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Canes take the title

BURLINGTON — The chatter before the football season was questioning Hartford’s chances of repeating as Division I champions. In the talk following the finals, all doubts were a distant memory.

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Hanover doubles up at Stellos

Fall notches title shot with seconds to spare

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Art in Action to fund Vermont-based projects

White River Junction – The Vermont Arts Council has declared 20 artists finalists to present proposals in January to take part in “Art in Action: Shaping Vermont’s Future Through Art.”

This art project will fund work to reflect and respond to issues and challenges facing Vermont. Through the Arts Council, Lyman Orton, who owns the Vermont Country Store with his sons, and is known in Vermont as an entrepreneur and a philanthropist, along with Craig Byrne and Janice Izzi, are working to give grants to ten artists so they can create works of visual art the deal with issues that were chosen by the Council on the Future of Vermont.

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Wood with a story to tell

Like most master crafstmen, Phil Fortin sees his chosen medium as more than a building material.

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Upper Valley Bluegrass Bash

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NEWPORT -- The holiday season -- complete with its cheer and challenges -- is almost upon us. The Library Arts Center will once again offer shoppers high-quality, regionally, hand-made items for its exhibition and sale "Gallery of Gifts" that opens at 4:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 14, and runs through December 20.

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Olive W. Hall, 89

WILDER — Olive W. Hall of Wilder died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, at Lebanon Center Genesis Eldercare. She was 89.

She was born Feb. 26, 1919, in Bradford, Vt., the daughter of Frank C. and Anna L. Worthen. She attended Bradford schools and graduated from Bradford Academy in 1937. In September of 1937, she enrolled at the Rockingham General Hospital, affiliating at the Boston City Hospital. After graduating she joined the staff at Eliot General Hospital in Keene, N.H. 

June 10, 1942, she married George E. Hall of Manchester, N.H. They lived in Suncook, N.H., until Mr. Hall was inducted into the Army in November 1942.  While Mr. Hall was in the service, she lived off the Army Post in Fisher’s Island, N.Y.  In 1946 they returned to Vermont, locating in Wilder, where she had lived for the last 62 years. After moving to Wilder, Mrs. Hall joined the staff at Dick’s House at the Dartmouth College Infirmary until January of 1982, working rotating shifts.

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Dorothy Sheila Patnode, 84

CANAAN — Dorothy Sheila Patnode of Canaan, formerly a longtime Lebanon resident, died Wednesday Nov. 5, 2008, at Hanover Terrace Healthcare. She was 84.

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Elsie Moore, 94

LYME — Elsie Moore of Lyme died Monday, Nov. 10, 2008, in her Lyme home after a long illness. She was 94. Her daughter, Maggie Moore-West and son-in-law, Don West were with her when she died.

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Lorayne E. Bean, 79

WEST LEBANON — Lorayne E. Bean of West Lebanon died Friday, Oct. 24, 2008, at Hanover Terrace Rehabilitation Center surrounded by her family. She was 79.

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Hallie L. Buskey, 91

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