Lebanon basketball fans, including sophomore Chris Henry, far left, and 2009 alumni Powell Renehan, far right, cheer after the boys basketball team made a critical basket late in the 2nd quarter to further Lebanon's lead against Hanover.

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boys basketball, hanover vs. lebanon.

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girls basketball, hanover vs. lebanon.

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first days at the valley news in west lebanon, new hampshire.

i. Two sets of twins play on the same team. From left, Carly Harris, Amanda Maxham, Courtney Maxham and Chelsea Harris of the Woodstock Union girls basketball team.

ii. Wayne Ross of Scituate, MA, left, is pushed by volunteer Gary Duval of Manchester, NH, center, to the Clippership Quad chairlift during the New England Winter Sports Clinic for Disabled Veterans at Mount Sunapee Resort. Ross, a former Air Force officer, broke his neck attempting a world record bike trip from Alaska to Chile in 1996.

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looking back at my takes from new york and boston, i found these. the first two pictures are from nyc, the last picture is from boston.

waiting for the bus in new york city.

tri-color and icicles.

ice is cool.

urban stills.

from the highline in nyc.

focused.

artsy fartsy.

power to da' pupils.

I want to bring attention to my friend Sam Kang Li's best of 2009. I wish him nothing but the best for 2010.

http://samkangliphotos.com/2009-in-pictures/index.html.