This is the third part of a series on crime in the area before 1950. Part one in January covered counterfeiting, horse and auto theft, and Prohibition. Part two in March covered robberies, drugs, and adultery.
The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view the solar eclipse is next week and northern New Hampshire and Vermont are prime locations for taking in the historic event.
BRADFORD—The Bradford Selectboard plans to hold a special town meeting on a proposed sidewalk or walking path along Creamery Road, but last week it voted to reject a petition calling for one.
FAIRLEE—Police are investigating a head-on collision on Route 5 on Friday that sent one local woman to the hospital with serious injuries. One of the cars involved in the collision could be connected to a suspected road-rage incident in Thetford on that same day.
NEWBURY—A man suffered serious injuries in a house fire on Moore Hill Road in Newbury on Saturday afternoon.
BATH—Town Clerk Carrie Vogt shared the results from the annual Bath Town Meeting held on March 12 and said there was nothing out of the ordinary that happened at the meeting. There were concerns expressed about the potential costs for town building projects on the horizon.
PIERMONT—Approximately 25 Piermonters gathered for a brief annual school district meeting on March 19. The entire session lasted 18 minutes during which residents approved a $2.6 million operating budget for 2024-2025 and set aside $80,000 for two capital reserve funds.
BRADFORD—Bradford residents will get a chance to stroll down memory lane by revisiting a question about sidewalks raised at town meeting earlier this month.
BRADFORD—Ahead of a school budget vote later this spring, school administrators are anticipating a double-digit increase in school property taxes. On March 13, some of the Oxbow Unified Union School Board members met in the library at Oxbow High School, and some attended the early evening meeting online. The bulk of the meeting centered on preparing for the district’s annual meeting, tentatively scheduled for May 6.
NEWBURY—There were sighs of relief throughout Newbury last week after news spread that the state of Vermont will not pursue a secure juvenile treatment facility for justice-involved youth on Stevens Place off of Fish Pond Road.