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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 …

Appetites Grow in Mascoma Valley; Residents in Enfield, Other Towns Signal Interest in Co-op Market

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Enfield — Could the Co-op Food Stores open a location in the Mascoma Valley? A group of area residents are curious enough in the idea that they signaled their intention to attend an informational meeting at the Enfield …

School Notes: Mascoma Valley Schools Will Showcase Student Work in May

Friday, May 17, 2013

When schools assemble public displays of student work, they tend to focus on the accomplishments of a select group of young artists, scientists and performers. The Student Showcase that will be held at Mascoma Valley Regional High School …

Young Writers Share A Life Lesson

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Each week, Young Writers Project receives several hundred submissions from students in Vermont and New Hampshire in response to writing prompts and selects the best for publication here and in 21 other newspapers and on vpr.net. This week, …

New Hampshire Investigating Grafton Voting

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Grafton — The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is investigating a complaint of potential voter fraud during Town Meeting in Grafton, an attorney with the office confirmed yesterday. Assistant Attorney General Stephen LaBonte declined to go into specifics, but said a complaint of voter fraud led him to …

Mascoma Bond Recount Yields 2 More ‘No’ Votes

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Enfield — A recount of the razor-thin Mascoma Valley Regional High School renovation bond vote only strengthened the result, as the $21.8 million bond issue again failed to garner the 60 percent majority it needed to pass. In …

Mascoma To Recount School Vote

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Enfield — The school district will undertake a recount in the Mascoma Valley Regional High School renovation proposal after it failed by a mere 22 votes, drawing out the conclusive results for the project’s critics and supporters. The recount comes after the board was petitioned by former school …

Road Agent Elections Will End in Dorchester

Monday, March 18, 2013

Dorchester — Voters at Town Meeting yesterday put the process of selecting a road agent in the hands of the Selectboard, approving an article that ended public elections for the position. Selectmen said the push to have the board appoint the road agent reflected the evolution of the …

Long Unresolved Safety Issues Vex Mascoma School Officials

Saturday, March 16, 2013

West Canaan — In 1997, before many current members of the student body even were born, the state Fire Marshal’s Office sent a letter to officials at Mascoma Valley Regional High School informing them that the building needed an automatic sprinkler system. The letter gave the school two …

Mascoma Regional High School Proposal Falls Short of 60%

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Canaan — For the third time in five years, residents said no to a multimillion dollar upgrade for Mascoma Valley Regional High School. The vote for the bond was 1,807-1,240 — or 59.3 percent in support — falling …

Dorchester: Seletboard Chairman Re-elected; Floor Meeting on Saturday

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Dorchester — Selectboard Chairman Sherman Hallock survived a challenge from a former Planning Board member during Australian ballot voting yesterday. Contender Michael Howe garnered 53 votes, short of Hallock’s 84. Action on the remaining warrant articles will be conducted from the floor Saturday at 10 a.m. at Town …