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July 2013

All posts published in July 2013

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Glover Day honors a local vaudevillian

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by Joseph Gresser  GLOVER — An annual community event with a weight of tradition always faces the risk of becoming stodgy.  Glover Day, with its Chamberlain Run, bicycle race and puppet show re-enacting the story of Runaway Pond, could easily become a snooze. ... More »

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In Barton: Shooting strikes the heart of two communities

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by Tena Starr NEWPORT — Carlton Bickford, 76, a retired electrician and well-liked longtime Glover resident, shambled into court in shackles Monday and pled innocent to first-degree murder in the shooting death on Friday of 72-year-old Rachel Coburn of Barton,... More »

Obituaries July 31, 2013

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Susan Bailey Susan S. Bailey, 67, of Westmore died peacefully at home on June 27, 2013, after a 15-year, hard-fought battle with multiple sclerosis. She was born in Yonkers, New York, on July 23, 1945, beloved daughter of the late James T. and Edith R. Schofie... More »

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Greensboro Arts Alliance — a well kept secret

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by Joseph Gresser GREENSBORO — Secrets are notoriously hard to keep in small towns.  But Greensboro has managed to keep a thriving arts organization quiet for eight years. With its tent theater set up on the green in front of the Town Hall in the middle of tow... More »

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Lowell wind: Neighbors sick and tired of turbine noise

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by Chris Braithwaite ALBANY — Jim and Kathy Goodrich have a nice home with a porch along the entire west side that overlooks acres of neatly trimmed lawn and, about a mile away, the long, sinuous ridgeline known as Lowell Mountain. Now that view is dominated b... More »

Obituaries July 24, 2013

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Gertrude E. Beaucaire Gertrude E. Beaucaire, 86, of Newport Center died on June 24, 2013, at her home. She was born August 2, 1926, in Worcester, Massachusetts, a daughter of Karl Sr. and Gertrude (Sieswerda) Buschenfeldt. She graduated in 1944 from Stoughton ... More »

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Lake Region wins Babe Ruth 13-year-old district title

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by Richard Creaser ORLEANS — The tournament may have been small, but the competition wasn’t.  However, the Lake Region squad defeated Lyndonville to earn the Babe Ruth district three 13-year-old title over the weekend.  The two teams squared off at Lake Region... More »

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Hoagland novel tells tales of human courage

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Children are Diamonds, by Edward Hoagland.  Published by Arcade Publishing, New York, New York, 2013.  213 pages. $23.95. Reviewed by Paul Lefebvre  What to think of a 30-something-year-old schoolteacher who got fired from his job in New Hampshire, absconded f... More »

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NCUHS board favors plans to hire police officer

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — After a discussion that occasionally veered toward the contentious, the North Country Union High School board decided Tuesday to move forward on negotiations with Newport aimed at hiring a city police officer as a community resource... More »