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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 …

Mascoma High renovation bond will be brought before voters again

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Enfield — Come Town Meeting, Mascoma Valley voters will be asked to approve the same $23.8 million renovation plan that they rejected in March, but this time it could include a wood pellet plant that would knock $2 million off the cost. In March, a $23.8 million bond …

Tornadoes Spoil Royals’ Dream Year

Monday, May 20, 2013

Hanover — If Mascoma High’s first visit to the NHIAA Division VI football finals didn’t net a championship yesterday, at least it yielded something that could serve the Royals for many years to come. A rival. Fueled by …

Championship Preview: Two Old Hands — and One Upstart — Go for Glory

Monday, May 20, 2013

A one-word description for Mascoma High’s football season to date? How does “magical” grab you? It’s the word that came from Mascoma assistant coach Josh Kershaw’s mouth during the Royals’ workout earlier this week, but any number of …

Oft-Traveled Mascoma Assistant Comes Home

Friday, November 9, 2012

West Canaan — In a been-there-done-that world, Josh Kershaw has been there and done that in triplicate. Kershaw, a first-year assistant coach to his father, Ray, with the Mascoma High football team, played three different offensive systems at …

Democrats Again Dominate Grafton County

Monday, May 20, 2013

Lebanon — Tuesday was a good day for Democrats in Grafton County seats, most notably with a win for Martha Richards, who gained her seat back after Omer Ahern, R-Plymouth, ousted her in 2010. Carol Elliott, a Plymouth …

Piper Tops Mirski In Enfield

Monday, May 20, 2013

Enfield — The Mascoma River Valley provided the stage for contentious New Hampshire House races yesterday, including an upset victory in Enfield for Dartmouth lecturer and centrist Democrat Wendy Piper, who defeated incumbent Republican state Rep. Paul Mirski by a dramatic margin. Piper beat Mirski — a libertarian-minded …

State Senate Roundup: Pierce Defeats Osgood

Friday, May 17, 2013

West Lebanon — The New Hampshire Senate seat in the heart of the Upper Valley will remain in Democratic hands for at least the next two years. State Rep. David Pierce, D-Etna, handily defeated fellow three-term state Rep. Joe Osgood, R-Claremont, by a 4-1 ratio in Hanover, a …

Mascoma Football is Tough on Turf

Monday, May 20, 2013

Hanover — Seems Mascoma High’s tough mudders can be the greatest show on turf, too. Overcoming some hesitation about home-field advantage at someone else’s home, the top-ranked Royals rode Kyle Kosiorek’s 150 rushing yards and three touchdowns — including one on a very rare pass — to a …

Power Restored To Most in Valley

Monday, May 20, 2013

West Lebanon — Most Upper Valley residents went to bed last night with their power restored after spending two days in the dark following Hurricane Sandy. For Vermonters, Green Mountain Power officials expected that all power would be restored by late last night. At 7 p.m., the company …

‘Superstorm’ Sandy Dealt Anxious Upper Valley a Mild Blow

Friday, May 17, 2013

Sharon — Vermont officials say they dodged a bullet with Hurricane Sandy, but thousands of residents in the Upper Valley were still without electricity yesterday afternoon as utility workers rushed to remove fallen trees and repair lines. President …