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Recreation director Mary Dan Pomeroy, left, talks to Justin Smith, varsity boys basketball coach at Oxbow High School, before a basketball clinic for sixth through eighth graders at Bradford Elementary School in Bradford, Vt., on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. Pomeroy says she hopes to expand Bradford’s recreation programming beyond special events to include more regular activities like the basketball clinic. She plans to focus on a variety of programs, including athletics and the arts. Participating in regular activities “builds character, whatever path you’re following,” she said. (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.

Bradford rec job a return to roots for Pomeroy

by Benjamin Rosenberg Valley News Staff WriterNovember 11, 2021

New Hampshire Fish and Game wildlife biologist Henry Jones, center, weighs a buck while conservation officer Eric Brown watches on the first day of New Hampshire’s rifle season at Meriden Deli Mart in Meriden, N.H., on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Jones and other biologists are stationed throughout the state on the busiest days of hunting season collecting biological data and blood samples, which will be tested for Jamestown Canyon virus and COVID-19. (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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The buck stops here as NH’s rifle season opens

by Staff Report November 11, 2021

Alan Stender, left, and John Durkee, both of Tunbridge, Vt., tracked and shot a 906-pound bull moose in northwest Maine in mid-October. After 25 years of applying, Durkee won a six-day permit to look for the animal. (Courtesy John Durkee)

Tunbridge hunters bag 900-pound bull moose in Maine

by Benjamin Rosenberg Valley News Staff WriterNovember 6, 2021

Upper Valley Trails Alliance development director Randy Richardson, left, works with a high school trail corps crew on a project earlier this summer.

On the Trails: The faces behind our trails

by Randy Richardson Special to the Valley NewsOctober 27, 2021

Christian Eaton, of Williamstown, 23, sights in his rifle for hunting season as his grandfather Eugene LaPerle, of Barre, looks on at the Chelsea Fish and Game Club in Chelsea, Vt., on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Now if a shot misses, “we know it’s us and it isn’t the gun,” said LaPerle. “If everyone hit everything they shot at, there’d be nothing left.” he said. Vermont’s rifle season for deer runs from Nov. 13 to Nov. 28, and New Hampshire’s season is from Nov. 10 to Dec. 5. (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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Getting ready for hunting season

by Staff Report October 26, 2021

Chris McGrody, left, of Enfield, N.H., hunts pheasant with his son, Nate McGrody, 15, and their three-year-old black lab Huck at the Mascoma River Wildlife Management Area in Canaan, N.H., on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. This was Nate's first time hunting pheasant with his father, and though the pair didn't take home any birds, Chris was happy that Nate got to come out and see Huck in action. Sometimes you get something, he said, and "sometimes it's just a walk through a field with your dog." (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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Pleasant for pheasants

by Staff Report October 21, 2021

Bryan Hall, center, fishes with his father Lester Hall, both of Enfield, N.H., at Mascoma Lake in Enfield, N.H., on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. Lester encouraged his son to get his fishing license earlier this month so that the two of them could go fishing together in an old canoe that they recently repaired. (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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Go fish on Mascoma Lake

by Staff Report October 19, 2021

Bill Miles, executive director of the Lightning Soccer Club, back, coaches Dean Crosby, 7, of Lebanon, during his turn in the goal at practice in the Sports Park at CCBA in Lebanon, N.H., on Oct. 14, 2021. The park's two enclosed turf fields and one multi-sport surface are now open. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

CCBA sports park kicks off to fast start

by Seth Tow Valley News Staff WriterOctober 14, 2021

The Upper Valley Disc Golf Association is holding an event at Whaleback on Saturday, with the hope of raising money to potentially build a course at the Enfield ski area.

Disc golf group eyeing course at Whaleback

by Seth Tow Valley News Staff WriterOctober 7, 2021

Racers with their teams at the Northern New England Sled Dog and Trade Fair

As climate changes, New England sled dog racing takes to the streets with dry land competition

by Benjamin Domaingue Concord MonitorOctober 5, 2021