In a political rebound for Gov. Kelly Ayotte, legislators voted on June 26 to largely prohibit the student use of cellphones in public schools, opting for the strictest “bell-to-bell” measure — a policy the governor had tirelessly championed since her inauguration.
BATH—The lure of gold has drawn hopeful prospectors in both New Hampshire and Vermont for decades. And people still head for the streams and hills, if they are not lucky enough to live nearby, of both the Granite and Green Mountain states.
BRADFORD—There were no reported injuries after a 70-year-old Maine man drove a car onto a footbridge in Bradford on the afternoon of June 25.
BRADFORD—Help is on the way for the crippled fleet of the Bradford Fire Department. On June 25, Bradford Selectboard Chair Meroa Benjamin and members Josh Allen, Carole Taylor, and Michael Wright opened bids for a brush, mini-pumper utility vehicle called a wildland brush and/or mini-pumper.
BURLINGTON—A former Ryegate man with a lengthy criminal history admitted in federal court on Monday to shooting at U.S. Marshals during a car chase last fall as they tried to apprehend him.
WEST BATH—It’s rare these days to have property stay in the same family for multiple generations. Today, at the Minot Farm, the ninth generation is growing up on the same farm as their ancestors did.
WELLS RIVER—For Kris Fennimore, a senior who graduated from Blue Mountain Union earlier this month, the beginning of baseball season was filled with hope and anticipation.
Check out the B Section of this week’s 6-25 JO! Commemorative pages for BMU Baseball, Oxbow Softball, Thetford Academy Baseball, and Woodsville Softball!
Vermont lawmakers voted Monday to ban smartphones and other electronic devices used by students during the school day. The goal is to improve academic performance as well as battle a disturbing rise in the rates of depression and anxiety among young people in the state.
Vermont joins 26 states that have passed laws restricting social media use in school, along with eight other states and the District of Columbia that have implemented rules or made policy recommendations to local districts, according to educational surveys.
BRADFORD—Sparks occasionally flew. Despite smoldering frustrations, the June 12 selectboard meeting was tense but mostly civil.
Once again, discussion of the Bradford Fire Department’s out-of-service vehicles and the board’s oversight of the department dominated the evening.