VERSHIRE—Four families were displaced after a devastating four-alarm fire destroyed a home in Vershire on March 2.
Area fire departments were dispatched at approximately 9 a.m. to 9246 Route 113 in Vershire. It quickly escalated into a fourth alarm assignment. Some 75 firefighters and 20 fire departments responded to the scene or provided station coverage despite a second four alarm fire in Orange County that broke out roughly three hours earlier.

HAVERHILL CORNER—Missie Anscomb’s decades-long dream of owning a large home and helping kids is nearing fruition.
Missie and her husband, Mike, originally from South Carolina and Michigan, respectively, own The River House in Haverhill. Built in 1791, the 12,000 square-foot home and attached barn is a beloved fixture on the North Common.

WOODSVILLE—Woodsville voters will take up a $6.5 million bond question during their annual meeting this month. The precinct, located within the town of Haverhill, operates a wastewater treatment plant on the banks of the Connecticut River just south of the Community Field. The treatment plant opened in 1981. It has a capacity of 300,000 gallons per day.

This weekend, nearly a quarter of a century later, Jaye Foucher and her huskies will take part in the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska.

WARREN—The Warren Town Hall lit up downtown on Feb. 18 when a good-size crowd gathered to discuss two warrant articles for March’s town meeting.