ORFORD—At a special meeting held on Feb. 10, the Rivendell Interstate School District Board voted to approve a proposed operating budget for 2022-2023 of just over $13,316,000 for the four-town district. This budget exceeds the current year’s by about $600,000. Complicating the discussion that evening was how best to present the influx of federal funding […]
NORTH HAVERHILL—Haverhill voters will be asked to approve a $15.6 million budget on town meeting day next month. The board signed off on a $15,615,614 budget at the conclusion of a public hearing on the evening of Feb.14. During the hearing, board members did not adjust baseline spending, but they made adjustments to revenue sources […]
HAVERHILL—Haverhill residents will vote on a $5.27 million operating budget during the annual Haverhill town meeting on March 12. The Haverhill Selectboard voted to send the proposed budget to the town meeting, along with several warrant articles, after a Feb. 7 budget hearing. Voters will also be asked to decide whether the Haverhill and Woodsville […]
CHELSEA—County government in Vermont does not exactly have the same role as county governments in most states across the country. Nevertheless, there is still county government. Orange County’s side judges led a sparsely attended public hearing on Jan. 26 on the budget, which went into effect on Feb. 1. The hearing was conducted via Zoom. […]
BRADFORD—The Orange East Supervisory Union Board wasted no time appointing a replacement for current superintendent Emilie Knisley, who is leaving the position at the end of June when her three-year contract expires. Last week, the district announced assistant superintendent Randall Gawel will be Knisley’s successor. He started at OESU in July, moving from Michigan to […]
PIERMONT—Members of the New Hampshire State Police Major Crimes Unit were in Piermont on Monday afternoon and evening as investigators collected evidence at a home on Mazzilli Drive. Piermont Police Chief Brandon Alling referred questions to NHSP, who declined to speak to a reporter at the scene. Several police vehicles were parked in the driveway […]
WOODSVILLE—Police are investigating a suspicious death in Woodsville after a man was found dead inside a Forest Street business early Monday morning. After an autopsy, police identified the man as Victor Maldonado, 19.
NORTH HAVERHILL—A Lebanon man plans to plead guilty to charges related to a 2019 carjacking and assault of David Dickey, a 79-year-old North Haverhill man who later died of his injuries. Branden Harriman, 23, has filed paperwork in court indicating he will plead guilty to manslaughter and witness tampering. He could serve 12-25 years in […]
NEWBURY—The state panel reviewing a proposal by the Vermont Permanency Initiative and the Vermont Department of Children of Families to transform a former bed and breakfast into a juvenile detention center provided an Act 250 permit to the project last week. Despite the approval by the Vermont Natural Resources Board, the state and its partner […]
BRADFORD—Orange East Supervisory Union Superintendent Emilie Knisley will not renew her contract when it expires on June 30. During an executive session held on Jan. 18, Knisley informed the OESU board of her decision. The next day she wrote that it had been a “long-term goal” to give up her administrative role before her eldest […]