BRIDGEWATER — Bridgewater-Hebron Village School will be one of the last recognized as a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, an honor that traditionally includes a recognition ceremony at the White House. The Trump administration has ordered an end to the program, “in the spirit of returning education to the states,” so instead there will be a event at the Manchester Country Club on Tuesday, Dec. 2.

Principal Tonia Orlando told the Pasquaney School Board it was an extremely prestigious award that also went to Bedford Elementary School and a school in Lebanon. “To think that we are in keeping with some of the best in the state is really remarkable,” she said.

Orlando had another big announcement at the board’s Nov. 19 meeting: U.S. News & World Report ranked the Bridgew

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