NEWBURY—Newbury will have regular police patrols again. A contract, effective Jan. 1, between the Orange County town and the Caledonia County Sheriff’s Department has been signed by Newbury Selectboard Chair Susan Culp and Caledonia Sheriff James Hemond. It runs through the end of 2025.
BRADFORD—Tiffany Plamondon is a 37-year-old artist whose creativity takes an unusual journey from the mind’s eye. The resulting paintings by Plamondon will be the focus of her first solo art show, “Beyond Boundaries,” opening Sunday, Jan. 19 at The Space on Main in Bradford.
There will be a mini-construction boom at Vermont town office buildings over the next two years. Eight local municipalities have received Municipal Energy Resilience Program Implementation grants ranging from $47,520 to $437,718. They are Bradford, Corinth, Groton, Newbury Town, Newbury Village, Topsham, Vershire, and West Fairlee.
Police are looking for a a black male, between 5’9”-6” tall, wearing a green sweatshirt who attempted to abduct a woman on Jan. 1 in Bradford. The man was said to be driving an older model gray or silver pickup truck, with damage on the driver’s side. Anyone with information is urged to contact BPD at 802-222-4727 Ext. 216.
NORTH HAVERHILL—Haverhill municipal employees have withdrawn a petition to form a union. In August, the New Hampshire State Employees Association/SEIU 1984 filed a petition with the New Hampshire Public Employee Labor Relations Board seeking to form a new bargaining unit on behalf of 20 Haverhill staff members.
WOODSVILLE—This year marks the 90th in business for Walker Motor Sales. Jamie and Robert Walker, brothers and co-owners of the auto dealership today, are the third generation to run the family business started by their grandfather, James Harvey Walker Sr., in 1935.
BRADFORD—Some parents of Oxbow basketball players have criticized the school for its approach to roster decisions last month.
Ahead of the season start, several players — both boys and girls — learned on Dec. 3 they were cut from the program after failing to make the junior varsity or varsity teams.
NORTH HAVERHILL—The town’s advisory budget committee has endorsed the town clerk’s plan to make the office deputy a full-time position.
EAST CORINTH—When Gary Bicknell moved to East Corinth from Ellington, Connecticut, decades ago, his plan was to be a vegetable farmer. He needed some barrels for the operation and asked his brother to bring a load of them up when he visited. They sat out in the field for a time until he was going to get around to putting them to use. People driving by noticed them and stopped to see if he wanted to part with a few here and there. That was 35 years ago and, as they say, the rest is history. He’s been selling plastic and steel used food grade containers ever since.
WOODSVILLE—The late John Bagonzi was inducted to the NH Basketball Coaches Organization Hall of Fame back in 2020, but Covid delayed the ceremony until November 2024.