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Strafford Selectboard ends online broadcast, participation in meetings

by Patrick Adrian Valley News CorrespondentJuly 16, 2022

Melvin Coburn, co-owner of Coburns' General Store, laughs after Martha Fisk, of Sharon, Vt., hands him a bag of donuts she made. Patti Morgan, right, of South Strafford, Vt., asked if she could have one. "He don't share," Fisk said, which created more laughter. Morgan works at the store but was shopping on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Jim Kenyon: Coburns’ General Store closing up shop however long it takes

by Jim Kenyon Valley News ColumnistJune 18, 2022

Rudi Ruddell, of Tunbridge, Vt., and Micki Colbeck, of Strafford, Vt., plant trees along the West Branch of the Ompompanoosuc River in Strafford on Monday, May 16, 2022. Ruddell, a watershed scientist with the White River Partnership, was helping with the Flood Resilience Communities Project in Strafford. Colbeck co-wrote a grant to plant 1,000 native trees between the two villages of Strafford. Community members and students from the Newton School were also helping with the planting. (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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Planted along the Ompompanoosuc River

by Staff Report May 19, 2022

Mark Shaw, of Strafford, takes his ballot to the Strafford Town Clerk's Office in Strafford Village, Vt., where votes are being tallied on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 in the absence of a full town meeting in the Town House at right. Selectboard Chair Toni Pippy said that residents want to have a meeting so they can gather for town business where amendments and nominations can be made from the floor, that with Australian ballot voting, over 50% of the town's voter rolls returned a ballot this year. "It's a tricky deal," she said. (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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Town Meeting 2022: Strafford voters reject proposal to purchase new town office property

by Staff Report March 1, 2022

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Town Meeting preview: Property purchase for new town offices is on Strafford ballot

by Staff Report February 28, 2022

Nancy Case, of Thetford, Vt., walks horses Aari and Trudy and dog Kenny along a muddy road in Strafford, Vt., on Friday, Feb., 11, 2022. Case likes to get the horses out most days, giving them a change of scenery. The deep snow makes riding a challenge. (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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Season preview in Strafford

by Staff Report February 15, 2022

Anita Onofrio lost her original ballot for the Strafford school vote and was in the Town Clerk's office on the day of the vote to get another ballot on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. Assistant Town Clerk and Assistant Treasurer Regina Josler helps Onofrio. Residents are voting on whether or not to close down the seventh and eighth grades at the Newton School. (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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Plan afoot to update Strafford town offices

by Liz Sauchelli Valley News Staff WriterFebruary 14, 2022

After shopping at Coburn's General Store in South Strafford, Vt., Tess Anderson and fiancé Mark Obanion, of Nantucket, Mass., head back to their camp on their snow machines 15 minutes away on Friday, Feb., 11, 2022. Obanion grew up in White River Junction, Vt (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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Polar express in Strafford

by Staff Report February 14, 2022

Lianne Thomashow, of Strafford, Vt., throws her horses hay on a cold morning in Strafford on Jan., 26, 2022. The horses stay at a friend's farm. Thomashow distributes the hay in a number of spots in the pasture. (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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Haymaker in Strafford

by Staff Report January 28, 2022

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COVID-19: Dartmouth cases nearing 400; Vermont Law School delays start

by Nora Doyle-Burr Valley News Staff WriterJanuary 8, 2022