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Vermont Town Meeting Day coverage

March 4 was Town Meeting Day in Vermont and this week’s issue has coverage of Corinth, Fairlee, Groton, Newbury, and Ryegate plus the election results from Australian balloting in Bradford, West Fairlee, Thetford School, BMU Budget, Newbury Fire Station.

Haverhill Selectboard Forum held Feb. 26

Haverhill candidate forum recording   Haverhill will hold officer elections on Tuesday, March 11. There are three seats to be voted on. Candidates are listed below. Selectboard: Ron Hurlburt – 1 Year Term;  Adam York – 1 Year Term; Theresa Paige – 3 Year Term; Vicki Wyman – 3 Year Term; Michael Small – 3 […]

Bradford man denies gun counts

BURLINGTON—A person of interest in the investigation into a suspected recent grizzly homicide case in Orange County has pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to two federal felony gun charges.

Newbury farmer headed to Masters World Cup

GROTON—This winter, on the snowy, picturesque old rail beds deep in the Groton State Forest, Bob Gray of Newbury has been training to take on the world’s best senior cross country skiers. This weekend, he will be in Switzerland for the Masters World Cup in Klosters where he will compete in the age 85-90 bracket.

Waits River moose euthanized

CORINTH—Game wardens will test a young moose that was stranded on Waits River ice for a parasitic infection after she was euthanized on Monday morning. The moose started to attract public attention beginning last week when she repeatedly lingered on the same stretch of ice-covered waterway along Route 25 between the East Corinth General Store […]

Ex-town manager files lawsuit

HAVERHILL—Former Haverhill Town Manager Brigitte Codling has sued the town of Haverhill, one current selectboard member and three former selectboard members for damages. The suit was filed on Feb. 14 in U.S. District Court in Concord. Codling and her husband Mark are both plaintiffs. The defendants are the Town of Haverhill, Kevin Knapp, Michael Graham, […]

Budget cap panned at hearing

NORTH HAVERHILL—Dozens of people attended a public hearing on Feb. 20 at Haverhill Cooperative Middle School on a proposed school budget cap, which voters will take up at the annual school district meeting next month. All those who spoke during the hearing assailed the budget cap, calling it “ridiculous” and that it would hurt Haverhill […]