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Opinion: The dying hickory tree
The old shagbark hickory tree has been a home to countless animals and has provided the family with nuts, firewood, and a reminder to "survive, turn your face to the sky, welcome visitors" for 35…
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4mFrom the Farm: How to speak fluent cow
Here’s a statistic you might not know: every year, cows kill more people than sharks do. On average, in the United States, cattle kill roughly over 20 people a year, while sharks kill about one person worldwide. Which means it’s around 20 times more likely to be killed by a cow (and that’s comparing U.S. […]
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4mOpinion: How we get caught
Koshin Paley Ellison's Buddhist-infused Substack post encourages us to focus on being present in the moment, rather than chasing after a feeling of inspiration, and to listen to our breath, feel our bodies, and hear the sounds around us, in order to discover the extraordinary nature of what is already here.
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5mOpinion: New Hampshire animal welfare at risk
House Bill 1766 would limit the role of animal cruelty investigators, potentially weakening New Hampshire's animal welfare system and placing vulnerable animals at greater risk.
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1mAnne Ross
<html><head></head><body>Anne Ross<br /><br />West Fairlee, VT - Anne Ross, age 72, passed Friday, June 12, 2026.<br /><br />A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Valley News.<br /><br />Knight Funeral Home has been entrusted ...
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3mRobert Anderson
<html><head></head><body>Robert Anderson<br /><br />Springfield, VT - Robert C. Anderson, 83, of Springfield, Vermont, died on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Loving husband of Marylin J. (Hitchcock) Anderson for over 42 years, he was born on February 11, 19 ...