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Topsham family displaced by fire

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.

Farm seeks permit for Newbury project

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.

Police: Man nailed after he loosed screws

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.

Volunteers fire up new BES oven

BRADFORD—The Bradford Elementary School has a new outdoor pizza oven, thanks to the work of local volunteers over the weekend. As of Monday afternoon, a test pizza had been cooked and enjoyed.

Highway committee nears recommendations

WOODSVILLE—The Haverhill Selectboard is poised to review recommendations made by a committee formed to sort out the future of highway funding in Haverhill and Woodsville. The committee, which met last week, was set to provide its recommendations to the board, Haverhill Selectboard Chair Rod O’Shana said during the selectboard meeting on Nov. 4.

Broadband project planned for Groton

GROTON—Slow or even absent high-speed internet has been the norm for folks living in rural Vermont. That is due to change for some in Groton after a $2,847,276 Community Connect Grant through NEK Broadband was announced last week. Over 290 households and businesses in Groton and parts of South Ryegate are on track to connect […]

Small EMS service needs more funding to survive

WARREN—The board of directors of Warren Wentworth Ambulance Service spoke with over 40 local residents on Oct. 28 at the Warren Village School to provide an update on how WWAS is doing and to propose an increase in funding to be voted on at the next town meeting in March.

Feds indict Reynolds on weapons possession

BURLINGTON—The U.S. Attorney in Vermont said on Oct. 31 that a federal grand jury indicted Douglas Reynolds, 36, recently of New Hampshire, with one count of possessing a firearm while being an unlawful user of a controlled substance, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.