CONCORD—The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office has announced Bath Police Department Sergeant Camden Elliott discharged his firearm during the shooting incident on June 25 on Route 112 in Landaff. The AG’s office said Richard Chamberlin, 42, was injured. No address was provided.
New Hampshire’s Butterfly Monitoring Network to conduct annual count: ORFORD—New Hampshire Fish and Game and the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension Service, both members of the state’s Butterfly Monitoring Network, are teaming up to conduct this year’s butterfly count — and they are looking for citizens to help them find as many of the ephemeral winged beauties as they can.
WOODSVILLE—At the most recent meeting of the town’s selectboard on June 22, a new welfare policy was unanimously adopted. The effort is to make crystal clear what the town is responsible for and can assist with when someone requests assistance.
Parades, patriotic music and speeches, food with drink, fireworks, the nation’s colors, complete with “loud Huzzas.” That is how the first anniversary of the Fourth of July was celebrated in Philadelphia in 1777. The observances on that day had all the elements of future Commemorations of the nation’s birth.
LANDAFF—New Hampshire officials are investigating a shooting that took place on Route 112 in Landaff on June 25.
WOODSVILLE—A construction project taking shape on Central Street will be the site of a credit union’s first New Hampshire branch set to open next year. In late 2025, NorthCountry Federal Credit Union purchased a commercial building and property at 151 Central Street. It has since razed the old building and begun construction on a new building.
BRADFORD—At the second budget meeting on June 16, Oxbow Unified Union School District voters approved a $23,339,333, an identical amount that had been defeated at the annual meeting on April 28. Administrators had proposed a $23,039,333 for the second vote, but voters added $300,000 back at last week’s meeting.
One day after resigning from her post at Newbury Elementary School on June 18, Loretta Cruz was announced as the new principal at Westshire Elementary School in West Fairlee.
HAVERHILL—Mountain Lakes Commissioner Eric Cassidy spoke before the Haverhill Selectboard on Monday evening, urging the board to correct the record and publicly state that Skiway Terrace is a public road.
POST MILLS—Firefighters from several departments in Vermont and New Hampshire responded to Post Mills on Sunday afternoon for a large structure fire at 7386 Route 113, just south of the village. The state highway was closed for approximately three hours while firefighters responded.