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Bret Hayworth and Courtney Crowder Cherie Dandurand came to the Woodbury Central School District as Miss Heilers, a green teacher and coach. After a life in Eastern Iowa — playing both volleyball and basketball for Loras College in Dubuque — she relocated to almost the exact opposite side of the state for this new adventure. Three decades later, Cherie was married, a mother of two, a head coach and a rock on the Woodbury Central staff, beloved by pupils and coworkers alike. "She was one of my best friends for 30 years,” said Carla Hubert, an English teacher. “I will miss her patienc...

Supplied Jo McKenzie-McLean (centre) with Cromwell friends Anthea Lawrence and Paula Moore, who are organising a fashion night at Cloudy Bay Shed to raise money for unfunded drug treatment for Jo. Stuff reporter Jo Mckenzie-McLean is overwhelmed by the kindness of her small community as they rally round after her shock cancer diagnosis. I can’t remember the last time I was inside a bank. It probably showed, as I walked through the automatic doors gripping a blue Tip-Top boysenberry ice cream container stuffed with cash. One of two tellers at my bank’s Queenstown branch looked up and st...

Analysis reveals nearly 200 died in Texas cold storm and blackouts, almost double the official count Zach Despart, Alejandro Serrano, Stephanie Lamm, Staff writers April 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 Janice Carter poses for a portrait holding a photo of her late sister, Deborah Kiel, on her back porch Wednesday, March 31, 2021 in Houston. Kiel died after losing power during the February winter storm.Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of8 Gloria Jones, of Hillsboro, died after losing power, too.Photo courtesy Derrick JonesShow MoreShow Less 3of8 Harve...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BELLOWS FALLS — Municipal Manager Scott Pickup said the Bellows Falls village police department is having such a hard time attracting new recruits, it may be time to consider a financial signing bonus as an incentive. Pickup said told the Village Board of Trustees during a Tuesday night meeting held in person and online that other area police departments are offering signing bonuses in both Vermont and New Hampshire, and that the village may need to consider that as one strategy to fill the persistent vacancies in the department. The ...

To the editor: An open letter to New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, copied to Vermont Governor Phil Scott: I am writing this letter to once again plead for the reconstruction of the historic Vilas Bridge, as was promised by your predecessors. For reference, a Memorandum of Agreement was signed in 1994 by the NHFWA, NHDOT, NH State Historic Preservation Office, and accepted by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, as a means to preserve a historic and critical piece of infrastructure, in common use by both Vermont and New Hampshire, in exchange for the much needed removal of the Kel...