NEWBURY—“Until the gavel drops, we’ll keep making our point,” said selectboard member Joe Parsons. The point is what many in Newbury hope registered voters make through Article 8 on town meeting warning. They want to send a unified message to state leaders concerning the proposed juvenile detention center on Stevens Place. There will be no […]
CORINTH—The EPA announced on Feb. 10 that some $1 billion has been allocated to clean up 22 Superfund sites across the country, including Pike Hill Mine in Corinth. This is the second wave of funding targeting Superfund sites to emerge from the 2021 federal Infrastructure Bill. The first wave, announced in December 2021, shortly after […]
BRADFORD—Bliss Village Store’s owner hopes to fully reopen soon after a burst frozen water pipe on the morning of Feb. 6 caused extensive water damage. At 5:30 a.m. on Feb. 6, Bliss Village Store staff arriving for work were greeted by puddles and puddles of water and broken ceiling tiles throughout the store.
BRADFORD—Bradford will conduct its annual meeting business from the floor for the first time since 2020 as it will resume an in-person Town Meeting on Saturday, March 4 at 9 a.m. in the Bradford Academy auditorium. This is the first time Bradford will meet on a Saturday since authorizing that change in 2020. It could, […]
BRADFORD—With 17 seconds left on the clock, Oxbow High School’s junior varsity basketball team was down by 35 points, and it was clear Danville High School was about to take the win. Noah Hatch had just been subbed in. The Oxbow freshman has cerebral palsy and only started team basketball this school year. Suddenly, all […]
NORTH HAVERHILL—With an eye on a future bond vote to pay for renovations at Woodsville Elementary School, Haverhill School Board members finalized a budget and annual meeting warrant during a public hearing on Monday night. The annual school district meeting will be held on Saturday, March 18 at the Haverhill Cooperative Middle School at 9 […]
It was a cold, cold weekend. On Friday and Saturday, particularly during the overnight hours, the temperatures plunged to under -20 degrees. An outdoor thermometer in Newbury registered -24 degrees on Saturday morning.
NORTH HAVERHILL—The Town of Haverhill has been awarded $200,000 from the Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program. The federal program announced awards last week totaling $800 million to assist with the safety and infrastructure of 510 projects nationwide. Four New Hampshire towns — Franklin, Keene, Rockingham, and Haverhill — received a total of […]
We will once again be a Wednesday newspaper beginning with the Feb. 8 edition. Starting next week, the newspaper will arrive on newsstands on Wednesday mornings. It will also be mailed out to subscribers on Wednesdays, so many, if not most, readers in the area should receive their newspaper in the mail by Thursday.
CHELSEA—The new Orange County Sheriff’s tenure will get off to a challenging start when he takes office on Feb. 1. The entire administrative staff resigned effective Jan. 31, the same day longtime Sheriff Bill Bohnyak departed the office in Chelsea. “I have no accountant and no office manager,” said Sheriff-elect George Contois during a budget […]