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World Masters Weightlifting age-group champion Jane Higgins, left, with Thor's Stone Athletic Club founder Carl Wallin. (Courtesy photograph)

Recreation Briefs: Lebanon’s Higgins adds world titles to weightlifting resume

by Staff Report Staff ReportsAugust 22, 2019

Frank Taylor gives guests a lesson in bird biology during a mist-netting and banding session in 2017 on the North Shore. (Mark Vancleave/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

Falconer is still raptor-crazy after all these years

by Dennis Anderson Star Tribune (Minneapolis)August 21, 2019

This photo taken by Philip Carcia on Aug. 30, 2018, shows the sunset from Mount Jefferson, one of 48 mountains in New Hampshire with summits higher than 4,000 feet. On July 7, Carcia became only the second hiker to cram the grid into a single year, finishing in 319 days and beating the previous record by five weeks. He says he sees himself not as a conqueror but a pioneer, giving himself to the mountains he loves. (Philip Carcia via AP)

‘Grid’ locked: Mass. man climbs all 48 N.H. 4,000-footers every month for a year

by Holly Ramer Associated PressAugust 18, 2019

Charlie Taber, of Grantham, N.H., collects loose balls at Cory's Field, in Plainfield, N.H., on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. The recreational field and courts were created in memory of his son Cory, who died in a car-pedestrian accident in 1987. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

IMHO: For Tabers, Cory’s Field a labor of love, loss

by Greg Fennell Valley News Sports EditorAugust 17, 2019

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, the Great Lakes Region Champion Little League team from Bowling Green, Ky., carries the jersey of a friend and teammate they lost at age 10 -- Mason Goodnight, whose dad, Jef, is an assistant coach, as they participate in the opening ceremony of the 2019 Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Kentucky team honoring a long-lost teammate

by David Eckert Associated PressAugust 17, 2019

HR derby champions set in softball, baseball

by Staff Report The Associated PressAugust 17, 2019

Clare Higgins, of Hanover, gets an autograph from two-time U.S. Olympic cross country skier Ida Sargent during a Little Bellas mountain biking event on June 19, 2019, in Lebanon, N.H. (Will Friehofer photograph)

Little Bellas, big goals: Mountain biking program encourages girls to dream big

by Jane LeMasurier Special to the Valley NewsAugust 15, 2019

Good putting form requires a deep breath, a straight back and a limited stroke motion. (Courtesy photograph)

Amen corner: Good putting form can be a breath of fresh air

by Peter Harris Special to the Valley NewsAugust 14, 2019

Recreation briefs: TSAC charity lifting event slotted

by Staff Report Staff ReportsAugust 14, 2019

Rain clouds close in on the base lodge at Whaleback Mountain, which needs $50,000 worth of repairs due to heavy rains, according to the trustees of the Upper Valley Snow Sports Foundation which manages the ski area, in Enfield, N.H., on Thursday, Aug.8, 2019.
(Rick Russell photograph)

Whaleback seeking $50,000 for base lodge repair

by Adam Boffey Valley News CorrespondentAugust 12, 2019