russell Hirschler For the Valley NewsNovember 1, 2022

Dan Mielcarz, left, and his daughter Helena Mielcarz, 14, right, take a step as a souvenir after the 25 meter ski jump where she learned the sport at Storrs Hill in Lebanon, N.H., was torn down on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. "You've stepped on these steps so many times," Mielcarz said to his daughter. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Leveling a legacy: 75-year-old ski jump demolished at Storrs Hill in Lebanon

by John Lippman Valley News Staff WriterOctober 22, 2022

Kendra Lintner, of Hanover, left, and Connie Christnsen, of Denmark, right, help Vera Lintner, 11, tie on her skates before taking to the ice during a public skate at Campion Rink in West Lebanon, N.H., on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. The Hanover Improvement Society is fundraising with a target of $5 million to begin renovations in April 2023 that would include updated ice-making and rink equipment, and an improved lobby and locker rooms. (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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Ice time at Campion Rink

by Staff Report October 12, 2022

Golfers participate in the 47th annual Tommy Keane Invitational qualifying round at Lakeland Golf Course in Quechee, Vt., on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. (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.

Veteran partners prevail in Tommy Keane Invitational

by Bruce Wood Special to The Valley NewsSeptember 26, 2022

A pair of one wheel boarders power through Moody Park in Claremont, N.H., on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (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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Woods wheeling

by Staff Report September 26, 2022

Bobby Hill, of Berlin, N.H., uses a rangefinder to determine the distance to the flag during the 47th annual Tommy Keane Invitational qualifying round at Lakeland Golf Course in Quechee, Vt., on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. (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.

Carr has seen it all at Tommy Keane Invitational — and won most of it

by Bruce Wood Special to the Valley NewsSeptember 23, 2022

It’s all A-OK for the TKI

by Bruce Wood Special to the Valley NewsSeptember 22, 2022

A undated photo of Vinko Bogataj ski jumping.

Fifty-two years after “The Agony of Defeat,” Slovenian ski jumper visits NH

by Ray Duckler Concord MonitorSeptember 22, 2022

Volunteers Alex Baldwin, left, and Ron Mitchell, right, both of Claremont, discuss which trees to cut down while building a disc golf course with Bret Sorter, back left, of Claremont, and Jeff Coburn, chair of the city's parks and recreation commission, back right, in Moody Park in Claremont, N.H., on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2022. Work to build the 18-hole course in the area of the park's former campsites began in August. "This is happening all over the U.S. right now," said Mitchell of the sport's growing popularity. "I live right across the street. I will walk here, I'm not kidding. I'm so stoked it's not even funny," he said. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Claremont disc golf course coming together

by Patrick O'Grady Valley News CorrespondentSeptember 19, 2022

Ethan Ross, who served as a summer crew leader for the Upper Valley Trails Alliance, speaks to a group of high school students. (Upper Valley Trails Alliance photograph)

On the Trails: It’s never to late to learn how a trail comes to be

by Ethan Ross For the Valley NewsSeptember 16, 2022