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Brandee Platt and her daughter Kennedy, 4, search for a ladybug along the park and ride lot in Wilder, Vt., on Monday, May 23, 2022. As a volunteer at the Dothan Brook School, Platt was waiting for her son and others returning from a fun run to the Haven where they donated food they collected. Platt helped students cross safely at a nearby crosswalk. (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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Helping hand

by Staff Report May 30, 2022

Hartford Police and Vermont State Police conduct “an operation” Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at Perkins Place in Wilder, Vt. (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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Wilder man arrested after police, federal agents descend on home

by John Lippman Valley News Staff WriterApril 13, 2022

David Crocco, 11, middle, and his sister Delia, 8, right, of Wilder, pitch in to help their dad Dave Crocco, left, clean their van on the first day of spring vacation in Wilder, Vt., on Monday, April 11, 2022. “Any time the kids are off of school, it’s good to have some chores for them,” said Dave Crocco who embraced the sun and warming temperature to keep up his routine of a weekly cleaning. (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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Cleaning crew

by Staff Report April 11, 2022

Kevin Hoisington of the Hartford Parks and Recreation Department helps place a granite slab with co-worker Corey Kenison (not pictured) at Kilowatt Field South in Wilder, Vt., on Thursday, March 31, 2022. They are doing spring cleanup at the park, starting to get it ready for the season. (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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Sprucing up with Hartford Parks and Rec

by Staff Report April 1, 2022

Jeff Hafner, of Wilder, Vt., often shovels the dog run at his house with Ruby in tow, including during Friday's snowstorm on Feb. 25, 2022. The goldendoodle likes being out no matter the reason. (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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Checking his work in Wilder

by Staff Report February 26, 2022

Nicole Cameron, of Wilder, Vt., does chicken chores at her home every day at 3 p.m., collecting eggs and giving her flock a treat. On Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, she also checked their water. Cameron said they have a heated water bowl but with such cold temperatures she wanted to be sure it was working. (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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Chicken check-in

by Staff Report February 22, 2022

Roisin Viens the program coordinator at the Wilder School holds Harley the hedgehog on Wednesday, Feb., 2, 2022 in Wilder, Vt. Viens was waiting with Dan Rivers, the school counselor before the start of the school's hedgehog day. Rivers was acting as commissioner for the event. (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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PHOTOS: Feb. 2 is ‘Hedgehog Day’ at the Wilder School

by Staff Report February 2, 2022

Liam Goodspeed, 7, left, and Theo Heaton, 5, both of Wilder, Vt., keep an eye out for imaginary monsters in Wilder on Thursday, Nov., 18, 2021. Their mothers were planting tulip bulbs at the rental house Goodspeed's mother owns. Goodspeed said he had seen a monster with two eyes and a lot of tentacles. (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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Monster patrol in Wilder

by Staff Report November 24, 2021

After being asked to vacate his campsite in Wilder, Vt., by landowner Great River Hydro under pressure from the Town of Hartford, Keith Gokey dismantles his semi-permanent shelter with help from Simon Dennis, of White River Junction, left, Ken Woodhead, of Woodstock, right, and Martha Hafner, of Randolph, not shown, on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. Gokey, who said he has spent more than one winter homeless and living in a tent, plans to stay with a girlfriend until he can find a new place to put up his shelter. “I refuse to go back into a tent,” he 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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As Hartford breaks up encampments, homeless people have nowhere to go

by Jim Kenyon Valley News ColumnistOctober 23, 2021

After retrieving a toy from the Connecticut River Benji shakes the water off as Ginny Ferguson, 93, of White River Junction, left, shields herself and her daughter, Cindy Marshall prepares for another throw at Kilowatt Park in Wilder, Vt., Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. “It makes me tired just watching him,” said Ferguson of the corgi. (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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Unfair shake

by Staff Report September 21, 2021