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Meg Brazill and her bandmates in Los Microwaves perform at Danceteria in New York City, a photo featured in "Future Life" magazine in 1980. (Courtesy David Javelosa)

A Life: Meg Brazill; ‘She wasn’t like an experienced musician’

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterJanuary 17, 2022August 4, 2025

Ralph Miller skis in a 1953 slalom event. Miller, who graduated from Dartmouth in 1955, competed in the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the 1950s. (Courtesy of Dartmouth College Library)

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A Life: Ralph Miller; ‘He was always trying something new’

by Seth Tow Valley News Staff WriterJanuary 9, 2022August 4, 2025

Phyllis Stinehour in a circa 1968 photograph. Stinehour moved to West Lebanon, N.H., in 1964 from northern Vermont. While raising four children of her own, Stinehour cared for more than 450 children during her career. (Family photograph)

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A Life: Phyllis Stinehour; ‘Like bringing your kids to Grandma’s house’

by Benjamin Rosenberg Valley News Staff WriterJanuary 3, 2022August 4, 2025

Forester John O'Brien, of Orford, N.H., right, speaks with Gov. John Lynch, second from right, about damage caused by an April 2007 windstorm to trees around Hanover's water reservoirs. "I spent 30 years trying to grow all this," O'Brien said, who manages the forest for the Hanover Water Works. "It went down in three hours." Also on the April 30, 2007, tour are Orford tree farmers Tom Thomson, left, and Peter Thomson. (Valley News - Rob Strong) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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A Life: John O’Brien, veteran and forester from Orford

by Patrick O'Grady Valley News CorrespondentDecember 26, 2021August 4, 2025

Ethel Pike on the lake in Peabody, Mass., in an undated photograph. Pike grew up in the town north of Boston. (Family photograph)

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A Life: Ethel Louise Pike; ‘She never stopped helping people’

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterDecember 12, 2021August 4, 2025

Brothers Henry, left, and Bill Rodeschin with the bucks they shot in Newport, N.H., in 1958. (Family photograph)

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A Life: Henry P. Rodeschin and William M. Rodeschin

by John Lippman Valley News Staff WriterDecember 5, 2021August 4, 2025

Corinna Magalhaes, Bradford Elementary School food service director, with her children Cassidy Mason and Storm Budzyn. Magalhaes, who died of a pulmonary embolism on Oct. 20, 2021, at the age of 47, was hailed as a hero for her work to feed children through the COVID-19 pandemic. (Family photograph)

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A Life: Corinna Marie Magalhaes; ‘I just want to make sure everyone eats’

by Nora Doyle-Burr Valley News Staff WriterNovember 28, 2021August 4, 2025

John Lawe during his school days in London. Lawe went on to earn a medical degree, moving to the U.S. at age 30. He joined the pathology staff at what is now Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in 1963 and also taught at Dartmouth College's medical school. (Family photograph)

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A Life: John E. Lawe; ‘He was there for all of us’

by Jim Kenyon Valley News ColumnistNovember 21, 2021August 4, 2025

Sheilla and David Files cut their wedding cake in June 1967. (Family photograph)

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A Life: Sheilla Files; ‘She was going to have to earn it’

by Liz Sauchelli Valley News Staff WriterNovember 14, 2021August 4, 2025

The Clarkes host the annual Sullivan County Sportsmen Club's fishing derby in Claremont, N.H., including this event in 2016. (Family photograph)

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A Life: Donald Clarke; ‘That was Don — he worked with everybody’

by Patrick O'Grady Valley News CorrespondentNovember 7, 2021August 4, 2025