PORTSMOUTH—The Journal Opinion was recognized in the New England Newspaper and Press Association’s annual Better Newspapers competition. The awards were announced at the annual NENPA conference in Portsmouth on March 14. The JO won three awards, including two in the editorial division, for work published between Aug. 1, 2024 and July 31, 2025.
EAST CORINTH—Northeast Slopes in East Corinth celebrated its 90th year of operations on a balmy, late winter day earlier this month.
On March 15, between 150 and 200 people gathered at the slopes to celebrate its granite anniversary.
BRADFORD—Town Administrator Danielle Kingsbury has submitted her resignation effective April 6.
FAIRLEE — A roughly 1-mile stretch of Route 5 in Fairlee will remain closed for at least a couple of weeks because rocks are continuing to fall off the face of a ledge where a rockslide occurred on the afternoon of March 10.
NORTH HAVERHILL—Ken Wholey is an avid golfer. So when he and Oil Boys business partner Derrick O’Donnell discussed how to better utilize an empty space at their office building, one idea came to the fore.
Check out this week’s issue for New Hampshire Town Meeting coverage.
VERSHIRE—Four families were displaced after a devastating four-alarm fire destroyed a home in Vershire on March 2.
Area fire departments were dispatched at approximately 9 a.m. to 9246 Route 113 in Vershire. It quickly escalated into a fourth alarm assignment. Some 75 firefighters and 20 fire departments responded to the scene or provided station coverage despite a second four alarm fire in Orange County that broke out roughly three hours earlier.
WELLS RIVER—After suffering a budget defeat at the polls during town meeting day on March 3, the Blue Mountain Union School Board has amended the budget and set a date for a new vote.
HAVERHILL CORNER—Missie Anscomb’s decades-long dream of owning a large home and helping kids is nearing fruition.
Missie and her husband, Mike, originally from South Carolina and Michigan, respectively, own The River House in Haverhill. Built in 1791, the 12,000 square-foot home and attached barn is a beloved fixture on the North Common.
Followup coverage of Vermont’s Town Meeting Day March 3 is in this week’s JO!