WOODSVILLE—The Haverhill Selectboard unanimously voted on Monday night to accept the recommendations by the committee formed to examine the relationship between Haverhill and Woodsville on funding road maintenance.
WELLS RIVER—Village residents will face steep increases in water and sewer bills in 2025. In a special public meeting on Nov. 14, Chip Conquest, chair of the trustees, said there was no way to “sugarcoat” the issue.
WOODSVILLE—Brandon Lackie, 36, of Groton, the man wanted for allegedly stabbing an acquaintance on Nov. 18 in Groton, was apprehended on the morning of Nov. 21 on the Ammonoosuc Rail Trail in Woodsville behind Ocean State Job Lot in Woodsville.
TOPSHAM—While this month’s general election concluded 2024 voting for most communities across the United States, it’s not quite over in Topsham.
This column is the first of two exploring the role of local women in medicine in times past. It covers the careers and contributions of two 18th century midwives and two 20th century registered nurses. The second column will follow the careers of three local physicians.
LYME—After 19 months, the bridge over the Connecticut River between Lyme and East Thetford reopened last week. The bridge opened to motorists and pedestrians on Friday, Nov. 15.
BRADFORD—The Vermont Agency of Transportation anticipates that I-91 South between exit 16 in Bradford and exit 15 in Fairlee will reopen at the end of this week.
WEST TOPSHAM—A 1.5- story home was destroyed by fire on Nov. 14. Tri-Village, Corinth, and Barre Town fire departments were notified at 3:43 p.m. for smoke rising from the eaves and roof of a home at 16 Guy Allen Road near the village of West Topsham.
NEWBURY—A Puerto Rico-based education and agricultural nonprofit wants to develop a new branch of its organization on a 101-acre farm in West Newbury. Plenitud VT is the farming enterprise looking for approval from the Newbury Development Review Board to establish a facility on North Road.
BRADFORD—A 54-year-old Hartford man was cited for disorderly conduct, reckless endangerment, and unlawful mischief after he allegedly threw roofing nails and screws onto Main Street in Bradford on the morning of Nov. 7 shortly before 9 a.m.