BRADFORD—Meeting on March 23, the first time since town meeting elections, the Bradford Selectboard unanimously voted Meroa Benjamin as chair. She takes over from Dan Perry III, who remains on the board as vice chair.
PIERMONT—Voters nixed an article that would have permitted students to attend any high school they can enter (provided their parents or guardians pay all tuition above the district’s cap) at the annual school district meeting on the evening of March 21.
The failure of article 4 on the annual meeting warrant, however, prompted the passage of article 5 which raised the tuition cap.
ORFORD—Residents from four towns in two states came together on March 21 at the Rivendell Academy gymnasium in Orford for the district’s first in-person annual meeting since 2019. The $14,748,296 operating budget was approved 134-111 in a paper ballot vote, but not before extensive discussion, and pointed criticism of the school board, on the proposal.
BRADFORD—After a nearly 20-year hiatus, the Expo returns to River Bend Career and Technical Center this weekend on March 31 from 3 to 8 p.m. and April 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Bradford.
More New Hampshire Town Meeting coverage:
NORTH HAVERHLL—Over 300 residents turned out for town meeting on Saturday afternoon spending five hours sifting through the meeting warrant.
Proposed appropriations to the Woodsville Highway and Fire departments were voted down, but the $5.1 million operating budget was approved. A non-binding resolution to remove Haverhill Town Manager Brigitte Codling was also voted down. See more…
BATH—On a windswept and snowy evening, Bath voters directed the selectboard to reduce library spending by $41,000 while approving the hire of a full-time officer for the police department and authorizing the town to conduct a study of the formation of a regional police department.See more…
ORFORD—“The ayes have it,” Orford Town Moderator Harry Pease announced after each vote throughout the annual Orford Town Meeting on March 14.
Undeterred by the mid-March snowstorm that led some towns to postpone their annual meetings, 123 Orford voters signed in at the Rivendell Academy gym that evening. See more…
PIERMONT—A lengthy discussion on the operating budget consumed close to an hour of Piermont’s Town Meeting, March 18, with nearly 60 people attending. See more…
WARREN—First-time Warren Moderator Lesa Romano gaveled town meeting to order at 9 a.m. on March 14 as voters braved a threatening snowstorm to conduct town and school business.
Larry Coffin’s ‘In Times Past’ is featured on the front page of the B Section this week:
“By being involved in church or charitable groups, women were able to find companionship and a way to facilitate change in their community.” Jane Cunningham Croly, founder, General Federation of Women’s Clubs 1898.
America has seen a decline in “active civic engagement,” partially attributed to membership loss in traditional women’s clubs. Many such local organizations have ceased to exist.
This column details women’s roles in just a few of the many local causes and organizations active in our area at one time. The ones identified below are just a sample of those that played an important role in their communities.
WARREN—“Taxpayers and students around the state are not treated equitably,” said attorney John Tobin. “What happens in Moultonborough or Portsmouth is vastly different from what happens in Warren or Manchester or Nashua or Hopkinton or Allenstown or Franklin or Keene or Concord.”. Tobin serves on the board of directors of the NH School Funding Fairness Project. Representatives of NHSFFP gave an hour-long presentation at the invitation of local school officials before a full house at Warren Town Hall on March 9.
BURLINGTON—A former Haverhill man, who officials have said they believe was one of the two apparent triggermen at a 2018 homicide in the Northeast Kingdom, was sentenced Friday to nine years in federal prison.
John Welch, 37, was one of three people present when Michael Pimental, 37, of Waterford, was fatally shot in his home at 2394 Duck Pond Road on Oct. 13, 2018, officials said.
Just who actually pulled the triggers of the two guns used that night remains in doubt, according to lawyers in U.S. District Court on Friday afternoon.
BURLINGTON—The federal court trial for a Vermont man, who is charged with abducting a woman, crossing state lines, and sexually assaulting her in front of her son in Windsor County four years ago, is likely to last less than two weeks when it begins next month.
Everett A. Simpson, 45, has pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to two kidnapping charges involving a mother and child and two interstate transportation of stolen car counts all stemming from a January 2019 crime spree, records show.