The tire pressure warning light in her Toyota Prius popped up shortly after Sally Tomlinson had finished her shopping in Fairlee.The 80-year-old Tomlinson, who lives in Orford, drove to a nearby garage, where a mechanic found a razor blade in one of.
COVID-19: Claremont vaccination site moves to Newport next week
Modified: 4/3/2021 2:50:36 PM
NEWPORT, N.H. The Sullivan County COVID-19 vaccination site at River Valley Community College in Claremont is closing next week, according to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services.
Beginning on Thursday, the new site will be the former Dollar Store in the Shaw’s Plaza at 62 John Stark Highway in Newport.
“We continue efforts to move vaccination sites indoors wherever possible, to increase our throughput, allow for easier social distancing and to avoid bad weather,” Jake Leon, a DHHS spokesman, said in an email.
Appointments scheduled for Claremont on April 8 or later will instead take place at the new site in Newport at the same date and time, Leon said.
Town Meeting preview: Rivendell funding proposal would restore after-school, summer programs
Published: 3/8/2021 9:22:55 PM
Modified: 3/8/2021 9:38:01 PM
Rivendell Interstate School District
Funding proposal would restoreafter-school, summer programs
Hot topic: The Rivendell Interstate School District which covers the communities of Orford, Fairlee, West Fairlee and Vershire is proposing a $12.6 million budget for the 2022 fiscal year, an increase of almost $500,000 over the district’s current spending plan.
The budget includes several staffing reductions, but restores funding for the district’s after-school and summer programs, which were cut last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Officials say that health insurance also continues to be the biggest driver of budget increases. Premiums went up 9.8% this year for a total of 68% over the past 5 years.
3/5/21 Hot topic: Voters at Dorchester’s Town Meeting will decide whether to increase the highway agent’s term in office from one year to three years once. 3/5/21 Hot topic: Voters in Orange are being asked if they will allow the moderator to appoint a committee of five residents to study the salaries of. 3/4/21 Hot topic: One article on the school warrant this year asks whether to add fifth grade to Croydon Village School, giving students the option to. 3/4/21 Hot Topic: Opposition to the effort to merge Haverhill’s three fire districts into one town fire department has prompted a slew of warrant articles.
Former Vt. Education Secretary Holcombe a finalist for Windsor Central school district superintendent
As a Democratic candidate for governor, Rebecca Holcombe, of Norwich, Vt., has had to do her campaigning during the coronavirus pandemic from her home via phone and teleconference. She is photographed in downtown Norwich on April 16, 2020. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Rebecca Holcombe, who is running for governor as a Democrat, poses in front of the Vermont Statehouse on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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