new shoats.

Kimball Union Academy students Cheyenne Cannarozzo, 16, left, and Molly Root, 17, right, feed newly acquired shoats at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, N.H. 20 students volunteered to look after the Tamworth Cross-Breeds, which come from a farm in Westminster, Vt. KUA's Director of Theater David Stern helped acquire the shoats and hopes they will teach the students about the food process and responsibility.

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track & field. nice & tight.

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daycare fund cuts.

i. Kylee Wollschlager, 3, plays with cones at Cinnamon Street Child Care in Newport, N.H. In addition to state funding for day care, Wollschlager's step-mother, Heidi Pill, enrolled her step-daughters in Cinnamon Street Child Care last October. In March her state-funded day care subsidies dropped and she was billed $250 a week. "You don't want your child to grow up too fast," Pill said. "But financially, I can't wait until they start kindergarden." Once Pill's step-daughters are in kindergarden, Pill and her husband, Edward Wollschlager, no longer have to pay day care costs.

ii. Heidi Pill, left, walks with her step-daughter, Kylee Wollschlager, right, to the car after a day at Cinnamon Street Child Care.

iii. Heidi Pill, left, cleans Kylee Wollschlager's, center, hands while Wollschlager's sister, Cheyenne, right, eats dessert at Pill's home in Kellyville, N.H. With reduced day care subsidies combined with a decline in her husband's salary, money has been tight around the house.

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women's lacrosse. penn at dartmouth.

features on & off the field.

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rainy day juggle.

Hanover's Coale Ives passes the time juggling tennis balls during a rain delay that eventually rained out the tennis match against Kearsarge at Storrs Pond in Hanover, NH.

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vermont goes green.

Killdeer Farm worker Sarah Herr transplants arugula into a field along U.S. Route 5 in Norwich, VT. Killdeer Farm workers started transplanting early in the afternoon and hope to finish their first row of the season by the end of the day.

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imaginations rule!

Eli Markham, left, pokes his cousin, Alexandra Ward, center, with “moose antlers,” as Grace Ward, right, mixes “soup” in a pot full of leaves and twigs in the Wards’ back yard in Barnard, VT.

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changing faces. ewa chrusciel.

Ewa Chrusciel, professor in Humanities, in her office at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, NH. Chrusciel, originally from Krakow, Poland, moved to the Upper Valley in 2006 after finishing her Ph.D. in English at Illinois State University. Chrusciel specializes in poetry and linguistics, and writes poems in English and Polish, her native tongue.

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lacrosse.

taking a stab at it.

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nice weather (80 degrees F) features.

i. Tim King, left, hoses off a car as Melissa Robison, right, holds out her hand to avoid the spray during a car wash fundraiser outside Irving Gas Station along Route 12 in West Lebanon, NH. Proceeds from the car wash benefit the Amateur Athletic Union girls basketball team.

ii. Mose Sanville Jr., drags a piece of a dock in Mascoma Lake outside his home yesterday. Sanville says he is setting up the dock so he can leave his “party barge,” which he uses primarily for fishing, in the lake for the next several months.

iii. John Nolan skates along Lake Morey Road in Fairlee, VT. Although Nolan lives near Lake Fairlee, he prefers to skate along Lake Morey because it has a paved road. Nolan said he usually covers 24 miles, or four times around Lake Morey. “I use a hiking stick when I Rollerblade,” Nolan said. “It’s good for balance, gripping, and chasing dogs.”

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morning walk.

Gloria Lee walks along Lake Morey Road in Fairlee, VT. Lee, 88, moved to the Upper Valley to live with her daughter, Barbara Kern, three years ago. “I’m trying to keep moving to keep living,” Lee said.

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quechee dam.

through a spray of water at sunset.

system of measurement.

Richard Blacklow uses a tape measure to determine the length of an indoor porch in Lee Bartholomew's house in Norwich, VT. Listers in Norwich are elected by the people and primarily look for a structure's square footage and grade, or quality, to determine property value.

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fishing & fog.

An unidentified person fishes amidst morning fog at Deweys Pond in Quechee, VT.

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allen walker.

Grantham Historical Society president Allen Walker stands inside the old town vault at the Grantham Historical Society. Walker, who has served as president since 1997, was awarded a certificate of achievement last fall for his work with the Grantham Historical Society.

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out here in the Upper Valley, there are these really cool, old, abandoned barns.

Bishop John McCormack visits Sacred Heart Church in Lebanon, NH.

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