Microschool concept expands in New Hampshire
NORTH HAVERHILL—Pam Aldrich has nine students that attend her Blackmount Micro School in North Haverhill. They range from kindergarten through the sixth grade. It’s like a contemporary one-room schoolhouse. Blackmount is affiliated with Prenda, a national program which employs a four-day school week and a six-hour school day.
2023 Pet Parade
Pick up your copy of the JO this week for the 2023 Pet Parade pages in the B Sections (on B2, B3, B4, B5, and B6) Thank you to all our readers who shared their pets and to our local businesses that sponsored the pages and donated prizes. Winners will be announced in the May […]
Tuition drives WRVS budget increase
WAITS RIVER—Less than 50 voters from Corinth and Topsham approved a $7.3 million operating budget for the Waits River Valley School in 2023-2024 at the annual district meeting on May 1. In a hand count, the budget article was approved 39-9.
EV stations approved for Bradford downtown
BRADFORD—With only one vote in opposition, the Bradford Selectboard approved a request by Norwich Technologies to install electric vehicle charging stations in the parking area below Denny Park.
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Federal and state officials, including Congresswoman Becca Balint, were in downtown Bradford on Tuesday morning to celebrate the buildout of the electric vehicle super-fast chargers completed earlier this month. The chargers in downtown Bradford in a municipal parking lot adjacent to Denny Park are Vermont’s first electric vehicle super-fast chargers under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program. There will be another grand opening on May 4.
