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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ORFORD — A revote on a 2024-25 budget for the Rivendell Interstate School District will take place on Saturday, May 18.The Rivendell School Board set the date for in-person Australian ballot voting during a meeting Tuesday night, after residents from...

Articles of note: Voters in the four towns served by the Rivendell Interstate School District will decide whether to permanently move their annual meeting day from the evening of the third Thursday in March to the third Saturday in March. The article...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — Selectboard Chairman John Adams was soundly defeated in his bid for a fifth term at Tuesday night’s annual Town Meeting, losing to longtime resident Larry Taylor, 238-155.In another contested race, interim board member Kevin Follensbee fended...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — The Rivendell School Board met Monday to delay the date of the district’s annual meeting, which had been improperly warned.Originally scheduled for March 23, the meeting will now take place on April 13 at 10 a.m. at Rivendell Academy in...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — Old rivalries have resurfaced in this town of 1,200 as four candidates compete for two Selectboard seats at Tuesday’s annual Town Meeting. In ballot voting, Selectboard Chairman John Adams squares off against longtime Orford resident Larry...

Article of note: One article asks whether voters will authorize the Selectboard to continue exploring uses of the Main Street Congregational Church. Another asks for $10,000 for church-related surveys, inspections and other inspections. Another...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — Rivendell Academy’s principal and head of schools retired this week. After 14 years, Keri Gelenian’s last day on the job was Monday.The mid-year retirement comes amid turmoil in the small school community as the board considers plans for...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — Unexpected competition for the role of fire chief last March has divided some residents into opposing factions, reduced the ranks of the Fire Department and left the town of 1,200 without a Planning Board.Orford’s voters in 2014 authorized...

By FRANCES MIZE and PATRICK ADRIAN

ORFORD — Whether or not New Hampshire voters fully support Nikki Haley for president, many of those who threw their weight behind her in Tuesday’s primaries saw their ballots as defensive — an effort to keep former President Donald Trump’s name off...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — Following a wave of resignations, the Orford Planning Board canceled its December meeting because it was unable to achieve a quorum. The Selectboard is now scrambling to find enough volunteers to enable the board to fulfill its requirements...

ORFORD — Rivendell Interstate School District seeks volunteers to serve as committee members as the district prepares to implement a three-year plan that will close one of its schools. At a November meeting, the Rivendell School Board approved a...

By NICOLA SMITH

FAIRLEE — The Rivendell Interstate School District Board voted 6-2 last month to move forward with a plan from district administrators that would result in the closure of the Samuel Morey Elementary School in Fairlee. Two additional board members were...

Staff report

On Friday, Members of the Dartmouth Army ROTC lowered the American flag as freshman Jacob Crawford played “To the Colors” during a retreat ceremony for Veterans Day on the Dartmouth College green. After being folded, the flag was presented to Dean of...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WEST FAIRLEE — In an effort to avoid another major school tax increase, the Rivendell Interstate School District is asking people in Orford, Fairlee, West Fairlee and Vershire to consider major school reconfigurations.“In general, we have a community...

ORFORD — Rescuers carried an injured hiker off Mount Cube on Friday afternoon, according to a news release from New Hampshire Fish and Game. Fish and Game officers learned of the injured hiker, Shelly Vizena, 52, of North Haverhill, on Mount Cube in...

ORFORD — A hiker was rescued on Mount Cube on Sunday afternoon, after she fell and injured her head on the North Spur Trail.Jocelyn Bishop, 51, of Westford, Mass., and her hiking partner began their hike at approximately 11:15 a.m. on Sunday,...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

ORFORD — An attempted helicopter rescue of an injured hiker on Mount Cube in Orford had to be abandoned due to foul weather on Monday, but more than 30 emergency personnel dispatched to the scene were eventually able to transport the injured hiker...

By KAELI BENNETT

HARTLAND — Small farmers markets in the Upper Valley are being faced with tough decisions — do they adapt to changing times or fold? The Hartland Farmers Market and the Royalton Farmers Market have taken opposite approaches. The Hartland Farmers...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ORFORD — When Bob and Christie Hedges bought their Orford home in 2000, they were immediately struck by the beauty surrounding them.Over the years, they purchased neighboring parcels as they became available, amassing around 270 acres near the...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ORFORD — When Hideko “Yumi” Smith taught her younger family members how to play card games, her motivation was twofold: learning how to play a game and managing money.“She wouldn’t show mercy to the kids just because they were kids,” Smith’s...

ORFORD — The Orford Social Library has earned a $20,000 grant to put toward accessibility projects.The grant was awarded by the American Library Association’s “Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities” program,...