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By LIZ SAUCHELLI
GRAFTON — Residents and town officials are at odds over what to do about a historic building that has fallen into disrepair.Earlier this month, the Selectboard voted to condemn the East Grafton Par sonage. Selectboard Chairman Leif Hogue and Jennie...
GRAFTON — Steve Darrow defeated Maureen O’Reilly for a two-year seat on the Selectboard in ballot voting on Tuesday, 180 to 125.In an uncontested race, voters also elected Ed Grinley to a three-year term on the board.Voters rejected, 181 to 158, a...
Articles of note: One article would establish a Police Department Speical Detail Revolving Fund. Another would give the Selectboard authority to acquire or sell property. A petitioned article, which has the support of the Budget Committee but not the...
Contested races: There are no contested races.Budgets and spending articles: The proposed operating budget is $32.06 million. That’s up from the proposed budget of $30.5 million of last year.When, where and how to vote: Ballot voting is scheduled to...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WEST CANAAN — Voters will have a chance to weigh in on the Mascoma Valley Regional School District’s proposed $32 million operating budget during a deliberative session this Saturday.The proposed 2024-2025 budget is around 3.2% higher than the current...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WEST CANAAN — Parents with concerns about Mascoma Valley Regional School District’s bus routes will have a chance to share them at Tuesday’s School Board meeting.While there have been difficulties with bus routes in the five-town district in past...
By JOHN LIPPMAN
NORTH HAVERHILL — A former Grafton man who shot another man in the abdomen during a “road rage” encounter in 2019 has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges but will not spend any more time behind bars.Joseph A. Brown, who now resides in Maine,...
GRAFTON — Ruggles Mine is no longer up for auction.The former tourist attraction in Grafton was scheduled to go on auction Friday, after Exciglow, the New York-based production company that purchased it in 2019, failed to pay its mortgage or taxes....
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
GRAFTON — Ruggles Mine is headed to auction after its current owners stopped paying the mortgage and halted tax payments.The former mineral mine — which includes around 235 acres spread over five mostly forested lots — was a popular Grafton tourist...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WEST CANAAN — Resilience, strength and perseverance were the main themes of Mascoma Valley Regional High School’s graduation ceremony Friday night in the school’s auditorium.The 73 members of the Class of 2023 entered high school in fall 2019 and in...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
GRAFTON — Residents remain at odds over what do about the Grafton Public Library after a proposal that would have allocated $210,000 for the first phase of a new library was narrowly defeated on Town Meeting Day.The 182-175 vote was later reaffirmed...
GRAFTON — In Town Meeting Day ballot voting, voters rejected, 182-175, a petitioned article, not supported by the Selectboard or Budget Committee, that would have appropriated $210,000 for the first phase of a new library at 2 Library Road.Voters also...
WEST CANAAN — Mascoma Valley voters approved all articles on the Mascoma Valley Regional School District ballot.Every town in the district — Canaan, Enfield, Dorchester, Grafton and Orange — voted in favor of the $30.5 million operating budget, a new...
Articles of note: The Selectboard recommends an article that would change the police chief’s position to an appointed post beginning in 2024. The board also recommends an article that would rescind an article from 2014 that gave the library trustees...
Article of note: An article asks whether voters support the cost of a new teachers contract, which is $542,000 in the first year.Contested races: Suzanne Suttie and Tamara Cederman are facing off for the position of district treasurer.Budgets and...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WEST CANAAN — Mascoma Valley residents will have an opportunity to weigh in on the Mascoma Valley Regional School District’s proposed school budget Saturday morning.The proposed 2023-2024 operating budget for the district — which includes Enfield...
By ANNA MERRIMAN
NORTH HAVERHILL — An attorney for Joseph Brown, a Grafton man accused of shooting another driver in a road rage case last year, is requesting to withdraw from the case, saying Brown can no longer pay his legal fees.“I have been working pro bono for...
By JORDAN CUDDEMI
GRAFTON — While authorities publicly revealed the fate of a long-missing New Hampshire woman just this week, her family was told months ago that her remains had been located and she was deceased, according to one of her relatives.Trish Haynes’ remains...
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