ORFORD—Residents once again declined to make the road agent position an elected one, but agreed to form a highway advisory commission during the annual town meeting on Saturday afternoon.
For the second year in a row, voters rejected a petitioned article to elect the town’s highway chief. In a paper ballot, voters defeated the article 56-29. In 2020, voters defeated a similar article 76-74.

EAST CORINTH—Scams involving social security numbers were among the most frequent scams received by the Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program last year.
An East Corinth woman, who requested her name be withheld, recently received a call from a person who claimed to be an investigator for the Social Security Administration.
Under the guise of a “courtesy” call, the caller told her that a parcel containing drugs and a fair amount of cash was shipped to Texas and had her name on it as the sender.

WAITS RIVER—Two Waits River Valley School employees have resigned after being placed on leave by the Orange East Supervisory Union.
Damon M. Piletz, an enrichment teacher and interventionist at the middle school level for two years, resigned on May 1.
Rachel Pierson, a paraeducator for instructional support since December 2016, resigned Friday May 7.

COOKEVILLE—Postponed because of safety concerns related to the pandemic, Corinth Town Meeting will be held on May 25, beginning at 10 a.m. outside the Town Hall in Cookeville. Voting by Australian ballot will take place inside Town Hall, where the polls will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Masks will be required to enter Town Hall, hand sanitizer will be available at the door, and social distancing will be maintained throughout the polling area. Town Clerk Nancy Ertle said that anyone who chooses not to wear a mask can request an absentee ballot from an attendant at the door and fill it out outside.

BRADFORD—The largest new Bradford retail project in eight years appears one step closer to securing its local zoning permit.
The Bradford Planning Commission held a site plan review hearing on May 4 on the proposed Tractor Supply store that would be constructed on a vacant Lower Plain parcel next to Bradford Evangelical Free Church.
Commercial property developer Matthew Darling of New England Retail Properties told local officials last week that he would like to begin construction later this year with a store opening in October or early November if approved.