I have often been asked how I get column ideas. This month’s came to mind as PBS aired the latest chapters of the James Herriot series “All Creatures Great & Small.” We have also been making frequent visits to a local veterinary office as we put down our elderly poodle and acquired a rescue dog […]
WAITS RIVER—High fuel oil prices and aging boilers have inspired an energy-efficient change in how the 43,000 square-foot Waits River Valley School building is heated. The pre-kindergarten through sixth grade facility currently serves about 265 students from Corinth and Topsham.
WELLS RIVER—Not yet two years into owning and operating WYKR radio, Joshua Smith has purchased The Bridge Weekly Sho-Case adding another local media institution to his company, Yankee Kingdom Media Corp. Smith purchased The Bridge Weekly Sho-Case this month from Peter Kimball.
NORTH HAVERHILL—The second part of the annual Bath School District meeting will be held at Haverhill Cooperative Middle School on Thursday, March 27 at 6 p.m. The first part was held at Bath Village School on March 13. As previously reported, residents voted 115-94 to defeat the proposed 2025-2026 operating budget of $3,580,658.
WARREN—It is the season of below-freezing nights and mild days, usually between the end of February and the beginning of April. As many of us negotiate the insidious muck of rutted roads, sugarmakers toil away, hour after hour, day after day, making liquid gold.
WEST FAIRLEE—In November, nine strangers gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal to embark on a 17-day trek to Everest Base Camp, a trip of a lifetime to spread awareness of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common type of muscular dystrophy. Seven were from New England, including a mother-and-daughter team, and two from Scandinavia. They ranged in age […]
BATH—Bath voters overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to cap school spending during the annual district meeting on March 13. At an overflowing Bath Village School, residents voted 153-70 against adopting a 2.9% cap on the annual tax rate increase for the school.
It’s New Hampshire Town Meeting followup for Bath, Haverhill, Piermont, Orford, and Warren. Plus Haverhill School Annual Meeting coverage. Check out the JO!
WOODSVILLE—Bar Harbor Bankshares will acquire Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $41.6 million or approximately $56.94 per share.
BRADFORD—The first order of business at the March 13 Bradford Selectboard meeting was the election of Meroa Benjamin as chair and Mike Wright as vice chair.