Arts & Life
Upper Valley holiday markets 2024
Submit additions and updates via the Valley News’ online Calendar system CitySpark, which can be found at calendar.vnews.com.Christmas Crafts and Bake Sale in White River Junction: Saturday, Nov. 16, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saint Anthony’s Parish, 15...
Moose appear healthier than years past, despite low hunter harvest
By LEXI KRUPP
The moose hunting season this October coincided with a heat wave, when temperatures in the Northeast Kingdom hit the 60s and 70s for almost a week, with no rain.“You really couldn’t make worse moose hunting conditions,” said Nick Fortin, the state’s...
Climate change could affect fall colors. 30 years of data from NH might provide insights on how.
By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN
Under a canopy of fiery orange and red, Amey Bailey is taking a hike she knows well. It’s the second week of October, and maples and beech trees are showing off their colors. Every few steps, a piece of scientific equipment peeks out of the woods.“We...
Rudyard Kipling’s historic Vermont home aims to weather changing times
By KEVIN O’CONNOR
DUMMERSTON, Vt. — A century after becoming the first English-language author to win the Nobel Prize in literature, the late Rudyard Kipling has gone from being one of the world’s most widely read names to, in the charitable words of his latest...
Federal money awarded to protect forests from climate change
By RICK GREEN
The U.S. Agriculture Department has awarded $10 million to the Nature Conservancy in New Hampshire to help landowners protect their forestland.“This funding is critical to helping keep the forests of New Hampshire healthy in the face of changing...
From invasive weeds to floods, the wood turtle is at risk in Vermont
By KLARA BAUTERS
While spiny softshell turtles are threatened in Vermont and spotted turtles are endangered, wood turtles could soon be threatened in the state due to land use change. That is why the state’s Fish & Wildlife Department is watching the species closely...
Upper Valley holiday markets 2024
Submit additions and updates via the Valley News’ online Calendar system CitySpark, which can be found at calendar.vnews.com.Cornish Holiday Bazaar: Saturday, Nov. 2, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cornish School Gym, 274 Town House Road. Includes gifts, crafts,...
Out & About: Claremont Makerspace reemerges after pandemic
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
CLAREMONT — Artist Jane Kolias likes to forage for metal.Those skills are essential to the recycled metal sculptures she creates — a Christmas tree made of wrenches and an old file, a singer with a body made of a piece of a Singer sewing machine —...
Art Notes: Bradford musician hopes new album takes off
By ALEX HANSON
After building a music career in Portland, Ore., Hunter Paye moved back to the Upper Valley in 2018. His mother, Tish Paye, who had raised him on her own, needed his help.Paye had made regular trips back here to play shows. “I told her one time, ‘You...
More money headed toward cyanobacteria remediation
By CLAIRE SULLIVAN
The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee on Friday approved $500,000 in federal funds to address cyanobacteria blooms, the often-toxic growths that can pose health risks to pets and humans.The Department of Environmental Services was awarded the funds...
Art Notes: Gory Daze returns to White River Junction
By ALEX HANSON
Halloween is upon us, and in the Upper Valley that means that all eyes that aren’t watching over children in search of candy are on White River Junction.And for good reason. As Halloween enthusiasts have come to expect, this year’s Gory Daze events,...
A Life: Suzanne Opton ‘was always interested in alternative lives’
By ALEX HANSON
CORINTH — When she first came to Vermont, in 1972, Suzanne Opton didn’t really know what to expect.She had grown up in Portland, Ore., one of three children of parents who had escaped the Holocaust. She’d gone to Smith College, and had worked as a...
Out & About: Story Jam brings people together
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Kate Barber was attending last month’s Story Jam: Bi-monthly Storytelling Circle when she spotted a face she hadn’t seen in 27 years.Norwich resident Irit Librot was familiar to Barber, the community outreach coordinator at JAM,...
New London-based land trust names new director
NEW LONDON — Ausbon Sargent Land Trust has appointed a new executive director.The organization’s board of trustees appointed Hans Carlson to the position, beginning Nov. 1, according to an Oct. 9 media release.Carlson will replace interim Executive...
Stowe arts festival exhibitors assess damage after tent collapse
By KLARA BANTERS
Kandace Lockwood was one of dozens of artists who had gathered in Stowe for last weekend’s Stowe Foliage Arts Festival. She traveled from Utica, N.Y., with a booth full of handcrafted pottery to showcase, and was among the artists who opted to stay...
Art Notes: Norwich musician releases new album
By ALEX HANSON
Two years ago, Lisa Piccirillo was at an intermediate stage in a musical journey.She’d written a suite of songs during the pandemic, a process that had helped her work through some dark days and find a ray of light. She was ready to make a record and...
Smithsonian brings rural life exhibit to Claremont
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — The story of America’s changing rural landscape, from settlement and growth around industry and farming to decline and a rebirth emphasizing the arts, is on display in a traveling exhibit that opened Monday at River Valley Community...
First significant snowfall arrives atop Mount Washington
While the rest of the state is celebrating crimsons, reds and and oranges, the state’s highest peak is seeing white.Snow began accumulating Tuesday atop Mount Washington, marking the first significant storm of the season. Approximately 2.5 inches was...
Dartmouth labs get federal grants for vaccine research
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
HANOVER — Two Dartmouth research teams are set to receive a combined sum of up to nearly $3.6 million in grant funding to spur innovations in pandemic preparedness and vaccine generation.The two research teams — one led by David Leib, chairman and...
South Korean high school alumni group tours Upper Valley
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
LEBANON — Lunchtime at the Upper Valley Senior Center often involves musical performances, but the lyrics typically aren’t in Korean.On Thursday, 17 alumni of Seoul National University High School, or SNUHS, in Seoul, South Korea, sang for volunteers...