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Edith Celley stands in one of the classrooms in Pearson Hall, a Haverhill grade school Celley attended as a girl. The Haverhill Historical Society is restoring the building. Celley is president of the historical society. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

A Passion for Possibilities

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Haverhill — On the first warm, sunny weekend of spring, about 30 people sat inside Haverhill Cooperative Middle School brainstorming about the best use for Pearson Hall, the 197-year-old Federal-style building that once housed Haverhill Academy and the Grafton County Court. Among them was 85-year-old Edith Celley, who’s leading the efforts to preserve Haverhill’s oldest surviving public building. A consultant …

Woodsville Suncatcher

Monday, May 6, 2013

Lyndsey Wholey naps in her backyard in Woodsville yesterday. Valley News — Libby March …

Jane L. White Wheeler

Monday, May 6, 2013

North Haverhill, N.H. — Jane L. White Wheeler, 88, died on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at the Grafton County Nursing Home, North Haverhill. Jane was born on April 15, 1925, in Meriden, Conn., to Stanley and Daisy (Birks) Langner. Jane worked for many years as a sales clerk at Hovey’s Shops in Woodsville, N.H., and also drove school bus for Arthur Clough in …

Corner Booth

Friday, April 19, 2013

Gerald Dennis, of Pike, N.H., holds the post steady while Allison Harmon, of East Haverhill, fits in a beam for her booth at the Norwich Farmers Market. Harmon’s farm has been passed down through five generations of women …

Man Continues Long Search for Daughter Lost in Haverhill

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Fred Murray is running out of options. Nine years ago, his 21-year-old daughter, Maura, vanished from a dark, snowy stretch of Route 112 in Haverhill. It happened in an instant: One minute the Massachusetts college student was spotted …

Terrence Eugene Paye, Sr.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Pike, N.H. — Terrence Eugene Paye, Sr., 77, died on Friday, March 29, 2013, at his home on Mt. Moosilauke Highway. He was born in Newbury, Vt., Sept. 5, 1935, the son of Clifton and Rachel (Ammel) Paye. He served in the U. S. Army from Dec. 11, …

Haverhill School Voters Reject Fire Upgrades

Friday, March 22, 2013

Haverhill — Haverhill Cooperative School District voters rejected a proposal for state-mandated fire and safety building improvements by only two votes after two newly elected School Board members told residents there might be other options. Voters easily passed the $13.6 million budget for the 2013-14 school year, but …

Prosecutor Drops Charge In Rape Case

Saturday, March 16, 2013

North Haverhill — Prosecutors plan to drop a rape charge against a Lyme man who spent two years in prison before his conviction was overturned last year. William K. Town, 37, was scheduled to stand trial in April …

Haverhill: Funding OK’d For ‘Silver Tsunami’

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Haverhill — After 18 years as town manager, it’s easy for Glenn English to read the mood of voters. “This was a happy crowd,” which was reflected in the voting, English said after Town Meeting last night. Every article, including the town’s nearly $3.7 million 2013 budget, passed …

Haverhill Proposes Pooling Fire Costs into Town Budget, Shifting Burden Off Villages

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Haverhill residents will elect town and school officers in ballot voting on Tuesday, March 12, at the James R. Morrill Municipal Building in North Haverhill between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. At 7:30 p.m., voters will gather at Haverhill Cooperative Middle School to consider 20 articles on the …

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 …

Kind Hearts and Quartets: Barbershop Singers Deliver Valentine’s Day Serenades in Upper Valley

Friday, February 15, 2013

Haverhill — A light-blue SUV drove the long, winding driveway and rolled to a stop in front of the Haverhill Cooperative Middle School yesterday. Out popped four men, ages 76 to 86, dressed to the nines in black …

Letter: Haverhill and Newbury Celebrations

Thursday, February 14, 2013

To the Editor: Thanks to Ben Conarck for his wonderful article about Archie Steenburgh in the Feb. 11 Valley News (“Tales From the Auction Block). I’d just like to add that the Haverhill-Newbury 250th Anniversary Celebration Program and the Haverhill Historical Society jointly sponsored the Steenburgh talk as …