Previews: Orford Town Meeting, Bath Town Meeting and Rivendell School District
ORFORD—Voters will gather in person for their town meeting at the Rivendell Academy gym on March 14 at 7 p.m. A notable item on this year’s warrant is Article 19, which asks voters whether they want the selectboard to study the feasibility of the town buying the Orford Congregational Church building at a mutually agreed […]
Haverhill candidates state their case
HAVERHILL—Five candidates for the Haverhill Selectboard, but only two seats to fill. While town meeting will be held on Saturday, March 18, officer elections and other items will be voted on at the polls on Tuesday, March 14.
New sheriff bemoans woeful finances
Dead on arrival. That’s how Orange County’s new sheriff, George Contois, described the department he inherited from former sheriff Bill Bohnyak on Feb. 1. “When I first tried for the position, everything looked good,” Contois said in an interview on Feb. 27. “Then all of a sudden, when I got an opportunity to take a […]
Petition seeks town manager ouster
HAVERHILL—Once again, an article is on the town meeting warrant concerning the removal of Town Manager Brigitte Codling. Haverhill Town Meeting is on March 18, although some ballot voting will take place on March 14. One item set for discussion at the Saturday business meeting will be a nonbinding article on Codling’s removal. It is […]
Photo of the Week
A common loon stretches its wings in Ryegate on the morning of April 18.
