SAU #23 approves next budget

NORTH HAVERHILL—School board members representing Haverhill-area schools approved a $3,647,927 budget for SAU #23 next year following a public hearing on Dec. 3.

Huge tract in Orford to be ‘re-wilded’

ORFORD—When a large swath of forestland became available for purchase in Orford and Lyme, Northeast Wilderness Trust President and CEO Jon Leibowitz, contacted Orford Conservation Commission Chair Bob Hedges.

Haverhill schools could shift grades

NORTH HAVERHILL—School officials are exploring a change to the grade structure at two of Haverhill’s public schools.

2 area fires, different outcomes: Orford business saved; Vershire home destroyed

ORFORD—At approximately 5:20 p.m. on Dec. 3, five area fire departments were dispatched to 85 Dame Hill Road in Orford after a neighbor spotted flames. VERSHIRE—A home on Route 113 near the West Fairlee town line was destroyed by fire on the afternoon of Dec. 3.

Photo of the Week

Clouds over the Bradford Academy glow in the moonlight on Friday evening. “We were at the Boy Scout dinner on Friday night,” said photographer Joe Sampson. “I was at the right place at the right time.”

Quill Hewes Novella by Lance Mills

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