BRADFORD—Bliss Village Store on Main Street will close later this month. Store owner Marilyn Rainville posted an announcement to social media on Sunday when she cited the “economic downturn, skyrocketing energy costs and exorbitant operating expenses” as reasons for the closure.
WOODSVILLE—The Haverhill Selectboard voted on Monday night to temporarily table the distribution of nearly $450,000 to Woodsville Precinct.
WEST FAIRLEE—Morning skies were dreary, the air cool, and early crowds deceptively thin as West Fairlee Old Home Day opened on Saturday.
FAIRLEE—Fairlee Town Clerk Georgette Wolf-Ludwig is the 2024 Vermont Clerk of the Year. The award was bestowed at the Vermont Municipal Clerks’ and Treasurers’ Association Fall Conference earlier this month.
See Inside the JO for: THETFORD CENTER—Chad Martin has been a hunter his entire life. Immersed early in the world of firearms, Martin frequently visited his grandfather’s gun shop in White River Junction. Inspired by his grandfather and with a fervent passion of his own, Martin opened The Gun Room in Thetford Center on June […]
BURLINGTON—A recent leading Blue Mountain Union School graduate, who maintains her academic grades were manipulated by the school officials to cheat her out of winning a prestigious, all-expense scholarship at the University of Vermont, has reached an out-of-court settlement, according to records in U.S. District Court.
New Hampshire Academy of Science in Lyme will offer a pilot program, the Electric Bike Conversion Workshop, to Upper Valley students in grades 9-12. Starting Oct. 6, the afternoon classes will meet on four consecutive Sundays.
A Vershire man spending seven years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to weapons possession has appealed his sentence in federal court.
NEWBURY—Volunteers in the Oxbow Unified Union School District are in short supply.
CHELSEA—Beginning last month, Windsor County Sheriff’s Department started providing security at the Orange County Courthouse in the Orange County seat of Chelsea. The contract with the Vermont Judiciary had traditionally been held by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.