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Thetford Academy’s water up an running after mysterious PFAS chemical test, remediation

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterFebruary 2, 2021

The Wilder Dam over the Connecticut River, seen from the air on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017. (Valley News - Charles Hatcher) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Wilder Dam owner wants to change up water discharges to help environment

by John P. Gregg Valley News Staff WriterDecember 9, 2020

With temperatures climbing into the 70's during the day, Mike Blatt, of Wilder, Vt., gestures north after launching Marc Okrant into the Connecticut River on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Norwich, Vt. Blatt runs Blatt Cave, a fishing guide services and pro shop, where he targets local Connecticut River fish species. Okrant is a neighbor of Blatts's and this was a no-charge session. ( 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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HERE, FISHY FISHY

by Staff Report November 15, 2020

Jim Bayles, of Newtown, Conn., left, talks with his former Dartmouth College swimming coach Ron Keenhold, of Hanover, foreground right, after completing a 15 mile swim on the Connecticut River from Orford to Hanover, N.H., in seven hours and 46 minutes Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Bayles did the swim in an effort to gain support for the reinstatement of the Dartmouth College swimming and diving team, which was cut from varsity sports over the summer. (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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Photos: Swimmers on a mission

by Staff Report September 14, 2020

Ben and Susan Kelly-Outten, of Woodstock, Vt., paddle on the Connecticut River near the bank in West Lebanon, N.H., on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. (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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Calm on the river

by Staff Report August 25, 2020

Jaela Micka, 12, left, and her dad Doug Micka, right, of Killeen, Texas, look out over the Connecticut River from Cornish, N.H., Tuesday, July 14, 2020, to Windsor, Vt., where he graduated from high school in 2000. They came to the Upper Valley to visit family in February and have not yet returned home due to the pandemic. (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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Still waters

by Staff Report July 22, 2020

The Town of Hanover is working with Trust for Public Land to raise money to turn a 250-acre parcel on Greensboro Road once eyed for housing into a town forest. (Town of Hanover)

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Hanover announces deal for land along Greensboro Road

by John P. Gregg Valley News Staff WriterApril 30, 2020

Steve Glazer and his daughter Emma Glazer of Thetford, Vt., clean along Sawnee Bean Rd. in Thetford on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Emma is a student at Bryn Mawr College is currently taking classes from home. Steve is a teacher at Crossroads Academy and gave his students over a dozen options for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. One of which was picking trash along the road side. The Glazers made it less than a quarter of a mile from their home before filling the bucket they had for trash. (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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Earth Day pickup in Thetford

by Staff Report April 22, 2020

Jeff Luckenbill, of Williamstown, fills up on 16 gallons of water from a roadside spring in Brookfield, Vt., Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. While using town water for their other needs, he and his wife have been drinking water from the spring for 15 years. "This is just nothing added," he said. "It's filtered by the Earth." (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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Springing up

by Staff Report November 29, 2019

Nando Jaramillo, of Norwich, Vt., grinds an Abenaki corn for making empanadas in Quechee, Vt. on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Norwich man unites Colombian and Vermont foodways

by Sarah Earle Valley News Staff WriterOctober 23, 2019