Richard Ewald, planning and development director for the Connecticut River Watershed Council, relays the history of Bellows Falls and the Connecticut River Valley.

A defeated bond vote on improvements to the Bellows Falls Middle School has been scheduled for a recount. The $10.5 million project went down by only three votes on Town Meeting Day.

This weekend marks the eleventh annual Roots on the River Festival in Bellows Falls. The four-day music marathon features country, rock, folk music and blues -- and celebrates the raw, down-home sound of original singer songwriters.

The town of Rockingham and the village of Bellows Falls have tabled a plan to merge. The two boards held a special meeting on Tuesday to vote on the merger and plan for a Town Meeting Day vote on the proposal.

Officials in Rockingham and its village of Bellows Falls have agreed to bring a long-debated merger to a vote on town meeting day. In order to move the merger forward, they've left a few sticking points to be settled, if the two entities become one.

Affordable housing projects in Springfield, Johnson and Bellows Falls will be getting big boosts thanks to nearly $6 million in grants.