HAVERHILL—A shooting threat prompted a massive police response to three Haverhill schools on the morning of May 6. The incident has since been labeled a hoax or false report and school officials said there was no substantial threat of violence directed at the school or anyone else.
BRADFORD—The Bradford Selectboard may have to fill as many as two vacancies in the coming weeks. On May 8, the board’s longest continuously serving member stepped down.
WEST FAIRLEE—A bulldog died after a small-size SUV accidentally rolled into Lake Fairlee near the boat launch on Route 244 on Sunday afternoon.
For nearly 300 years, New Hampshire and Vermont have been oil states, although not quite like Alaska or Texas. This column, largely covering the period from 1750 to 1960, examines the history of oil derived from sperm whales, farm animals, linseed, coal and from the region’s natural environment.
BRADFORD—Ten Bradford firefighters resigned last week to protest the selectboard’s move to demote longtime Bradford Fire Department Chief Ryan Terrill.
ORFORD—At a special meeting on April 30, members of the Orford School Board unanimously voted to sign the deed for the historic Orford Academy building over to the Rivendell Interstate School District.
BRADFORD—By a show of hands, voters overwhelmingly increased the 2025-2026 Oxbow Unified Union School District budget by $100,000 bringing the total to $21,554,611.
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NORTH HAVERHILL—A report on the construction of a new Grafton County Courthouse is due in June and will lay out plans to get underway after much study.
A former Haverhill Selectboard member has been accused of sexual misconduct while he was a Proctor Academy faculty member in the 1970s and 1980s.