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Holding Out Against NewVista Developer’s Dreams of Utopia

by Rob Wolfe Valley News Staff WriterJune 25, 2016

About 100 White River Valley residents, including Ingrid Van Steamburg, of Tunbridge, Vt., at right, and Clare Holland, of Sharon, Vt., center, rallied at the bridge in South Royalton, Vt., on June 17, 2016, to protest the proposed NewVista development. Utah developer David Hall has purchased 1,500 acres in the towns of Strafford, Royalton, Tunbridge and Sharon and wants to build a community with 20,000 residents on a 5,000 acre parcel. (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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NewVista Protest

by Staff Report June 18, 2016

Residents Plan Protest Against NewVista

by Rob Wolfe Valley News Staff WriterJune 16, 2016

Facilities manager Randy Leavitt steps up to adjust the microphone as Sharon Academy senior Isabella Byrne speaks about her quiet nature during graduation in Sharon, Vt. Sunday, June 12, 2016. each of the 29 Sharon Academy graduates gave a personal speech before receiving their diplomas. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Reflections at The Sharon Academy

by Tim Camerato Valley News Staff WriterJune 13, 2016

David Hall, founder and president of the NewVista Foundation, is buying land in central Vermont to execute his vision of an eco-friendly community of 20,000 residents in Strafford, Sharon, Tunbridge and Royalton. Hall talks with the Valley News Editorial Board in West Lebanon, N.H. June 2, 2016. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Video: Developer Spells Out Vision

by Matt Hongoltz-Hetling Valley News Staff WriterJune 10, 2016

Alumni from Sharon Academy returned to their alma mater Thursday May 26, 2016 to speak with current students about life after high school, including subjects like gap years, drugs and alcohol, and finding the right major in college. Bryce Lloyd, Hannah McFadden, Greta Binzen, Abby Dutton and Emma Farrington, from left to right, speak to a group of seniors and sophmores in the school’s “pit”. (Valley News - Mac Snyder) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Sharon Academy Starts Big Fundraising Effort

by David Corriveau Valley News Staff WriterJune 6, 2016

South Royalton Fire Captain David Whitney listens to the concerns of Warren Williams as firefighters work to extinguish the last of the fire at home on Happy Hollow Road in Royalton, Vt. Sunday, June 5, 2016. Royalton Assistant Fire Chief Randy Caron said the fire started near the connection of the chimney and a stove pipe from a wood cook stove. No one was injured, and the adjoining home of Williams' son Dale Williams was undamaged. Warren Williams said the house was built in 1780. He and his son Dale renovated the house following another fire in 1967 or 1968 shortly before Williams moved in. (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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South Royalton Home Burns

by Staff Report June 6, 2016

Karla Noboa, of Burlington, Vt., checks the height and health of a Slippery Elm sapling as Lynn McNamara records the data along the White River in Pomfret, Vt., on May 12, 2016. In the background is Josh Jones, of Whitehall, N.Y., who is adjusting landscape cloth around the base of another sapling. About 80 elms were planted about a year ago in the calcium-rich soil on the land preserved by the Nature Conservancy. (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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Return of the Native Elm

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterMay 22, 2016

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