Oxbow district vote set for next week
BRADFORD—The Oxbow Unified Union School District annual meeting is April 13 with Bradford and Newbury residents voting by Australian ballot. The OUUSD Board had the second of two informational meetings via Zoom on April 5 featuring presentations from all building principals outlining various coordinated programs, student numbers and other statistics. Polls will be open on […]
What’s next for Covered Bridges?
NEWBURY—Now that public forums on plans for a privately run juvenile detention facility in Newbury are finished, what’s next? And as one resident asked the state, “What can the community of Newbury do to stop you?” Sean Brown, the commissioner of the Vermont Department of Families and Children, which will oversee the Covered Bridges Treatment […]
Village meeting prompts complaints
WELLS RIVER—In the aftermath of the annual village meeting in Wells River on March 16, there is one disputed election, one resignation from a longtime village clerk, and at least one complaint over open meeting law violations. There was plenty on the ballot for the village of approximately 400 people, including two vacant seats on […]
Woodsville rejects FD merger
WOODSVILLE—One week after precinct residents in Haverhill Corner opted to join the new town fire department, their peers in Woodsville unanimously rejected that proposition. With close to 50 people attending the annual meeting at the Bagonzi Community Building on March 24, the question, as read aloud by moderator Jay Holden, of whether the precinct should […]
Photo of the Week
Thetford Academy hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov.19 to celebrate the installation of a new wheelchair lift installed this summer. Pictured (from left to right) are Pril Hall, trustee of Thetford’s Farm Trust; Jane Francisco, representing the Frances Barrows Fund; Beckie Gray, class of 1959; John Brown, director of buildings and grounds; Barbara Smith, class of 1958; Carrie Brennan, Head of School; Patty McIlvaine, Director of Advancement; and Caleb Crossett, class of 2025.
