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Students get the chance to connect with authors, illustrators
11Last Saturday, Derry Village School Cultural Arts Committee, along with the PTA, hosted a Festival of Children's Authors and Illustrators, bringing together a long list of authors, artists, and families for a day-long session full of activities and literary fun.
Parent volunteers worked to organize the event, attended by hundreds of local families and young readers, who got a chance to get up close and personal with many authors including Mark Karlins, author of "Starring Lorenzo and Einstein, Too" and DC and Marvel Comic illustrator Mark McKenna, who hosted a workshop to show children how he draws his characters.
Other authors visiting Derry Village included Jean Marie Cochran, illustrator Jennifer Morris, and Kathy Brodsky, many hosting workshops and special activiities for their young fans and offering a lot of information about how to write a children's book and how they come up with their ideas.
Along with the authors' presentation and workshops, families had a chance to stroll among the books and purchase their favorites, while gaining a few autographs from the authors along the way.
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Woman celebrates 109th birthday
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photos A birthday party for Catherine Dion, who just turned 109, was held at the Pleasant Valley Nursing Center in Derry on Monday afternoon. She was surrounded by many members of her family and residents of the center. She is blowing out the candles on the cake that spell out her name.
Derry's oldest resident was pretty in pink when she celebrated a milestone birthday Monday. Catherine Dion turned 109 on July 26 at Pleasant Valley Nursing Center, where she is a resident.
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Wal-Mart unveils plans for superstore
Wal-Mart officials showed off a bigger and better store plan to Derry planning officials last week.
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Derry sawmill caretaker offers living history lesson
Robert Spoerl takes pride in his job as caretaker of the historic Taylor Sawmill, spending time showing the public just how wood was cut centuries ago.
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