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After months of debate, forest parcel conserved

BRADFORD—The Wrights Mountain Forest has recently expanded, if not officially. Last month, Upper Valley Land Trust announced it had conserved a 61-acre parcel of land near the intersection of Route 25 and Wrights Mountain Road. The parcel lies in close proximity to the 507-acre Wrights Mountain/Devil’s Den Town Forest and other protected lands.

Board talks forensic audit

WOODSVILLE—Officials in Haverhill want help in shaping the forensic audit of town finances that was ordered at town meeting in March. To that end, they have scheduled a meeting for July 21 at 6 p.m. to receive public input in providing direction to a prospective auditor.

Mentoring group marks 21 years

BRADFORD—“Today’s teens aren’t that much different from teens in the 1960s but the world they must navigate is so much more complicated.” The foregoing quote is from a mentor with The Mentoring Project of the Upper Valley, now it its 21st year, and explains one of the reasons mentors have answered the call to connect […]

NH school cellphone ban signed into law

In a political rebound for Gov. Kelly Ayotte, legislators voted on June 26 to largely prohibit the student use of cellphones in public schools, opting for the strictest “bell-to-bell” measure — a policy the governor had tirelessly championed since her inauguration.

Board votes to buy new BFD truck

BRADFORD—Help is on the way for the crippled fleet of the Bradford Fire Department. On June 25, Bradford Selectboard Chair Meroa Benjamin and members Josh Allen, Carole Taylor, and Michael Wright opened bids for a brush, mini-pumper utility vehicle called a wildland brush and/or mini-pumper.

Family farm dates back centuries

WEST BATH—It’s rare these days to have property stay in the same family for multiple generations. Today, at the Minot Farm, the ninth generation is growing up on the same farm as their ancestors did.