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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 …

Grafton Man Charged With Breaking 3-Year-Old Son’s Leg

Thursday, April 25, 2013

A Grafton father has been charged with breaking his three-year-old son’s leg and failing to summon medical care, six months after he was indicted for allegedly causing the boy severe injuries in a drunk driving accident, according to court documents. A Grafton Superior Court grand jury this month …

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 …

Police Cleared In Shooting Grafton Man

Thursday, April 18, 2013

New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney yesterday ruled that police officers in Walpole, N.H., were justified in fatally shooting a Grafton man after he committed an armed robbery, initiated a high-speed chase and brandished a weapon that turned …

Letter: Will Iberdrola Keep Its Promise?

Monday, May 20, 2013

To the Editor: On Oct. 17, 2012, Ed Cherien from Iberdrola did a presentation at the Grafton Firehouse in which he stated that his company would not force itself on any town that didn’t want a wind turbine project. Again, at a question-and-answer session in Alexandria, N.H., on …

Lebanon Seeks Tie In Cases

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Lebanon — Police are trying to determine if a Grafton man killed by police in the Cheshire County last week after committing an armed robbery is connected to two recent armed robberies in Lebanon. Lebanon Police Lt. Phil …

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 …

Recounts Scheduled for Three Grafton Articles

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Grafton — Residents have petitioned for a recount of the operating budget, which failed by 14 votes at the March 12 town meeting. Voters had earlier reduced the proposed spending plan by $128,00 at the deliberative session. The Grafton Selectboard had proposed a town budget of $954,523, but …