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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 …

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 …

Marian A. Morse

Friday, February 8, 2013

Grafton, N.H. — Marian A. (Bixby) Morse, 66, formerly of Prescott Hill Road, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at Lebanon Genesis Healthcare where she had resided for the past two years. She was born in N. Andover, Mass. on Dec. 19, 1946, the daughter of Walter I. and …

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 …

Grafton Couple Question Plea Deal Proposed for Son’s Killer

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Grafton — As Ken and Wendy Carter consider the events surrounding the murder of their son and his girlfriend, they can’t help but wonder if they could have done anything differently. Did Ken Carter err when he gently …

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 …

Grafton Residents to Cap Town Property Tax Revenue at Current Level

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Grafton — A petition article on the March town meeting warrant essentially would cap town property tax revenue at its current level. The tax cap article, which would forbid the town from increasing total property tax collections by more than $1 from one year to the next, will …

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 …

Grafton Meets  To Talk Wind Farm

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Grafton — A meeting meant to educate residents on a proposed Wild Meadow Road wind farm instead drew wind farm opponents, who had the opportunity to confer with town and state officials about the project’s pros and cons. The informational meeting was put together by Susan Frost, a …