NORTH HAVERHILL—A veteran Maine principal has been tasked with leading Haverhill Cooperative Middle School beginning in July.
Robert L. Griffin has been the Auburn Middle School principal since 2018. He was previously principal at Wells Junior High School, also in Maine.
He and his wife want to relocate to be closer to family. His youngest son will graduate from high school this spring and join his older brother in attending college in Vermont.

THETFORD—Shrugging, Londyn Oshoniyi suddenly feels the weight of everyone’s eyes upon her slender shoulders as she sits between her mother on her right and her father on her left. It was a big day for an 11-year-old sixth grader at Thetford Elementary School.
Standing straight and tall, Londyn Oshoniyi arrived at the library at Thetford Elementary School on Friday afternoon with her mother, Tippi Oshoniyi, to receive a Human and Civil Rights award from the Vermont National Education Association. Her father, Adegboyega “Bo” Oshoniyi, had arrived a few minutes before.

ORFORD—Quick thinking last week by two Orford residents helped peacefully resolve an incident that led to a lockdown at Rivendell Academy.
John Dunham is an Orford firefighter and Dartmouth College patrol officer. Mike Wright is the road agent for Fairlee and a road commission member in Orford. Dunham works with Wright on a part-time basis.

BRADFORD—A Dartmouth-Hitchcock medical helicopter had difficulties getting off the ground after responding to an emergency in Bradford on March 21.
On the afternoon of March 21, local EMS crews responded to a Vermont State Police report of a man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the intersection of Branch Road and South Road in Bradford. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock helicopter was called as part of that response.

GROTON–While it was smooth sailing for most town meetings in Vermont this year, Groton voters rejected a 2022 general fund budget by Australian ballot on March 1.
But while the general fund budget article was voted down 132-106, the highway budget was approved in a separate article. So, what’s next?
Approximately 50 people assembled at the Groton Community Building on the evening of March 17 to offer their thoughts on what should happen as officials will have to schedule a special vote in the coming weeks.