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Shelby Lyman on Chess: April 24, 2016

by Staff Report April 24, 2016

The North Country Endurance Challenge has been resurrected in Northern New Hampshire. Contestants paddle in First Connecticut Lake, shown here, before trail running and mountain biking to the finish line in Colebrook.

North Country Endurance Challenge Returns

by Marty Basch Special to the Valley NewsApril 23, 2016

FILE - In this May 28, 2015 file photo, Ankita Vadiala, 13, of Manassas, Va. reacts as she correctly spells "improvisatrice" during the semifinals of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md. After two straight years of ties, the Scripps National Spelling Bee is adding more sting: The championship rounds will last longer, and the words will be harder. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

National Spelling Bee to Get Tougher

by Staff Report April 22, 2016

ap file photoJackie Robinson in his first season in the Major Leagues for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Book Review: The Legacy of Jackie Robinson

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterApril 21, 2016

MTV Going Back to Its Roots — With Music

by Lucas Shaw BloombergApril 21, 2016

Religion Podcast Host Sees Hope in the Rise of the ‘Nones’

by Michelle Boorstein Washington PostApril 21, 2016

"Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of Imagination," by Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf. (Photo courtesy W.W. Norton & Company/TNS)

Book Review: Reconsidering Jefferson

by Gene Seymour NewsdayApril 21, 2016

Book Review: The Summer Before the Great War

by Carmela Ciuraru NewsdayApril 21, 2016

On Prose: Writers Don’t Need Advanced Degrees

by W.d. Wetherell For the Valley NewsApril 21, 2016

Duckworth Museum Opens The Aidron Duckworth Museum in Meriden opens April 30 with “Color — A Theory in Action.” The exhibit will feature work by Duckworth and by guest artist Lucy Mink-Covello, of Contoocook, N.H. Above is an untitled work by the late Aidron Duckworth. The exhibit will be up through June 5 at the museum, which is starting its 14th season, now under the direction of Mila Pinigin of Quechee.

Art Notes: AVA Gallery Highlights Four Area Artists in Exhibits

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterApril 21, 2016