NORTH HAVERHILL—Haverhill municipal employees have withdrawn a petition to form a union. In August, the New Hampshire State Employees Association/SEIU 1984 filed a petition with the New Hampshire Public Employee Labor Relations Board seeking to form a new bargaining unit on behalf of 20 Haverhill staff members.
WOODSVILLE—This year marks the 90th in business for Walker Motor Sales. Jamie and Robert Walker, brothers and co-owners of the auto dealership today, are the third generation to run the family business started by their grandfather, James Harvey Walker Sr., in 1935.
BRADFORD—Some parents of Oxbow basketball players have criticized the school for its approach to roster decisions last month.
Ahead of the season start, several players — both boys and girls — learned on Dec. 3 they were cut from the program after failing to make the junior varsity or varsity teams.
NORTH HAVERHILL—The town’s advisory budget committee has endorsed the town clerk’s plan to make the office deputy a full-time position.
EAST CORINTH—When Gary Bicknell moved to East Corinth from Ellington, Connecticut, decades ago, his plan was to be a vegetable farmer. He needed some barrels for the operation and asked his brother to bring a load of them up when he visited. They sat out in the field for a time until he was going to get around to putting them to use. People driving by noticed them and stopped to see if he wanted to part with a few here and there. That was 35 years ago and, as they say, the rest is history. He’s been selling plastic and steel used food grade containers ever since.
WOODSVILLE—The late John Bagonzi was inducted to the NH Basketball Coaches Organization Hall of Fame back in 2020, but Covid delayed the ceremony until November 2024.
HAVERHILL—Property tax bills that went out earlier this month have generated plenty of criticism in Haverhill.
BRADFORD—A few years ago, Butch Elms and April May Preston-Elms were at the North Haverhill Fair when they came upon a display of hand-carved wooden bears.
FAIRLEE—Barbara’s Red Stocking is celebrating its 30th year of giving Christmas food to families in Fairlee, Orford, West Fairlee, Vershire, and Piermont. Every year since 1994, a crew of volunteers has organized the annual holiday giveaway.
In the Nov. 27 edition, I profiled area midwives and nurses dating, working, and living in the area from the 18th century to the 20th century. Midway through the last century, women started to fill the roles of country doctors.