BRADFORD—The Bradford Police Department has issued a warning about a scam that has swindled several local prospective Good Samaritans out of money.
Over the past two weeks, BPD has received numerous complaints about a woman in her mid- to late 20s approaching various people on the Lower Plain and on Main Street with stories about needing help with her mother’s sickness and other claims for assistance.

WOODSVILLE—When Dr. Gerald Lyons Jr. stepped out into the gray morning of April 25 after signing off on his last scheduled shift at Cottage Hospital, he took with him 45 years of experience.
Wearing a surgical mask and carrying three bags, there was no fanfare as he walked away in the dim daylight. In the parking lot he was met by a handful of people and a few words were exchanged before he climbed into his black Ford pickup truck.
That has not stopped people from recognizing his efforts after a lengthy stint of practicing medicine in the area.

WELLS RIVER—A devastating fire ripped through an historic school building on Monday morning that has been a hub of village activity for nearly 150 years.
Firefighters from across the region converged on the old school building in Wells River before 11:30 a.m. to fight the blaze. Currently serving as a home, the building’s two residents and their five pets escaped without injury.

HAVERHILL—For the sake of history, a crowd of about 35 people gathered at Horse Meadow Cemetery on Saturday afternoon.
Next year is the Boston Tea Party’s 250th anniversary.
To honor the participants in that historical protest of Dec. 16, 1773, the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum is installing commemorative markers at the graves of those who are known to have participated.
Ebenezer Mackintosh’s grave now has one of those markers. Some of the other patriots’ graves are in Maine and Massachusetts.

HAVERHILL—A longtime supervisor of the checklist has been censured by state officials for electioneering on town meeting day in 2021.
Regis Roy is the second public official who has been cited for violating state election laws during that town meeting. Woodsville Village Manager Kevin Shelton had previously been cited for electioneering after sending a promotional mailer.