Hearing held on audit request
WOODSVILLE—Approximately 40 people attended a public hearing on Monday, July 21 at the Clifford building to help shape a forensic audit of municipal finances that was ordered at town meeting in March.
Classic Chinese bridge planned for VT forest
WEST NEWBURY—When two local builders had the chance to visit China, they jumped at it. Wanting to share their interest in Chinese woven bridge construction, John Nininger and Adam Miller, who have worked together for several years, showed photographs and a video of that trip to a large audience on July 12 at the West Newbury Hall.
County courthouse plans advance
NORTH HAVERHILL—A design for a new courthouse in North Haverhill has been proposed to the Grafton County Commission.
The architectural firm, Lavallee Brensinger Architects, is recommending a nearly 65,000-square-foot building with a projected cost of $47,383,337. The building will be constructed in the parking area serving the existing courthouse, which is a little over 44,600 square feet.
Haverhill man sentenced on weapons, drug charges
NORTH HAVERHILL—A North Haverhill man, Jeffrey Andrew Gaudette, 32, has pleaded guilty in several cases pending against him in Grafton County Superior Court. The felony charges stem from incidents in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Ambulance service suddenly shutters
WARREN—The beleaguered Warren-Wentworth Ambulance Service abruptly stopped operating last week just four months after the two small Grafton County towns approved $750,000 for the service in 2025.
Park renovations move forward
BRADFORD—At its July 10 meeting, the Bradford Selectboard unanimously approved the phase 1 planning design for Elizabeth’s Park renovations, which include the installation of a skate park on the town-owned property.
After months of debate, forest parcel conserved
BRADFORD—The Wrights Mountain Forest has recently expanded, if not officially. Last month, Upper Valley Land Trust announced it had conserved a 61-acre parcel of land near the intersection of Route 25 and Wrights Mountain Road. The parcel lies in close proximity to the 507-acre Wrights Mountain/Devil’s Den Town Forest and other protected lands.
One FEMA buyout approved, others await
CORINTH—The home at 82 South America Road was surrounded by the Meadow Brook on three sides. During torrential rainfall in July 2023, the typically quiet stream swept over nearby Eagle Hollow Road.
Board talks forensic audit
WOODSVILLE—Officials in Haverhill want help in shaping the forensic audit of town finances that was ordered at town meeting in March.
To that end, they have scheduled a meeting for July 21 at 6 p.m. to receive public input in providing direction to a prospective auditor.
Mentoring group marks 21 years
BRADFORD—“Today’s teens aren’t that much different from teens in the 1960s but the world they must navigate is so much more complicated.” The foregoing quote is from a mentor with The Mentoring Project of the Upper Valley, now it its 21st year, and explains one of the reasons mentors have answered the call to connect with young people.