BMU board faces budget challenges
WELLS RIVER—The Blue Mountain Union School Board is still revising a budget that will go before town meeting voters in March. Meeting on Jan. 7, board members reviewed preliminary drafts that showed tax rates could rise as much as 31% in Ryegate, 27% in Wells River, and 19% in Groton.
Former teacher discharged from probation
CHELSEA—A former teacher and athletics coach convicted of sexually assaulting a former student has been discharged from probation.
Salt shortage plagues some towns
Combatting winter’s challenging roads are causing some towns to cut back on road salt, not for environmental reasons, but because of a shortage.
Board opts against health order
BRADFORD—The Bradford Selectboard declined to pursue a health order against the owners of a Lower Plain residential property that had accumulated trash, junk, and other waste.
Photo of the Week
Tom Thomson spotted this bobcat hunting with its mother on his tree farm in Orford.
