Journal Opinion

BRADFORD—The owner of a popular Main Street restaurant defended its employment practices after the U.S. Department of Labor announced more than $300,000 in fines and damages against the business last week.

BRADFORD—The Bradford Selectboard voted on April 25 to cancel the May 18 special town meeting on the Creamery Road sidewalk study. Board members cancelled the town meeting on the recommendation of legal counsel. The May 18 special town meeting was warned at an attempted emergency selectboard […]

FAIRLEE—Upper Valley Ambulance has a new executive director. Zachary Bryan was appointed by the board of directors in February to succeed Alan Beebe at the helm of the nonprofit rescue company serving a nine-town membership.

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FAIRLEE—Here we go again. On Wednesday, April 24, both southbound lanes of I-91 between exits 16 in Bradford and 15 in Fairlee will be closed. Unlike the 14-day closure that followed the Feb. 24 rockfall onto I-91 in Fairlee, this closure will last months, sending southbound interstate […]

ORFORD—Voters in the Rivendell Interstate School District will revisit the district’s proposed 2024-2025 budget in a vote planned for Saturday, June 1 at 10 a.m.

BRADFORD—Bradford has set a special town meeting for Saturday, May 18 to discuss and vote on whether to move forward with a scoping study of a possible walking path on Creamery Road.

WARREN—On April 16, students at Warren Village School gathered in the gym for what they believed was a student assembly, not knowing that a surprise was in store.  WVS Principal Michael Galli had managed to keep the secret; only the school board and the SAU #23 Superintendent had been […]

ORFORD—The Rivendell Interstate School District 2024-2025 budget was defeated 240-143 in a paper ballot during the district’s annual meeting on April 13.

WELLS RIVER—The Blue Mountain Union budget was approved 182-163 on April 15 during Australian ballot voting in Groton, Ryegate, and Wells River.