WOODSVILLE—Bar Harbor Bankshares will acquire Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $41.6 million or approximately $56.94 per share.

NEWBURY—On town meeting day on March 4, Newbury voters overwhelmingly approved a bond to build a new fire station in the village.
In an Australian ballot vote, there were 144 votes (76.6%) to approve the station with just 44 (23.4%) votes in opposition.

March 4 was Town Meeting Day in Vermont and this week’s issue has coverage of Corinth, Fairlee, Groton, Newbury, and Ryegate plus the election results from Australian balloting in Bradford, West Fairlee, Thetford School, BMU Budget, Newbury Fire Station.

Haverhill candidate forum recording

 

Haverhill will hold officer elections on Tuesday, March 11. There are three seats to be voted on. Candidates are listed below. Selectboard: Ron Hurlburt – 1 Year Term;  Adam York – 1 Year Term; Theresa Paige – 3 Year Term; Vicki Wyman – 3 Year Term; Michael Small – 3 Year Term The Journal Opinion facilitated a candidates forum on Feb. 26. The Zoom recording is here. https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/component-page?accessLevel=meeting&action=viewdetailpage&sharelevel=meeting&useWhichPasswd=meeting&requestFrom=pwdCheck&clusterId=us06&componentName=need-password&meetingId=T4DW-f94xwMeLIDlFBT6YmeqghU3-ChvC2gSh8oSeHhPFL0zTUw815XMkMy5L-TD.nniaNtJk2pHPXyuN&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2FjpHIkWXO-ek7IPqDZ2qgbLQ7iN5XYGCPtXrjBbOyBlp-sk3S4EPIetzY7vdLfgUe._cEMyAGjDLMsllKV   Passcode: h15Pt+$6 The recording begins a little early, so skip ahead to the 35:16 mark for the forum’s start. Also, only four candidates were available for the start. Michael Small was late, but he joined us at the 1:09:45 mark. A very big thank you to the Haverhill town offices for hosting the event at the Clifford building and making the recording available.

BURLINGTON—A person of interest in the investigation into a suspected recent grizzly homicide case in Orange County has pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to two federal felony gun charges.