Angela Jane Evancie joined the Ledger-Transcript in December of 2011. A Vermont native, she holds a degree in English and geography from Middlebury College. After graduating in 2009, Angela worked as a freelance writer, photographer and radio producer for local, national and international news outlets with the support of a Compton Mentor Fellowship. She is a 2011 Middlebury Fellow in Environmental Journalism.
NEW IPSWICH — “Sometimes you’re traveling along a road, happy as can be, and without warning it takes a 90-degree turn...You look around, dazed and freaked out, and realize that not everyone who’d been with you made the turn. Someone is missing.”
GREENVILLE — “Take a seat in one of my five dollar chairs,” Temple-Greenville Police Chief James McTague says, gesturing to a pair of worn leather armchairs. “I snatched these up at a church auction. They’re comfortable, but they’re hard to get out of.”
NEW IPSWICH — Developers say there’s no question in their minds that a Dollar General belongs in the middle of town, but at a Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting at the town offices last Thursday, sentiment among residents appeared to be mixed.
RINDGE — Dana Ryll of Fieldstone Farm hates to disappoint. But lately, when he’s gotten calls from people who want to stop by his farm and watch him sugar off, he’s had to turn them away. He doesn’t have any sap.
NEW IPSWICH — Beep. “Hi folks, this is Al Jenks of Windblown Cross Country Ski Area. Well, the ground is white, but there just isn’t enough snow to be able to ski on the trails. We’re closed until we get a storm of five to six inches. Hopefully that will be soon. You can leave a message after the tone. Thanks for calling.” Beep.
There’s no fire at Mascenic High School — but if there were, a dozen students would be eager to fight it.
NEW IPSWICH — A dispute in the Town Offices last week over the provisions of a nonexistent web policy fanned the flames of an already raging debate surrounding the town’s wind ordinance, leading to an impassioned shouting match between officials at a Select Board meeting on Tuesday evening.
NEW IPSWICH — On a recent Thursday morning, student teacher Daniel Lessard leads a grammar lesson in Amy Hill’s fourth grade class at Highbridge Hill Elementary School. A copy of a newspaper article is enlarged on the wall and students are identifying linking verbs.
WILTON — Taking yet another stand against cuts required by the Budget Committee’s proposed 2012-2013 budget, the Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School Board voted unanimously Tuesday not to recommend the committee’s $11.1 million budget.
PETERBOROUGH — “Defenestrate. That’s our word of the day.”