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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Supreme Court says religious schools must get Maine tuition aid, likely impacting Vermont

by Mark Sherman Associated PressJune 21, 2022

Vermont Law School held a press conference in Burlington to announce a new strategic direction on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

Vermont Law School tweaks its name, adds master’s programs

by Peter DAuria VTDiggerJune 21, 2022

As his poodle Maggie keeps watch, Michael O’Connor, the curator at the Enfield Shaker Museum, rings the bell at the museum to mark Juneteenth on June 20, 2022, in Enfield, N.H. Signed into law in 2021, the federal holiday is marked as a day to commemorate the end of slavery. The bell was rung 157 times to celebrate the number of years since emancipation. Pulling the rope from the fifth-floor of the Great Stone Dwelling, O'Connor said the bell is also rung during Veterans Day and for school groups. The Shakers, who lived in Enfield from 1793 until 1923, used the bell as a wake-up call, for meals, evening services and emergencies. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Freedom rings

by Staff Report June 21, 2022

Emily Blaikie, a researcher from the Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences, middle, steadies the ladder for Zooey Zullo, of New England Falconry, as she puts a young kestrel back into its nesting box after banding it in Woodstock, Vt., on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Zullo has been passionate about birds since childhood. She named her daughter, who was a small baby born prematurely, Kestrel, "like ... North America' smallest, endangered and feisty falcon," said Zullo. The species is not on the brink of being lost, said VINS field research coordinator Jim Armbruster, left, "but anything we can do to keep from getting to that point is really helpful." The birds' dwindling numbers may be tied to loss of habitat in open space near dead trees with cavities for nesting. "So replacing them with nest boxes is one way that we think we can keep their populations from declining much farther," said Armbruster. Plans for building a kestrel nesting box can be found online through the American Kestrel Partnership. (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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Monitoring our smallest falcon

by Staff Report June 21, 2022

Former member Hall appointed to vacant Lebanon School Board seat

by Patrick Adrian Valley News CorrespondentJune 21, 2022

Madelyn Durkee competes in the long jump at the Windsor Invitational on April 30, 2022. (Linnea Spelman photograph)

High School & Youth

Thetford Academy dominates state meet with teams laden with kids new to the sport

by Benjamin Rosenberg Valley News Staff WriterJune 21, 2022

College nixes student loans

by John Lippman Valley News Staff WriterJune 21, 2022

Joan Osgood found her passion for horses at a camp in upstate New York, which she attended at seven years old, and owned her own horse throughout her childhood. (Family photograph)

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A Life: Joan Audrey Mellin Osgood; ‘Joan was just this constant encouraging presence’

by Rose Terami Valley News Staff WriterJune 20, 2022August 4, 2025

Charlie Taber, of Carolina Shores, N.C., seals cracks in the basketball court at Corey Taber Memorial Field in Plainfield, N.H., on Monday, June 6, 2022. Taber is in the area for a family graduation and doing work at the recreation area is "a labor of love." Taber's son Corey died in 1987 when he was hit by a car. ( 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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Love lives on

by Staff Report June 20, 2022

Grace Lovell puts a free sign on her unicorn tube outside her home in Hanover, N.H., on Friday, June 17, 2022. Lovell just graduated from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and is moving to San Francisco. The unicorn was used in the winter for sledding and on the water in the summer. ( 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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Graduation gift

by Staff Report June 20, 2022