BRADFORD—The Space on Main coworking space will close on June 1 in downtown Bradford.
Monique Priestley, executive director and founder of The Space on Main, said the multiuse venue has been a community networking and events location for nearly seven years. In her announcement about the closure, Priestley, who is also a state Representative, said that the Bradford Teen Center will soon move into the space.
BRADFORD—Officials project school tax rates will decline in Bradford, but rise slightly in Newbury under the 2025-2026 Oxbow Unified Union School District proposed operating budget of $21,454,611. The district’s annual meeting is on April 30 at Oxbow High School. The district supports Bradford Elementary School, Newbury Elementary School, Oxbow Middle/High School, and River Bend Career and Technical Center.
WOODSVILLE—On April 21, the Haverhill Selectboard voted to hire an outside firm to conduct a search for a town administrator.
The board voted 3-2 to contract with Municipal Solutions to conduct the search. The company is based in Arizona, but has worked with clients in New England in the past, according to discussion.
WEST TOPSHAM—It may not be of Victorian vintage, but the West Topsham Community Hall is nevertheless eligible for listing on the National Registry of Historic Places. “This is a big deal,” announced Megan Clark, who chairs the building restoration committee, at the April 14 selectboard meeting.
BRADFORD—The Bradford Selectboard voted on April 10 to move closer to repairing and stabilizing a 54-foot retaining wall on Bank Street in downtown Bradford.
CHELSEA—The Orange County Superior Court will hold a hearing later this month to weigh the fate of a Newbury man accused of killing his daughter in 2021.
CORINTH—“A meetup place in the old dump tradition” is how volunteer Amy Peberdy describes the free store for Corinth residents at the transfer station on Brook Road.
NORTH HAVERHILL—Bath residents Jeremy and Heather Beckley have purchased the North Haverhill Agway store from longtime owners Dana and Julie Huntington. The store sale officially went through on March 17.
WOODSVILLE—A Woodsville apartment building owner seeking relief from property taxes received an abatement, sort of, from the Haverhill Selectboard on Monday night.
BRADFORD—For more than 30 years, the same show has played every Sunday night at Colatina Exit: Marko the Magician.
“I’ve got people that are bringing their kids in now that used to come in to see me when they were kids,” said Mark Gagnon, a.k.a Marko the Magician.