Town Meeting Time is here! Saturday meetings are being held in Bradford, Thetford, and West Fairlee. The other towns in our readership are on Tuesday, March 3. It is our time to be a part of local democracy!
This column covers the history of immigration to New Hampshire and Vermont before 1970. It features the stories of three immigrants who came to the local area and became part of their respective communities.
CORINTH—Vermont State Police say they are investigating the suspicious shooting death during an apparent domestic dispute in the Town of Corinth in Orange County. State troopers were alerted about 11:15 p.m. on Feb. 14 concerning a man shot at a mobile home on Richardson Road.
NORTH HAVERHILL—The Haverhill Selectboard has appointed Ivy Billard as Town Clerk and Dawn Burleson as Deputy Town Clerk to run the election and assist with the annual meetings.
NEWBURY—The Town of Newbury is considering an offer of 127 acres of forested land as an addition to the Tucker Mountain Town Forest. The land is north of the Tucker Mountain summit and follows the same high ridgeline.
Twenty-nine-year-old Cheyenne Dunnells graduated from Oxbow High School and earned a degree in psychology from Southern New Hampshire University. She now works as a residential director for Averte, a residential mental health facility in Bradford. She also teaches group fitness classes at Always Fit Athletic Club in Woodsville. Dunnells sees an overlap in fitness and mental health and tries to bring those benefits to her community.
NORTH HAVERHILL—Just one month before town meeting elections, Haverhill Town Clerk Carole Brooks-Broer has resigned.
BRADFORD—Routine testing this winter has detected elevated radon in parts of River Bend Career and Technical Center.
Officials say the test results prompted immediate action this winter to install temporary repairs with an eye toward permanent solutions in the summer. The school sent out notices about the test results to community members last month.
MONTPELIER—The Journal Opinion and other local newspapers and media outlets were in Montpelier last week as part of the inaugural Local Civic Journalism Awards event.
WOODSVILLE—The French Pond School in Woodsville has officially reopened after six months of renovations.