Category: Valley News
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Thursday Is the New Black: No Rest for Workers, Shoppers as Big Box Stores Open on Thanksgiving
By Maggie Cassidy Valley News Staff Writer West Lebanon — Box store spokespersons said consumers have demanded it. A workers’ rights advocate called it “a sad state of affairs.” And shoppers out on Route 12A Thursday said they’re grateful for the convenience — but maybe enough is enough. Black Friday continued its slow take over […]
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Waiting for His Cows to Be Sprung: Dispute Over Trespassing Cattle Leads to Neighbor Impounding Herd
By Maggie Cassidy Valley News Staff Writer Royalton — Trouble has been brewing on Happy Hollow Road, and a quartet of innocent cows is stuck in the middle. Making use of a state law from a bygone era, an exasperated resident fenced in a neighboring farmer’s escaped bovines over the summer. The farmer wants the […]
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Manure Pile Spontaneously Combusts at Windsor Goat Farm
By Maggie Cassidy Valley News Staff Writer Windsor — At the municipal offices downtown, Police Chief Stephen Soares compared the stench wafting through Windsor Wednesday to the smell of “burning rubbish.” Town Manager Tom Marsh said it evoked “a damp kind of burning leaves or brush fire.” And at least one person thought it smelled […]
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Pampering Poultry: Chicken Poop a Problem? Claremont Woman Has It Covered
By Maggie Cassidy Valley News Staff Writer Claremont — Open the door to Julie Baker’s rural Claremont home and find little Mama Hen, hanging out on the stairway to the second floor. No need to check the bottoms of your shoes, though. The 3-year-old broody is sporting an unusual garment featuring a small receptacle in […]
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Flight of a Lifetime
By Maggie Cassidy Valley News Staff Writer West Lebanon — Janet Bailey took control of the four-seater Cessna 172 airplane Monday morning as it rumbled forward on the runway at Lebanon Municipal Airport. With the pilot’s gentle coaching, she pulled back, back, back and the plane lurched up, up, up — and suddenly, the woman […]
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One Year After Tropical Storm Irene, Farmers Prove a Resilient Bunch
By Maggie Cassidy Valley News Staff Writer South Royalton — Standing next to a row of cherry tomatoes, Geo Honigford extended his arm west, pointing toward “popcorn fields” across his produce farm, Hurricane Flats. With the hot sun scorching his mustard-colored baseball cap, he let his arm rise and fall, rise and fall, sweeping from […]