Vermont’s primary election is on Aug. 13.
Two Democrats, Amanda Cochrane and Shawn Hallisey, want the party’s nomination for the lone Caledonia Senate seat. The district includes the Orange County town of Newbury. Two Republicans are vying for the party’s nomination for the lone Caledonia Senate seat. The district includes the Orange County town of Newbury.
Local storm coverage in A section. Abenaki Day at Tucker Mountain, Orford Flea Market Weekend, Widows Sons Ride all in B section!
WOODSVILLE—Pinnacle Sports recently purchased the former Bossman Outdoors in Woodsville from Jeff Elliott. The Railroad Street store is the third Pinnacle location, after Newport and West Lebanon, added to the growing business operated by the Hooper family of Newport, New Hampshire.
THETFORD—“Buried Child,” the 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Sam Shepard, is less a story and more of an environment — particularly in the staging of the new show at Parish Players in Thetford. The door to the small theater doubles as the door to the characters’ house.
WOODSVILLE—Show me the money. That was the message from Woodsville officials to the Haverhill Selectboard during a public meeting on Monday night. Last week, the New Hampshire Supreme Court issued its ruling in Woodsville Fire District’s challenge to the state’s invalidation of two warrant articles approved by Haverhill town meeting voters in 2022.
NORTH HAVERHILL—On a humble wooden stage at the edge of the North Haverhill Fair, three plastic chairs sit arranged like a podium. A small but loving crowd murmurs in the bleachers. From backstage, there is a rustle of rehearsed cartwheels. The event of the evening is the long-running competition for Little Miss North Haverhill Fair, a classic fair staple that may be in its last days.
Never someone to shy away from anything, Jennifer Swan’s standby adage to be “open to the possibilities” has opened many doors.
Swan, formerly of North Haverhill, has lived in Buford, Georgia since 2012. She was recently a contestant on the Food Network’s “Chopped” cooking show.
WELLS RIVER—Recent storms have exacerbated an erosion problem in Wells River Village. Before the Wells River empties into the Connecticut River, it courses along Main Street before curving behind the Wells River Motel and a nearby apartment building.
LYME—A twister ripped through a portion of Lyme, touching down on just under 2 miles of land in the early evening of July 16, according to the National Weather Service.
BRADFORD—The driver of a 2012 Chevy Tahoe that took out a lamppost, utility pole and road signs in downtown Bradford last week was cited for driving under the influence of drugs.