Photo of the Month: October 2003

Every month we choose for recognition three photos from among those contributed to the report by member newspapers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. From these we select a Photo of the Month and two honorable mentions.

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Peter Huoppi
The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press

The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, sets the northeastern sky ablaze over a field in Colchester, Vt., in this shot from Oct. 30.

(Photographer's comments)

Honorable Mentions

Aaron Rohde
Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, N.H.
Durham police use pepper spray to control crowds following the Red Sox loss to the New York Yankees on Oct. 17. Police arrested seven people from the crowd of about 2,500 that surged into downtown after the game.

Jeb Wallace-Brodeur
The Times Argus, Barre, Vt.
Carroll Witham of East Montpelier, Vt., uses a wheelbarrow to move stacked wood on Oct. 18. Witham cuts and splits about seven cords of wood to heat his home each winter.

Peter Huoppi's comments will be posted as soon as they are available