Vermont Town Meetings Saturday coverage
Saturday, Bradford, Thetford, and West Fairlee held their Town Meetings with Australian ballot voting held on Tuesday, March 4 Town Meeting Day. Read all about the weekend meetings.
Bradford man denies gun counts
BURLINGTON—A person of interest in the investigation into a suspected recent grizzly homicide case in Orange County has pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to two federal felony gun charges.
Newbury farmer headed to Masters World Cup
GROTON—This winter, on the snowy, picturesque old rail beds deep in the Groton State Forest, Bob Gray of Newbury has been training to take on the world’s best senior cross country skiers. This weekend, he will be in Switzerland for the Masters World Cup in Klosters where he will compete in the age 85-90 bracket.
Waits River moose euthanized
CORINTH—Game wardens will test a young moose that was stranded on Waits River ice for a parasitic infection after she was euthanized on Monday morning. The moose started to attract public attention beginning last week when she repeatedly lingered on the same stretch of ice-covered waterway along Route 25 between the East Corinth General Store and the Bradford town line.
Ex-town manager files lawsuit
HAVERHILL—Former Haverhill Town Manager Brigitte Codling has sued the town of Haverhill, one current selectboard member and three former selectboard members for damages. The suit was filed on Feb. 14 in U.S. District Court in Concord. Codling and her husband Mark are both plaintiffs. The defendants are the Town of Haverhill, Kevin Knapp, Michael Graham, Steve Robhins, and Katie Williams.
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Budget cap panned at hearing
NORTH HAVERHILL—Dozens of people attended a public hearing on Feb. 20 at Haverhill Cooperative Middle School on a proposed school budget cap, which voters will take up at the annual school district meeting next month. All those who spoke during the hearing assailed the budget cap, calling it “ridiculous” and that it would hurt Haverhill and surrounding communities.
Candidates share views at forum
BRADFORD—Candidates for selectboard offered their views on various issues in a forum on the morning of Feb. 15 at the Bradford Public Library. The public forum was sponsored by the Journal Opinion and the library.
Village subdivision approved in Orford
ORFORDVILLE—The Orford Planning Board voted on Feb. 11 to approve the major subdivision of a commercial property in the southern end of the village.
Plenty of building needs at Oxbow
BRADFORD—The Oxbow Unified Union School District board met on Feb. 12 in the library at Oxbow High School for its regularly scheduled meeting. There was a long discussion about repairs and maintenance needs for the River Bend and Oxbow campus. According to those who spoke, a “major overhaul” of the air quality systems is quite urgent.