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Following the Jan. 12 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center intensive care nurse Jennifer Clark helps evacuate a six-year-old girl with sickle cell anemia to the USNS Comfort for more advanced medical care on Jan. 27, 2010. (Valley News - Jason Johns) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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A Look Back to Valley life in 2010

by John P. Gregg Valley News Staff WriterJanuary 5, 2020August 4, 2025

Alfonso J. Guarino is congratulated by onlookers who saw him sworn in as the Hartford Police Chief in White River Junction, Vt., on Dec. 16, 1969. (Valley News - Larry McDonald) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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A Look Back: Snow, Santa are two sure things in December

by John P. Gregg Valley News Staff WriterDecember 1, 2019August 4, 2025

Vermont Gov. Deane C. Davis delivers brief remarks in Bethel, Vt., on Nov. 19, 1970, as Interstate 89 was officially opened to the public. The governor was greeted by bands from South Royalton and Rochester high schools at his Bethel stop. Before returning to Montpelier, the governor stopped at Randolph for additional festivities. (Valley News - Brad Hills) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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A Look Back: Interstate 89 opens north of Bethel

by John P. Gregg Valley News Staff WriterNovember 4, 2019August 4, 2025

A visitor to Hanover, N.H., on Sept. 21, 1960, might well think he is witnessing a behind the scenes Hollywood spectacular. What they are seeing is preparations for the coming school year, which would put any movie spectacular to shame. John McLaughlin, of Spokane, Wash., is one example of the furniture moving freshman now beating a path to the Hanover shops. Multiply John by 800 and you have some idea of what Dartmouth looks like. (Valley News - Larry McDonald) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

A Look Back: Lebanon’s airport plans take off

by Tim Camerato Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 1, 2019August 4, 2025

Corey Briggs, left, and brother Gordy can continue to navigate their skateboards in peace in Windsor, Vt., on Aug. 1, 1989. Selectmen tabled a move that would have restricted skateboards in town. (Valley News - Bill Conradt) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

A Look Back, August 1989: In Upper Valley, everything old is new again

by John P. Gregg Valley News Staff WriterAugust 7, 2019August 4, 2025

Judges for the Vermont State Grange looked at over 50 quilts entered in the bicentennial contest, and when they had finished -- Erminie Nott of Jericho Road in Hartford, Vt., had won the blue ribbon in her division. "Grandmother's Flower Garden," an entry measuring 96 inches by 108 inches, will now be entered in the National Grange contest slated for November. (Valley News - Larry McDonald) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

A Look Back, July 1976: Same as it ever was — almost

by Geoff Hansen Valley News Photo EditorJune 30, 2019August 4, 2025

Influenced by his father, a physical scientist at CRREL and an uncle who is a nuclear physicist, eighth-grade student Eric Walker, seated, demonstrates the Seebeck's Effect (Thermo-pile) to an interested group of visitors attending the open house at the annual junior high Science Fair held at the Bank Street School in Lebanon, N.H., on May 9, 1963. Walker's display, which shows how heat can be turned into electricity, was one of approximately 200 exhibits. (Valley News - Larry McDonald) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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A Look Back: Photos of life in Upper Valley in May 1963

by Geoff Hansen Valley News Photo EditorMay 31, 2019August 4, 2025