OESU to mull staff vax mandate
BRADFORD—School employees throughout Orange East Supervisory Union may soon need a COVID-19 vaccination to keep their jobs. The OESU Board will take up the requirement at its meeting next month. Under a Biden Administration workplace safety mandate issued in November by OSHA, employers with 100 or more employees were required to implement a vaccine requirement […]
County approves more ARPA funds
NORTH HAVERHILL—Seven members of the Grafton County legislative delegation approved more than $2.5 million in one-time spending over the next three years on Monday morning. The seven members form the executive committee of the legislative delegation, the county’s state representatives. It is the second round of American Rescue Plan Act funding the delegation has approved. […]
Woman pleads guilty to gun theft
NORTH HAVERHILL—A Bradford woman pleaded guilty last week to criminal charges related to an incident last year when she swiped a handgun from one car and took the phone from another as she made her way from New Hampshire to Vermont. Jennifer Fornwalt pleaded guilty on Jan. 12 to a misdemeanor charge of obstructing the […]
BMU preps budget for vote
WELLS RIVER—The Blue Mountain Union School Board has approved a budget of $8.7 million for the 2022-2023 fiscal year that will now go to voters on March 1. The BMU board passed the budget resolution unanimously during a Jan. 12 meeting. The budget will increase by $450,997 from this year’s budget, which is $8.3 million.
Photo of the Week
A male red-winged blackbird rests on a branch in Ryegate recently. On this week’s front page, we feature a femal red-winged blackbird taking flight. “The males have been back in town for at least three weeks. They typically return well before the females to stake out a territory. This is the first female I’ve seen this year,” wrote the photographer.
