NEWBURY—“Can you hear us now?” Newbury residents did not hold back in venting their frustrations at a “listening” hearing on the proposed state-sanctioned juvenile detention center. After a site visit, Dr. Harry Chen, the newly appointed interim commissioner of the Vermont Department of Children and Families, met with Newbury residents at a 4 p.m. meeting […]
NORTH HAVERHILL—Representatives from school districts in Bath, Benton, Haverhill, Piermont, and Warren approved the 2023-2024 central office budget for its supervisory union after a public hearing on Dec. 7.
NORTH HAVERHILL—Elizabeth Morrill, retired seventh and eighth grade Haverhill Cooperative Middle School teacher, recently published her first book of poetry, “Horse Meadow.” The 90-page book explores Morrill’s life through inspirations, such as her family and friends, the Benton Range, blueberry picking, and hiking trips. Morrill is a familiar figure to generations of area residents. In […]
WELLS RIVER—Wells River Chevrolet is changing hands. The dealership’s majority owner, Jeff Moore, has announced that he is selling the dealership to the Autosaver Group. The sale will be finalized within a week or two. Long known as H.O. Taylor Chevrolet, the dealership in the heart of Wells River Village, has been in existence for […]
BRADFORD—An altercation at a Burlington parking garage captured on video has plunged Bradford and Oxbow High School into the middle of the social media spotlight.
BURLINGTON—A Vermont man, who is charged with abducting a woman, crossing state lines, and sexually assaulting her in front of her son in Windsor County three years ago, is now due to go on trial in March in federal court in Burlington. Everett A. Simpson, 45, most recently from St. Johnsbury, also wants the federal […]
EAST RYEGATE—The owner of the Ryegate biomass plant has been ordered by a bankruptcy court judge to sell off almost all of its assets to Hartree Partners, a New York-based investor that is one of its largest creditors. Stored Solar filed for bankruptcy in Maine in September. On Nov. 23, a judge approved a plan […]
NORTH HAVERHILL—Lynn Perry, 70, of Newbury was badly injured over the weekend after his gyrocopter crashed at the Dean Memorial Airport. He was found by two people who noticed the wreck while walking by early Sunday afternoon. As of Tuesday morning, Perry was being treated in the burn unit at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in […]
BRADFORD—Students studying cosmetology at River Bend Career & Technical Center used to complete 750 hours learning such skills as hair color, makeup application and nail techniques by the time they graduated from the program. But they still had another 250 hours of mandated training before they could meet the state requirements for working in cosmetology, […]
WELLS RIVER—Little Rivers Health Care has launched a capital campaign to expand services in the region. The campaign, People You Know, The Care You Trust, will leverage both public and philanthropic contributions to invest in its facilities, some of which date to as early as 1765. LRHC has received a gift of $100,000 from the […]