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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 of fire safety upgrades that the school …

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 Community Center next Tuesday at 4 p.m. on the topic. Co-op General Manager Terry Appleby …

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 …

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 …

Grafton: Free Stater Bid to Slash Budget Rejected; Wind Farm Fails 

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Grafton — Attempts by Free Staters and their allies to cut spending in Grafton failed yesterday, as voters rejected a budget that had been drastically slashed at last month’s deliberative session and approved other spending articles. Voters also …

Time to Grow at Mascoma? High School Renovations on Warrant

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Ballot voting for all articles for the Mascoma Valley Regional School District will take place on Tuesday, March 12, in each of the five towns: Canaan fire station from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Dorchester Town Hall from …

Letter: Threat to Grafton’s Freedom

Monday, May 20, 2013

To the Editor: Very few Graftonites are aware of the existence of the Free State Project or its potential to be a threat. Because fouling up local politics is their primary pastime, Free Staters attend every town political function. There may be only 35 of them, but when …

Letter: Mascoma High Needs Updating

Monday, May 20, 2013

To the Editor: As a 1970 graduate of Mascoma Valley Regional High School, I vividly remember when the high school was built. During the construction, I was in sixth grade and could hardly wait to enter the new school. More importantly, I recall my parents’ pride in supporting …

Column: Mascoma District Desperately Needs a Performing Arts Center

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Mascoma High School has a large number of students interested in athletics and in the performing arts. Each group is equally important, and perhaps in the eyes of their parents, most important. Yet we have a facility that can address the needs of only one of the groups …

Grafton Budget Is Proxy Fight

Monday, March 4, 2013

Town and Mascoma Valley Regional School District ballot voting will be March 12. The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Grafton Fire/Ambulance Station. ∎ Grafton — At last month’s deliberative session, “Free Staters” and their allies scored a victory by getting preliminary …

Man Sentenced for Slayings: Couple Was Shot in Grafton 

Friday, February 22, 2013

North Haverhill — For the better part of an hour, Robert LaCombe listened silently as members of a family that had once taken him in wished the worst for him: They said they hated him. They said they …