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Thanks to Vital Communities for sharing the calendar of Upper Valley 250 events.

As part of its contribution to the area's 250th anniversary celebrations, Vital Communities continues to torment the rest of us with its ongoing Upper Valley photo scavenger hunt.


Here's an updated look at Thetford's plans for celebrating its 250th birthday. Lots of creative fun coming!

June 25
10:00 to Noon
Thetford Hill Run for History


Think you can bake an award-winning birthday cake?

Think you can decide which birthday cakes are worthy of an award?


Editor’s note: This interview with Art Pease first appeared on May 22. A sampling of Pease’s postcard collection will be featured in the May 29 Sunday Valley News.


With a population of 1,000, Stafford, Vt., may be among the smaller communities celebrating its 250th anniversary this summer, but that has not stopped organizers from thinking big.


In light of Hanover's 250th anniversary this summer, native, historian and author Frank J. "Jay" Barrett Jr. decided to come up with a "birthday present" for the town.


The Howe Library is aiming to throw open a window into Hanover's past through a new project to scan and post old images.


Barbara Rhoad, the archivist of the Windsor Historical Society, is what you might call an outdoor historian.


Liz Burdette, the hard-working asstant director over at the Hanover Parks and Recreation Department, jumped through a bunch of hoops recently to send me a list of the events Hanover is planning for it


Dave Norman’s books and essays cover the usual range of subjects: paintball tactics, hot Cuban nightclubs and a Bildugsroman that takes place aboard the Trans Mongolian Railroad.