Bath defeats school budget
BATH—Bath voters overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to cap school spending during the annual district meeting on March 13. At an overflowing Bath Village School, residents voted 153-70 against adopting a 2.9% cap on the annual tax rate increase for the school.
NH Town Meeting Coverage and Haverhill School Annual Meeting
It’s New Hampshire Town Meeting followup for Bath, Haverhill, Piermont, Orford, and Warren. Plus Haverhill School Annual Meeting coverage. Check out the JO!
WGSB to merge with Bar Harbor
WOODSVILLE—Bar Harbor Bankshares will acquire Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $41.6 million or approximately $56.94 per share.
Skatepark clears next hurdle
BRADFORD—The first order of business at the March 13 Bradford Selectboard meeting was the election of Meroa Benjamin as chair and Mike Wright as vice chair.
Photo of the Week
A Baltimore oriole finds a sunny spot to warm up on May 28. It was an otherwise tempestuous stretch of weather last week culminating in heavy rain on May 31.
