NORTH HAVERHILL—Haverhill voters approved appropriations for Woodsville precinct through petitioned warrant articles during the deliberative session of town meeting on Saturday. Nearly 200 voters gathered at the Haverhill Cooperative Middle School gymnasium at 9 a.m. ahead of a snowstorm that intensified throughout the morning. More than $5.1 million in municipal spending was approved for 2022 […]
WARREN—Voters at town meeting on March 8 endorsed increased funding for the local ambulance service despite a 139% increase in its budget. An early motion by Warren Treasurer Sheila Foote to cut funding for the 24/7 Warren-Wentworth ambulance service was eventually withdrawn after discussion over the reasons behind the request. Meanwhile a potentially controversial noise […]
BRADFORD—Some area students and school staff breathed sighs of relief on March 7 when several schools began implementing a mask-optional policies took effect. Other schools are due to transition on March 14, per a recommendation from Vermont state officials.
PIERMONT—Piermonters will be asked whether they want to discontinue their membership with Upper Valley Ambulance and instead join Woodsville Ambulance on town meeting day. “We’ve had people ask,” said selectboard chair Wayne Godfrey in an interview. “I think it should be discussed.”
NORTH HAVERHILL—Set to meet for the first time since 2020, Haverhill voters will gather at the middle school on Saturday morning. After elections conducted on March 8, there are 32 articles remaining on the warrant for a new moderator to guide voters through. The school meeting starts one hour after the conclusion of the town […]
PIKE—For a former Peace Corps country director in Ukraine, the recent Russian invasion hits close to home. Doug Teschner, of Pike, was in Ukraine in 2014 when Russia invaded the Crimean Peninsula on the Sea of Azov and annexed it into the Russian Federation. Teschner was there for the evacuation of Peace Corps volunteers. It […]
WOODSVILLE—The Haverhill Selectboard meeting on Feb. 28 was full of debate over how to address the financial dispute between Haverhill and the village of Woodsville. The conflict dominated the meeting, despite this week’s meeting being the last time the selectboard will gather before Haverhill holds its annual town meeting on March 8 and March 12. […]
ORFORD—Twenty warrant articles await voters who will gather in person at the annual meeting which will take place March 8 at 7 p. m. in the Rivendell Academy Gymnasium with voting for town officers beginning at 4 p.m. The selectboard seeks approval to enter negotiations for a purchase and sale agreement for an Orford property […]
WARREN—Voters in Warren will weigh whether to continue funding the local ambulance service at town meeting next week. Town meeting will be held on March 8 at 9 a.m. in conjunction with the annual school district meeting. Among other items, the future of the Warren-Wentworth Ambulance Service is on the ballot. WWAS has asked for […]
STRAFFORD—Keith Fifield stood atop his sugarhouse checking sap lines hung like telephone cables coming out of the woods behind his house. His father, Wayne, sat in the driver’s seat of a John Deere loader with the bucket that lifted his son resting at the roofline. As the bright winter sun thawed the frozen ground on […]