CONWAY — Mud Bowl Weekend got off to a soupy start Friday, with Thursday night’s showers having added to the tilling job done by Jeff Hatch of Sherman Farm per usual followed by the watering by volunteers. The sun came out mid-morning, making for a nice frst day afterall.

CONWAY — As someone once said, “Some weeks are busy — but some weeks are busier than others.”

CONWAY — It looks like we might be getting a shower come Sunday night and Monday after this long dry spell. We’ve only had a trace of precipitation so far this month, so things are petty dry.

CONWAY – It was a strange feeling on Tuesday evening, returning from vacation on the coast, coming down Bowling Alley Hill (aka Burger King Hill), realizing that the valley was now a place not only without Dick Badger, my brother Steve Eastman but now also without Joe Berry, a community visi…

RYE — Greetings from the New Hampshire Seacoast, where I am off for some R&R (reading and recreation), with another R (relaxation) thrown in for good measure, as it is vacation time.

CONWAY — Our cover story this week is about the fun game of stone rolling known as bocce, but in this week’s Valley Voice, we’re beginning with talk about a different kind of rolling stones ...

CONWAY — Ah, the heat wave is behind us and we’re in for a fab weekend with temps in the low 80s and sunny skies today after the oppressive heat that we had earlier this week in the 90s, with Ken Rancourt reporting we hit 96 degrees on a scorchingly humid and sunny Wednesday.

CONWAY — The second sunny Saturday in row sets this summer-lovin’ enthusiast in a good mood as we roll into the best of summer.

CONWAY — HAPPY 5TH OF July! Hope everybody had a firecrackin’ of a Fourth. The fun continues this weekend, at a few towns across the valley.