Life Transition Services: A story of growth and commitment to clients, employees, and community!
The company was founded in 2006, and since then, Maerder and his employees have been working with many different types of clients, providing a wide range of services. LTS is an agency that works with high-risk individuals to assist them with their everyday living needs. Maerder says one important mission they have is to build meaningful connections for people in the community.
Addition to Newbury Tucker Mountain Town Forest Being Considered
By happenstance, just prior to Mr. Bailey’s offer two brothers managing their parents’ estate had informed the committee that they wanted to donate $50,000 toward a land purchase to honor of their parents. With the asking price (after the 30K reduction) of $235,000, taking away the 66% grant and the donation of $50,000, the Friends of Tucker Mountain, the town forest’s fundraising organization, is left with $29,000 to raise. Friends believes that is quite doable.
Cohase Chamber hosts busy night of events; board names Moore and Robie Farm as best of the year
It all happened under the chandeliered ceiling of Haverhill Corner’s historic Alumni Hall, once an early New Hampshire courthouse and school gymnasium. As in the past, a special meal was served and it was another splendid night of honoring local people, in a room full of friends, business leaders and community officials.
Riding Strong: How Local Snowmobile Clubs Keep Outdoor Recreation Alive in Our Region
Across the Vermont and New Hampshire borderlands, snowmobile clubs like the Buckaroos of 302 and the Connecticut Valley Snowmobile Club are working tirelessly to maintain trail systems, adapt to weather conditions, and bring communities together through winter recreation.
ROBERT LAWRENCE SALON AND SPA: WOODSVILLE’S ONE-STOP SHOP FOR SELF-CARE AND WELLNESS IN THE NEW YEAR
Since then, the salon has grown to include five more practitioners: Kristy Odiorne, Carmen Graham, Carrie Vogt, Hillary Deschamps, and Mallari Young. They each have their own specialty areas and are self-employed, giving them the autonomy to make their own schedules; however, they share one common thread: a love for what they do.
South Newbury native Molly Gray is going for the Vermont Lt. Governor job, again
She also told the gathering that she plans to push back on President Donald Trump's immigration program. Gray has plenty of experience in state government. Before her Lieutenant Governor stint, she held the office of Assistant Attorney General in the Vermont Criminal Division from 2018 to 2021.
Late Mountain Lakes tax filings held up rate setting to the DRA
Mountain Lakes Commissioner Bob Long told The Bridge Weekly on Sunday, January 4, 2026, and he indicated that he "was working on this with our auditor and was hoping to have this completed a couple of weeks ago. As of now, I hope to have it completed over the next couple of days."
On Tuesday, January 6, 2026, Mr. Guy explained to The Bridge Weekly that the lateness of the filing interferes with the town's ability to obtain the funds it needs to borrow as it waits for revenues to come in.
Cohase Chamber 2025 Citizen & Business of the Year Awards
As 2025 was winding down the Board of Directors of the Cohase Chamber of Commerce was gearing up. It is at this time of year that members of the public are encouraged to submit nominations for Citizen of the Year or Business of the Year. The final decisions were made at a recent meeting of the Board.
Delivering Holiday Cheer By The Truckload
“We’ve never made a dime on the trees. I buy them, bring them down, and sell them to whatever group at the same price I bought them for. We sell the trees at cost and never charge a penny to truck them.”
After 31 years, Barbara's Red Stocking still helping others at Christmas time
Here, Barbara's Red Stocking team came together and jumped right into assembling the many parts that make this Christmas holiday food program so important to the communities on Santa's list to receive these generous food contributions.
A person who has been with the program since its second year is Town Clerk Georgette Wolf-Ludwig, who told The Bridge Weekly during the recent busy assembly session that volunteers last year delivered food items to 56 households, serving 101 adults and 72 children.
The Cohase Chamber looks at the importance of housing and economic development.
Those boundaries now include, within the Chamber's areas of influence, the Vermont towns of Newbury, Bradford, and Fairlee, and New Hampshire, with Haverhill, Piermont, and Orford.
