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  • Kim Souza (owner of Revolution, Hartford Select Board member) trying a virtual reality exhibit at WRIF in 2019
    Local Arts and Innovation
    February 11, 2021
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  • Resurrection Project
    February 11, 2021
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  • Local Scenes Go Postal
    November 23, 2020
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  • Quechee Warrior Battles Covid
    November 22, 2020
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Local Sales, Marketing of Farm Products Boosts Economy

February 11, 2021 by Frank Orlowski No Comments

Buying local is the premise championed by many Upper Valley residents, small businesses, and organizations. Keeping dollars close to home, knowing the people producing what one buys, and supporting those that live and work in the community are all benefits of buying local. When economic conditions are impacted as they have been over the past year by the epidemic, supporting local small enterprises is even more important for those business owners.

Local farm products are an important source of food for many area residents. Knowing that the food you are consuming was grown locally, by farmers using healthy farming practices, drives many local consumers to the many area farms and food producers found in the Upper Valley.… Read More

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Community Conversation: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

February 11, 2021 by Lynn Luczkowski No Comments

“We’re beginning to appreciate that as individuals we have to take ownership of our learning. When we silently join others in removing ourselves from the conversation about our community, the collective impact of that silence can amount to something that can be harmful.” – Brian Cook of Groundswell Change, a Colorado based organization that assists organizations in diversity, equity, and inclusion training

I am one of approximately 40 people serving on The Quechee Club’s recently formed ad hoc committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). The club has affirmed its commitment that “anyone who lives, works, recreates, or visits the Quechee Club and Quechee Lakes will adhere to our standards of conduct and respect for the individual.”… Read More

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Local Arts and Innovation

February 11, 2021 by David Corriveau No Comments
Kim Souza (owner of Revolution, Hartford Select Board member) trying a virtual reality exhibit at WRIF in 2019

One fine day, audiences again will flock in person to entertainment venues around the Upper Valley, including the Quechee Green and downtown White River Junction.

Until then – we should live so long – Briggs Opera House and Hotel Coolidge owner David Briggs takes some comfort in the efforts of regional groups like White River Indie Films (WRIF) to keep the performing arts on our radar screens.

Take mid-December’s Light River Junction Festival of Cinema Light, during which WRIF defied the darkness of the 2020 winter solstice by screening short works by area filmmakers on the sides of downtown buildings for passers-by to see and hear.… Read More

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Resurrection Project

February 11, 2021 by Dick Tracy No Comments

The Stars Line up for Kingswood II

What to do with an aging asset? Use it until it’s no longer suitable for its intended purpose? Keep fixing it in an effort to squeeze out a few more years of use? Undertake a major overhaul or renovation involving a significant investment of time, energy, and financial resources?

These are age-old questions that plague many among us sooner or later about our assets small or large. Many folks have at one time had to choose whether to repair, replace or run a motor vehicle into the ground, but it’s quite another matter when we are confronted with such realities regarding our residence.… Read More

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Quechee Elves Deliver Local Magic

November 22, 2020 by Virginia Dean No Comments

Tis the season, and no one knows this better than the Upper Valley non-profits that are now gearing up to help adults and children in need. Ten years ago, for example, Quechee resident Lisa Lacasse started the Quechee Elves program to benefit the Hartford-Norwich Holiday Basket (HNHBP) program that began in 1983. Through their efforts, children are sponsored and supplied with clothing and toys to make their holiday a bit more special.

“I grew up in Hanover and was a volunteer with the program for many years,” said Lacasse. “In fact, we started a year or two after the HNHBP began.… Read More

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Keeping Those Roadways Clear and Safe in Winter

November 22, 2020 by Frank Orlowski No Comments

By now, you’ve heard, seen, or followed them – those heavy trucks with plows down to pavement, salt granules dispensed from the back, travelling back and forth over area roads during snow, sleet, and icing events. At times you may find them irritating, delaying your progress. Other times, the heavy plows scraping over pavement may waken you from a sound sleep. Despite these inconveniences, one thing is for sure – without them and the drivers that operate them, travel for several months of the year would be at a near standstill. The men and women that drive, maintain, and coordinate the work those trucks perform are vital to the lives and economy of our area in wintertime.… Read More

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Local Scenes Go Postal

November 22, 2020 by Courtney Lacasse Rotchford No Comments

It is 4:30 in the morning and Quechee photographer, Lisa Lacasse, is out the door looking for the perfect shot. “It’s hard to explain why I get up so early and head into the dark, but I love being in nature and my camera takes me places I might not otherwise go, plus the light is just so fabulous in the early morning.” Whether it’s a simple sunrise, kayaking out on her favorite pond to find a mother loon and her babies, exploring the back roads of Vermont or the coast of Maine, or just stepping out into her backyard, Lisa’s off on an adventure looking to capture an image that will resonate with others.… Read More

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Quechee Warrior Battles Covid

November 22, 2020 by Dick Tracy No Comments

We live in the age of Covid-19. Years from now, people might well harken back to the Covid Era: “Where were you during the pandemic of 2020?” they may ask. Unless the disease has claimed a member of our family, in a decade or more most of us won’t have a distinct memory of any specific event. Not so for John Grondin, a genuine Quechee kid who has fought the pandemic on two fronts.

Grondin’s parents, Emile and Ruth, moved their large family (John is the 8th of 9 children) from a small town in Connecticut to Quechee where Emile worked in management for the QLLA complex.… Read More

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Local Apple Grower Reclaims and Restores 100-Year-Old Orchard

September 9, 2020 by Virginia Dean No Comments

Quechee resident Terry Dorman was undoubtedly an environmental steward before he knew it. When he was a young boy of perhaps nine or ten, for example, he often grabbed his fishing rod and left his Massachusetts home along with his dog to walk a mile through the woods to Four Mile Pond, spring fed and about 100 feet deep in the middle.

This would be the beginning of his long devotion to and protection of the natural environment that he came to love. Even when he was three years old, he followed his father into the woods and, after getting lost, waited for him sitting on a stump.… Read More

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Mission Possible: Brian Kelley at the Helm

September 9, 2020 by Dick Tracy No Comments

Picture, if you will, an upscale four-season resort community in the gently rolling hills of eastern Vermont. It is August, and life here typically hustles and bustles through summer months, but this year ’tis even more so: outdoor facility uses are at or near all-time highs. The 1300-plus members and their families are keeping the golf courses and swimming pool as busy as ever. Youth tennis and golf programs have waiting lists. Demand is so great that members make reservations to use the pool. That is the 2020 edition of life at Quechee Lakes.

Pandemic? Schmandemic!

Into this pristine setting now strides a new general manager brimming with enthusiasm, thrilled to be part of what is already a certifiably good thing, excited to be in a rural, four-season environment, and optimistic about what the future holds for his new domain.… Read More

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