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Co-op, Residents Discuss Mascoma

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Enfield — By the end of yesterday’s meeting with representatives from the Co-op Food Stores, organizer Dorothy Heinrichs had the names of more than 100 residents who supported her cause. She’ll need them all and more for her goal of opening a Co-op store in the Mascoma Valley to become a reality. Although Co-op Food Stores Finance Director Tony Alongi said they will re-evaluate the Mascoma Valley market numbers, he …

Haverhill Gets Fire Safety List

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Haverhill — The state fire marshal has given the Haverhill Cooperative School District a to-do list of requirements following the rejection of a warrant article by voters in March that would have paid for necessary fire safety improvements at the high school. The $330,000 warrant article failed by just two votes. If it had passed, the money would have completed the final phase …

Mascoma Officals Wait For N.H. Fire Marshal

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Canaan — Administrators at Mascoma Valley Regional High School are still waiting to hear from the state Fire Marshal’s Office after a renovation plan that would have added a sprinkler system failed in March. In March, a $21.8 million proposal to renovate the 50-year-old high school failed. It was the third renovation bond to fail since 2008. The high school received a letter …

Canaan Taxes Likely Stable

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Ballot voting on all Canaan Town Meeting warrant articles will be held March 12, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the Canaan Fire Station. Canaan — Increases in insurance premiums, retirement contributions, payroll and expanded road projects are partly behind a 3 percent bump in the proposed …

Helping Across the World

Saturday, February 16, 2013

White River Junction — Twenty years ago, Missie Rodriguez’ desire to help athletes with mental disabilities brought her to the Upper Valley. Since then, the passion has carried her all over the world. Rodriguez, a Canaan resident, recently …

Claremont School Proposal Raises Conflict Issue for Chairman

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Claremont — Residents in the Claremont and Mascoma Valley school districts will vote March 12 on what seems at first glance to be the proverbial win-win: proposals to install new boilers and other school energy upgrades at no net cost to taxpayers. Advocates say the improvements might even …

School Notes: Commuting Educators Go the Distance for Their Jobs

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

When Lynne Bates left her job as a medical technologist 12 years ago to become a high school health teacher, she probably didn’t anticipate how far she would go in her new career. Between the Campton, N.H., resident’s …

Mascoma School Renovation Bond Gets Widespread Support at Deliberative Session

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Canaan — A proposed $21.8 million bond issue that would overhaul out-of-date systems throughout the Mascoma Valley Regional School District drew hundreds of supporters to yesterday’s deliberative session. About 15 people took to the lectern in the Indian …

Valley Parents: The Exploits of a Potty Trainer

Friday, February 1, 2013

Canaan — There was something my wife and I had been ignoring lately, but I could see when she entered the room that the time had come. She perched one foot on the coffee table and leaned over …

Two Indicted in Canaan Accidents

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Canaan — Two local men have been indicted on charges that they were drunk and driving recklessly in separate motorcycle and ATV accidents in Canaan last year that resulted in serious injuries to their passengers. Scott D. Russell, 31, of Canaan, was indicted on charges of reckless conduct …

Mascoma Has Complex Plan For Its Voters

Monday, January 28, 2013

Canaan — One year after voters narrowly rejected a proposal to renovate Mascoma Valley Regional High School, district officials have regrouped and developed a new proposal, this time with energy efficiency upgrades broken out as a separate spending item that would lower the amount borrowed for the renovation …

In Canaan, Day of Fires and Ice: Multiple Calls, Frigid Weather Stress Fire Department

Friday, January 25, 2013

Canaan — Dan Hall rose before 5 a.m. yesterday and stepped into the minus 15 degree darkness to unfreeze the pipes so his wife would be able to take a shower when she woke up. As he knelt …

High School Roundup: Raiders Sweep to CVC Ski Crowns

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Newbury, N.H. — With Emily Perryman and Kenny Weitzman producing big days, the Lebanon High ski team topped three foes yesterday at Mount Sunapee to take the Connecticut Valley Conference championship races. Perryman swept the slalom and giant …