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April 2013

All posts published in April 2013

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IROC’s champion hasn’t given up hope

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by Tena Starr copyright the Chronicle 4-3-13 NEWPORT — Phil White, IROC’s most visible and stubborn defender, wasn’t particularly anxious to talk about the place on Monday morning.  The night before he’d succumbed to what was pretty much inevitable by then. Fo... More »

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Dunklee almost certainly headed for Olympics

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by Chris Braithwaite copyright the Chronicle  3-13-13 On Friday, March 8, Barton native Susan Dunklee got a chance to compete on the biathlon course where she will almost certainly represent the U.S. in the 2014 Winter Olympics. The result was described by her... More »

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The Sandcastle Girls is a tale of love and genocide

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Reviewed by Bethany M. Dunbar copyright the Chronicle 4-3-2013 The Sandcastle Girls, by Chris Bohjalian, published in the United States by Doubleday, 2012, hardcover, 293 pages, $25.95. The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian is a beautiful story of love and w... More »

Obituaries April 3, 2013

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Pauline D. Converse Pauline D. Converse, 83, of Newport died on March 27, 2013, in Newport. She was born on December 24, 1929, in Claremont, New Hampshire, a daughter of David and Ruth (Martin) Donaldson.  On May 27, 1951, she married Mack Converse, who predec... More »

Obituaries March 27, 2013

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Gertrude Austin Gertrude Bessie (Randall) Austin, formerly of East Haven, died at Maple Lane Nursing Home on March 24, 2013. She was born on October 13, 1918, in East St. Johnsbury, the daughter of Lelia (Dunn) and George Randall. In 1940, she married Trueman ... More »