WOODSVILLE—The Haverhill Selectboard has formed a committee to sift through applications to fill its vacant Town Administrator position. The town is accepting applications through Aug. 31. The committee was formed at the selectboard meeting on Aug. 12.
PIERMONT—Perhaps infused by the aroma of sugar-sweet candy, Clay Hollow Sugars owner Jody Wescott is enthusiastic about freeze-dried candy. “It’s so cool, it must be freeze-dried,” is just one of Wescott’s mottos.
BRADFORD—Ahead of the new school year, Oxbow High School has suspended public and student access to its athletic fields after they sustained damage in vandalism earlier this summer.
NEWBURY—A Florida man faces a felony charge after he allegedly drove the wrong way on I-91 in Newbury on Friday, striking a car driven by a 91-year-old Barnet resident.
BRADFORD—Robert’s Thrift Store, where folks from near and far come for affordable items, will be closing for good by Labor Day.
FAIRLEE—A public hearing on Aug. 12 to discuss a proposed building project in Fairlee village was well attended. The Grange Room at the Fairlee Town Hall was packed. Jonah Richard of Real Hazen Construction, the local developer, said the proposal is to rehabilitate and construct 19 units of housing across two parcels.
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.