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“This is my donation to the church for Easter,” said Diana Beattie, 80, of Pomfret, as she watered the flowers she arranged in front of St. James Episcopal Church in Woodstock, Vt., on Thursday, April 14, 2022. “I did it last year because the church was closed,” she said, and wanted to provide the planters again to remind passers-by of the holiday. (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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Sprucing up churches for Holy Week

by Staff Report April 14, 2022

Francis Phelps III says goodbye to family and friends after his arraignment in Windsor Superior Court in White River Junction, Vt., on March 18, 2020, for second degree murder in the March 17 shooting of George Sun in South Royalton, Vt. Phelps was ordered to be held without bail. At right is his attorney Joe Strain. (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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Royalton man seeks plea deal in fatal 2020 shooting

by Staff Report Staff reportApril 14, 2022

Zhao Feng Liu, left, and Mia Lee, right, pot spider plant cuttings taken from the house plants of Dartmouth Graduate Student Council's student life committee members on the Dartmouth College campus in Hanover, N.H., on Monday, April 12, 2022. "Half the year is all snow, so it's better to have something like this," said Liu. The event, meant to encourage students get outside, take breaks, and share information about where to get counseling on campus, coincides with a campus visit from the Jed Foundation, which the college has partnered with in an effort to support student mental health in the shadow of four student deaths in the 2020 - 2021 academic year. (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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Cultivating mental health at Dartmouth College

by Staff Report April 14, 2022

From left, Dr. Brett Rusch, Executive Director of the VA White River Junction healthcare system, and Ryan Lilly, Director of the Veterans Integrated Service Network for New England, listen as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talks to Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough about the limited access veterans have to dental coverage through the VA, suggesting that the Burlington VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic would be an ideal location to build a VA dental clinic in Vermont, during a press conference at the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, Vt., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Sen. Sanders and Secretary McDonough addressed topics ranging from increasing nurse salaries to remain competitive with private providers, to a report released in March recommending that the White River Junction VA Medical Center close its emergency department and instead open an urgent care service. (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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Sanders, VA secretary push against privatization in White River Junction VA visit

by Nora Doyle-Burr Valley News Staff WriterApril 14, 2022

Former Jay Peak CEO Bill Stenger arrives at his sentencing hearing for his role in the EB-5 fraud case in U.S. District Court in Burlington on Thursday, April 14, 2022. He was sentences to 18 months in prison. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

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Former Vermont ski resort CEO sentenced to 18 months in prison for role in investor fraud scheme

by Alan J. Keays VTDiggerApril 14, 2022

Lebanon High’s Finn Kopp performs an unplanned headstand after absorbing a bodycheck from Hillsboro-Deering’s Kolin Paradise (44) on April 14, 2022, in Lebanon, N.H. The Raiders righted themselves for a 12-6 NHIAA Division III victory in their home opener. (Valley News - Tris Wykes) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Valley News photographs

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Winning ugly works for Lebanon boys lacrosse

by Tris Wykes Valley News Staff WriterApril 14, 2022

Bethan Robinson, Lebanon High's first-year softball coach, laughs while meeting with her team after its 25-11 loss to Winnisquam on April 11, 2022, in Lebanon, N.H. (Valley News - Tris Wykes) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Valley News photographs — Tris Wykes —Tris Wykes valley news photographs — Tris Wykes

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New Lebanon softball coach goes from office to dugout

by Benjamin Rosenberg Valley News Staff WriterApril 13, 2022

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Local roundup: Hartford girls lax takes care of Brattleboro

by Staff Report Staff ReportsApril 13, 2022

Nurse Wendy Wozniak hugs Carroll (Bubba) Humphrey, of Island Pond, Vt., as staff and family gather to celebrate his release from the VA Medical Center in White River Junction, Vt., after a six-month stay in the intensive care unit with COVID-19 on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. We built quite a relationship with this team," said Jess Smith, Humphrey's daughter, of Lancaster, N.H., left. “The fact that he got better is a miracle,” said Dr. Peter DeLong, ICU director at the hospital, who directed Humphrey’s care. Every day spent in a hospital bed could equal four to five days learning to walk and feed himself again with physical and occupational therapy, said DeLong. (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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COVID-free at the White River Junction VA

by Staff Report April 13, 2022

Ryan Welch, a window washer for Aslan's Maintenance, wears a Captain America costume as he washes windows on the fifth floor at the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth in Lebanon, N.H., on Sept. 19, 2013. Fellow window washer Ben Stebbins, dressed as Superman, cleans the windows further down the building. Patients and staff at CHAD watched as the superheroes descended from the roof, smiling and waving as they did their jobs. Aslan's Maintenance staff decided to assume the personnas of super heroes after a patient was frightened by the window washers. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health drops the ‘Hitchcock’ as rebranding aims south

by Nora Doyle-Burr Valley News Staff WriterApril 13, 2022