Superintendent resigns, interim named
ORFORD—Rivendell Superintendent Barrett Williams resigned during the May 7 school board meeting after five years in the position. He had informed the board of his intention on May 3.
Special meeting vote set
BRADFORD—The Bradford Selectboard has set Saturday, June 22 at 9 a.m. for a special town meeting to review the proposed study of a sidewalk along Creamery Road to improve pedestrian access to the Bradford Park and Ride and the TriValley Transit bus depot. The meeting will be held in person at the Bradford Academy. The first article on the warning (see page B5) is for discussion. The town’s planning commission is slated to make a presentation. The second article is for a vote on the proposal.
Groton Gateway Park aims to draw visitors
GROTON—An ambitious plan to bring new life — and visitors year-round — to the Groton railbed system will be happening this spring and summer. More than 10 miles of old railbed runs through the town of Groton, home to the Groton State Forest which covers nearly one-third of the town.
OUUSD and WRVS pass budgets
BRADFORD—The 2024-2025 $20,936,038 budget passed by a 110 to 58 vote at the Oxbow Unified Union School District Annual Meeting on Monday night.
TOPSHAM—Approximately 90 Corinth and Topsham residents gathered in the Waits River School gymnasium on May 6 for their 54th annual meeting. The hot topic? An $8 million school budget for 2024-2025 with approximately $7.5 million to be raised by taxes. The budget eventually passed in a 64-30 paper ballot vote.
Petition sparks pot vote
GROTON—There will likely be a special vote in the coming weeks on whether Groton wants to permit retail marijuana sales in town.
Haverhill Selectboard fills vacancy
WOODSVILLE—The Haverhill Selectboard voted on Monday night to appoint Ron Hurlburt to fill a seat vacated by Phil Blanchard last month. Hurlburt will serve until at least town meeting in 2025 when an election will be held to fill the final year of the term.
Colatina moves on after labor violations
BRADFORD—The owner of a popular Main Street restaurant defended its employment practices after the U.S. Department of Labor announced more than $300,000 in fines and damages against the business last week.
Bradford’s special sidewalk vote delayed
BRADFORD—The Bradford Selectboard voted on April 25 to cancel the May 18 special town meeting on the Creamery Road sidewalk study. Board members cancelled the town meeting on the recommendation of legal counsel. The May 18 special town meeting was warned at an attempted emergency selectboard meeting on April 17.
New director leads Upper Valley Ambulance
FAIRLEE—Upper Valley Ambulance has a new executive director. Zachary Bryan was appointed by the board of directors in February to succeed Alan Beebe at the helm of the nonprofit rescue company serving a nine-town membership.
2024 Pet Parade Pages
Check out this week’s B section for 5 pages of readers’ pets’ photos!