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Ed Ashey, curator at the Lebanon Historical Society, sits at the Marion Carter House in Lebanon, N.H., on June 9, 2014. Ashey worked at Western Auto Store in Lebanon at the time of the 1964 fire. (Valley News - Will Parson)
From left, Rick Goodhue worked at the tannery in downtown Lebanon during the 1964 fire; Marilyn Babineau’s parents owned McNeill’s Drug Store, which was destroyed by the fire; Ed Ashey worked at the Western Auto Store at the time of the fire. Valley News photographs — Will Parson

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A Life: Edward Earl Ashey, 1938 — 2020; ‘He’d go all out to find out everything he could’

by Tim Camerato Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2020August 4, 2025

Hilary Michaud with her children and stepchildren on her wedding day to Ron Michaud on April 17, 1982, at Saint Andrews Church in Marblehead, Mass. (Family photograph)

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A Life: Hilary Blesh Michaud; ‘She wanted to be of service to the world’

by Liz Sauchelli Valley News Staff WriterAugust 31, 2020August 4, 2025

Rudy Hanecak hugs his niece and nephew Piper and Ian Black in an August 2010 photograph. (Family photograph)

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A Life: Rudy Hanecak ‘devoted his life, his ideas and his love to the people of Windsor’

by Patrick O'Grady Valley News CorrespondentAugust 23, 2020August 4, 2025

Photographed on Friday, June 27, 2014, Bill McCollom, of Barnard, Vt., is a former headmaster of the Killington Mountain School and columnist for Ski Racing Magazine. (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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A Life: Bill McCollom was ‘the happiest person I ever met’

by Greg Fennell Valley News Staff WriterAugust 16, 2020August 4, 2025

Anne Garrigue, second from left, was content to blend into the background after bringing together a group of friends to listen to and play music with Uilleann piper Ruairi Somers, of County Meath, Ireland, center, at her Norwich, Vt., home on August 21, 2019. Garrigue met Somers when she heard him busking outside Rockefeller Center in New York City and struck up a friendship that lasted 40 years. Clockwise from left are Hilary Coons and Bruce Potter, of Bradford, Garrigue, Somers, Ted Levin, of Norwich, and Anthony Santoro, of Lebanon. (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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A Life: Anne Marsden Garrigue, 1930 — 2020; ‘A model of civic engagement’

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterAugust 2, 2020August 4, 2025

Arnold, Thelma and Nancy Shulins celebrate Arnold and Thelma's 70th wedding anniversary with a picnic at Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in 2019. (Family photograph)

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A Life: Thelma Shulins ‘was very inquisitive about life’

by Liz Sauchelli Valley News Staff WriterJuly 26, 2020August 4, 2025

Rachel and Rick Brown pose for a photo in Panama City Beach, Florida in 2016. The couple was married in 2007 and lived in Wilder. (family photograph)

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A Life: Rachel Brown ‘made her class the island in the storm for a lot of kids’

by Nora Doyle-Burr Valley News Staff WriterJuly 20, 2020August 4, 2025

National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, far right, looks at a plaster cast of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ "Diana" during her tour of the Saint-Gaudens historical site in Cornish, N.H., on June 3, 2004. With her is park Superintendent B.J. Dunn, Curator Henry Duff and Chief of Interpretation Gregory Schwarz. (Valley News - Christopher Powers) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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A Life: Greg Schwarz ‘made everybody feel welcome’

by Tim Camerato Valley News Staff Writer July 5, 2020August 4, 2025

Hanover Planning Board Chairwoman Judith Esmay reviews renovation plans for the Hanover Inn with Dartmouth Associate Director of Real Estate Tim McNamara, second from right, and other officials in Hanover, N.H., on March 17, 2011. (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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A Life: Judith Esmay ‘renowned for her leadership’

by Liz Sauchelli Valley News Staff WriterJune 28, 2020August 4, 2025

Forester Putnam W. Blodgett, of Lyme, N.H., in a May 17, 2007, photograph. (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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A Life: Putnam Blodgett ‘was happiest in the woods’

by Greg Fennell Valley News Staff WriterJune 21, 2020August 4, 2025