Tag: oddities
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Grape Catch Is Feat for the Ages
Story by Maggie Cassidy. Video shot and edited by Maggie Cassidy. Post Mills — Setting the world record for using your mouth to catch a grape dropped from the greatest height: It was a dream years in the making, and all it took was a hot air balloon, walnut-sized fruits shipped specially from Georgia and […]
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Farm Crews Take a Few Hours Off for ‘Olympics’
Story by Maggie Cassidy. Video shot and edited by Maggie Cassidy. Vershire — Spread out across a hayfield at Broad Acres Farm late Tuesday afternoon, dozens of farmers in teams of five, give or take, waited for the countdown over a megaphone — three, two, one, go! — before frantically installing sections of single-strand fence […]
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Different Points of View on Thetford ‘Wall’
By Maggie Cassidy Valley News Staff Writer Thetford — Ruth Dwyer refers to it as a temporary “curtain.” Some townspeople have taken to calling it the Green Monster, or in Selectman Donn Downey’s words, “The Great Wall of Dwyer.” Thetford zoning officials, meanwhile, have determined the structure — forest-green shade cloth strung across five large […]
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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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