WOODSVILLE—Haverhill will pay Walmart nearly $300,000 under the terms of a settlement agreement finalized last month.
The settlement stems from a property tax appeal filed by the Arkansas-based retail behemoth before the New Hampshire Board of Tax and Appeals. As part of the litigation, the two sides met in mediation, which led to the settlement agreement, resolving the BTLA cases.
PIERMONT—Activists have sued to block two White Mountain National Forest logging projects, including one planned for the shores of Lake Tarleton in Piermont and Warren. Standing Trees, an environmental conservation group based in Montpelier, and the Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Environmental Advocacy Clinic filed the lawsuit in federal court in New Hampshire last week.
NEWBURY—Four area fire departments battled an intense blaze for over six hours the evening of May 7 into the early morning hours of May 8 at 29 Fiske Road, near the village of South Ryegate. Wells River, Newbury, Ryegate, and Woodsville fire departments responded to the 1900s-era two-story home at 9:16 p.m. on May 7.
NEWBURY—Newbury Elementary School Librarian and Educational Technologist Laurie Williams has won the 2024 Outstanding School Libarian Award.
NORTH HAVERHILL—Upper Valley Press has gone quiet. The longtime commercial printing company began in the early 1970s in Bradford and moved in the late 1990s to North Haverhill to expand, fell victim to the decline in the print industry and ceased operations earlier this month.
In compliance with votes taken at town meeting in March, selectboards in both Bradford and Thetford have sent letters to the White House in recent weeks calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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.
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—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.
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.