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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,...

By RAY COUTURE

ORFORD — Ryleigh Butler, salutatorian of Rivendell Academy’s 2023 graduating class, stepped to the podium for her address to her fellow graduates Saturday morning inside the school gymnasium and told them they were cars.“You are a car and the road you...

ORFORD — Voters at the floor meeting of the Rivendell Interstate School District on Tuesday evening approved a budget of $14.7 million in a paper ballot vote, 134-111, according to acting School Clerk Brenda Gray.Voters, from Fairlee, Orford, Vershire...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

ORFORD — For 168 years, the Orford Congregational Church has ministered to the needs of the community.Now the Orford community is being asked to minister to the needs of the church.Voters at Town Meeting on Tuesday approved — excluding a solitary...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

ORFORD — The historic Orford Congregational Church on Main Street, built in 1855, has served generations of residents for traditional church services such as weekly worship, weddings, baptisms and memorial services as well as being a place for...

Article of note: A petitioned article asks whether voters will direct the Selectboard to consider purchasing the Orford Congregational Church building on Main Street at an amount to be determined by both parties.Contested races: There are no contested...

Contested races: Two candidates are running for a three-year term representing Orford on the School Board: David W. Ricker and Charles Smith Jr.Budgets and spending articles: The proposed budget is $14.7 million, up from the $13.3 million budget...

By STEVE TAYLOR

He ran for president once, lost three primary bids for New Hampshire governor and was defeated twice in gubernatorial general elections. But, no matter, Orford’s Meldrim Thomson Jr. was elected to be the Granite State’s chief executive three times,...

State Rep. Jeffrey Greeson, R-Wentworth has held onto the Grafton 6 district seat, fending off a challenge from Orford Democrate Craig Tomlinson.Greeson won by large margins in Wentworth and Rumney (307-184 and 462-308, respectively), offsetting a...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

New Hampshire state Rep. Jeffrey Greeson, R-Wentworth, won one of the Upper Valley’s closest races in 2020, beating his Democratic opponent by less than two percentage points. But the landscape has changed since then.If the Republican is going to win...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

HAVERHILL — Nearly a week after the primaries, Republican candidate Glenn Libby, of Haverhill, was officially declared the winner of the Republican primary election for Grafton County Commissioner in District 2, defeating former Haverhill Selectboard...

By ROSE TERAMI

ORFORD — Reflecting on the past and picking an original theme to memorialize an entire group of young scholars is no easy task.Rivendell Academy’s Class of 2022, who graduated on Saturday morning under a tent shading around 200 guests from the sun,...

By ROSE TERAMI

In the wake of Town Meeting season, several Upper Valley communities — including Bethel, Royalton, Strafford, Bridgewater and the Rivendell district towns — find themselves with vacant seats on school boards. For some schools, this is not an unusual...

ORFORD — Voters in the towns of Fairlee, Orford and West Fairlee passed all articles on the Rivendell Interstate School District warrant.The $13.32 million budget was passed by a vote of 368 to 261. Additionally, voters approved $120,000 to repair the...

By Tris Wykes

Bob Thatcher’s first two pitches to his eldest son, Michael, were fastballs for strikes. The Rivendell Academy baseball team was scrimmaging on a spring day in 2001 and the assistant coach was feeling feisty and demonstrating why he’d once been a...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

ORFORD — Two residents are being hailed for their decisive and calm interdiction with a teen they saw dressed in camouflage and carrying a firearm while walking toward Rivendell Academy on Tuesday.John Dunham, a volunteer firefighter, and excavator...

ORFORD — P. Chase Kling won a contested race against Jennifer Carter to serve a three-year term on the Selectboard in a 70-65 vote. In a voice vote, residents approved the creation of an Orford Town Road Committee. Five residents with relevant...

OrfordArticle of note: Last year, debates over road maintenance and equipment dominated Orford’s in-person Town Meeting, and the 2022 warrant shows roads are still a hot topic. Voters will decide whether or not to raise $250,000 to reclaim and pave...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

ORFORD — Peter Martin was always up for an adventure — big or small, work or leisure.Martin found enjoyment in everything he did, whether on assignments as a journalist in foreign lands, driving through Europe in a Volkswagen with his family or just...