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Margaret Drye, left, and Virginia Drye, both of Plainfield, N.H., file paperwork on June 6, 2018, in the Plainfield Town Clerk's office to run for state representative in overlapping districts. If both are elected, they will be the first mother and daughter to serve in the state legislature in 16 years. (Paul Steinhauser photograph)

Mom, Daughter Run Together

by Paul Steinhauser For the Valley NewsJune 12, 2018

Beverly J. Hoisington

Carleton “Skip” Nugent

Descendents of Derrick Oxford, from left, Kaishon Holloway, of Stamford, Conn., Bobby Johnson, of Bridgeport, Conn., and Stephanie Johnson, of Meriden, Conn., look at the grave of Benjamin Cutler with Plainfield Historical Society President Jane Stephenson, right, at the Coreyville Cemetery in Plainfield, N.H., Saturday, May 19, 2018. Stephenson's research revealed that Oxford was likely a member of Cutler's household before he died between 1790 and 1800. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

‘Whispers on the Wind’: Plainfield Honors African-American Revolutionary War Soldier

by Rob Wolfe Valley News Staff WriterMay 22, 2018

The grave of Derrick Oxford, a former slave, was marked only by a blank stone until Jane Stephenson, president of the Plainfield Historical Society, researched and found he moved with his owner's family from Stonington, Conn., before serving at Saratoga and the seige of Ticonderoga in the Revolutionary War. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Research Assembles a Portrait of a Man Brought to the Valley as a Slave

by Nicola Smith Valley News CorrespondentMay 21, 2018

David Biebel

Dr. David B. Biebel

Rita Hoisington

Peggy LaPan Dunn

Cheyenne Chellis

Cheyenne Marie Chellis

Love Sullivan County? New Website Collecting Photos

by Patrick O'Grady Valley News CorrespondentApril 25, 2018