CORINTH—Game wardens will test a young moose that was stranded on Waits River ice for a parasitic infection after she was euthanized on Monday morning. The moose started to attract public attention beginning last week when she repeatedly lingered on the same stretch of ice-covered waterway along Route 25 between the East Corinth General Store and the Bradford town line.
HAVERHILL—Former Haverhill Town Manager Brigitte Codling has sued the town of Haverhill, one current selectboard member and three former selectboard members for damages. The suit was filed on Feb. 14 in U.S. District Court in Concord. Codling and her husband Mark are both plaintiffs. The defendants are the Town of Haverhill, Kevin Knapp, Michael Graham, Steve Robhins, and Katie Williams.
Previews for Vermont Town Meetings for towns in our coverage: Bradford, Corinth, Fairlee, Groton, Newbury, Ryegate, Thetford, Topsham, Vershire, and West Fairlee.
NORTH HAVERHILL—Dozens of people attended a public hearing on Feb. 20 at Haverhill Cooperative Middle School on a proposed school budget cap, which voters will take up at the annual school district meeting next month. All those who spoke during the hearing assailed the budget cap, calling it “ridiculous” and that it would hurt Haverhill and surrounding communities.
BRADFORD—Candidates for selectboard offered their views on various issues in a forum on the morning of Feb. 15 at the Bradford Public Library. The public forum was sponsored by the Journal Opinion and the library.
ORFORDVILLE—The Orford Planning Board voted on Feb. 11 to approve the major subdivision of a commercial property in the southern end of the village.
BRADFORD—The Oxbow Unified Union School District board met on Feb. 12 in the library at Oxbow High School for its regularly scheduled meeting. There was a long discussion about repairs and maintenance needs for the River Bend and Oxbow campus. According to those who spoke, a “major overhaul” of the air quality systems is quite urgent.
Librarians across the Upper Valley region recently shared their top reading recommendations in observance of Black History Month.
This column is the second in a series on non-athletic extracurricular activities in local high schools until about 1971 when a number of small schools closed.
An investigation into a recent suspected homicide case in Orange County has led to federal gun charges against a three-time convicted felon from Bradford, officials said. James D. Nickles Jr., 42, is facing federal charges for possessing a shotgun and handgun this week while being a convicted felon, Vermont State Police said.