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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 …

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Hanover’s Katie Irwin reaches for a ball from St. Thomas’ Kelly Carson during their NHIAA Division II semifinal match at the Boss Tennis Center in Hanover yesterday. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Saints Stop Marauders
St. Thomas at Hanover girls tennis in Hanover, N.H., on May 24, 2013. St. Thomas won, 7-2. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Photo Gallery: St. Thomas at Hanover Girls Tennis
Radio host Terri Dudley jokes with Mascoma Savings Bank President Stephen Christy during a break in the last taping of Sunday Mornings with Terri Dudley on WTSL-AM in West Lebanon yesterday afternoon. Dudley is retiring after 50 years in the public eye. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) Dudley Steps Away From Mic
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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 …

Letter: On to a Second Term

Monday, May 20, 2013

On to a Second Term To the Editor: The final results of the election are in, and I will be serving as the senator for District 2 for another two years. A very sincere thanks to the voters for your faith in me; I will continue to work …

Mascoma’s Justin Marsh (10) walks away after Franklin’s Kody Benwell, back left, scored a touchdown during yesterday’s NHIAA D-VI championship game. Jeffrey Porter photograph

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 …

After taking a slide through the mud, Mascoma players, from left, Noah Richer, Chris Sanborn, Mike Seiffert, Steven Griswold and Victor Vannesse celebrate a 56-19 victory over Campbell last month. The Royals face Franklin for the New Hampshire Division VI title today. Valley News - Ryan Dorgan

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 …

Mascoma Valley Republicans Blame Losses on House Speaker

Monday, May 20, 2013

West Lebanon — Mascoma River Valley voters chose this week to send half of their incumbent Republican legislators packing, while retaining the other half in an election that one exiled Republican blamed on House Speaker William O’Brien’s conservative agenda. “It was a reaction directly attributable to O’Brien,” said …

Mascoma assistant coach Josh Kershaw positions the Royals on the field during practice on Wednesday. Kershaw, the son of Mascoma head coach Ray Kershaw, also plays semi-pro football. Valley News - Sarah Priestap

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 …

Barbara Dutile, of Haverhill, loads campaign signs supporting her husband, Grafton County Sheriff Doug Dutile, for re-election in the back of their truck in Canaan while driving around the county picking up signs. “It’s always easiest to take the signs down the day after the election, and especially this time because of the storm supposed to come tonight,” she said. Valley News — Sarah Priestap

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 …