Frigid weekend ends
It was a cold, cold weekend. On Friday and Saturday, particularly during the overnight hours, the temperatures plunged to under -20 degrees. An outdoor thermometer in Newbury registered -24 degrees on Saturday morning.
Haverhill to study pedestrian, vehicle safety
NORTH HAVERHILL—The Town of Haverhill has been awarded $200,000 from the Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program. The federal program announced awards last week totaling $800 million to assist with the safety and infrastructure of 510 projects nationwide. Four New Hampshire towns — Franklin, Keene, Rockingham, and Haverhill — received a total of […]
JO Day moves back to Wednesday
We will once again be a Wednesday newspaper beginning with the Feb. 8 edition. Starting next week, the newspaper will arrive on newsstands on Wednesday mornings. It will also be mailed out to subscribers on Wednesdays, so many, if not most, readers in the area should receive their newspaper in the mail by Thursday.
Resignations leave new Orange County sheriff understaffed
CHELSEA—The new Orange County Sheriff’s tenure will get off to a challenging start when he takes office on Feb. 1. The entire administrative staff resigned effective Jan. 31, the same day longtime Sheriff Bill Bohnyak departed the office in Chelsea. “I have no accountant and no office manager,” said Sheriff-elect George Contois during a budget […]
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.