The event that got underway Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM included a welcome and intro of those present, and a full dinner prepared by Chef Heidenreich and his Riverbend culinary arts program.
The new Haverhill Town Administrator began duty on December 1
The new Haverhill Town Administrator gained municipal government experience while serving the towns of Peacham and Johnson, Vermont. For those jobs, he was hired in September 2023 as the new Town Administrator for Johnson, Vermont. Before that, he had served as the Peacham Town Clerk and Assistant Town Clerk, all according to press reports from the Vermont News Citizen. Before that, he worked at Habitat for Humanity in southern New York.
Groton and the Great Depression
Mrs. Blanche Miller, recalled the work of Harold Miller, who came from NY to work with the CCC Boys..
In Groton he became a stone mason and helped build fireplaces at Stillwater Campground, and the stone tower and steps to Owl’s Head, dragging the stones up the path by hand. Harold Miller and Margaret Blanchard married in 1935, they were celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary the year Emily Dyer wrote her essay.
The American Revolution series by Ken Burns featured British Loyalist Col. John Peters of Bradford
Because Colonel Peters was required to travel to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774, from time to time, he would be mobbed by the “Liberty Boys” because of his continuing and intense loyalty to the crown prior to the Revolutionary War beginning on April 19, 1775. This, according to Richard M. Ketchum's book “Saratoga, Turning Point of America’s Revolutionary War.”
Community Rallies To Revitalize The Groton Rail Trail
The Gateway Project has been a collaborative effort, states Nahmias, who has spearheaded much of the Project in recent years and shares a common vision for the future of Groton with Gary Lamberton from the Buckaroos of 302 Snowmobile Club, Groton Recreation Commission’s Mike Gaiss, and Greg Western, Executive Director of the Cross Vermont Trail Association (CVTA). “This project was the genesis of several like-minded, hardworking Groton residents who were in the right place at the right time.”
Alumni Hall Antique Show For Benefit Of Wentworth-Brown House
For the Antiques Show event, tables and display areas were set up throughout Alumni Hall's floor space, and business was brisk because of the variety of small items that were brought in and displayed for sale. Proceeds from the sale of foods and refreshments, plus vendor display fees, were all given over to the benefit of the nearby Wentworth-Brown House, which is a mammoth Court Street Arts historic renovation project located on the south lawn of the Haverhill Common.
Historical Society looking at the rehab and future use of Pierson Hall
The report also indicated that electrical work, painting, and repairs to plaster and the schoolroom's tin ceiling were made possible in large part through The Mildred Page Fund for Public Buildings at Haverhill Corner, administered by the Haverhill Select Board. The Haverhill Historical Society is grateful to the Board--and especially to Mildred Page--for their vision and generosity in helping to restore this precious link with Haverhill's earliest years to much of its former glory.
Music Helps
For the students of NES, Music Helps is enabling access to music education and exploration that otherwise would not have been possible. According to Music Helps Board member Rowe Williams, all other Orange East Superintendency Unit (OESU) schools have music programs, and this boost gives Newbury Elementary School students the same opportunities as other students in the district to play music on an instrument of their choice.
Who Ya Gonna Call? Vermont’s 802 Ghostbusters Bring Heart, Humor, and Help to Communities
October is their biggest month. “Almost every weekend, we’ve got something,” Stasia said. “Parades, trunk-or-treats, conventions — we call it Hauntober.”
The Ecto JK-1 is fully decked out all season long as they string together events across the state. Later in the season, the group will appear in Casella’s Lights Parade, followed by a special basket raffle fundraiser at Old Town Café and Comics on November 14th, from 3:00 p.m. to early evening.
A Sisterhood of Hope
When asked if she had any advice for others, Erin replies, “Don’t jump right into thinking the worst. I have to have chemo. I’m going to lose my hair. Every single person’s cancer story is different, and your diagnosis is what drives your treatment so never, ever put off having a check-up because you’re afraid. As the saying goes, ‘Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.’”