May 16, 2013 RSS feed / Front Page

SoRo Level-Funds Schools

Budget Is Cut By $137,000

South Royalton voters turned out in large numbers Monday and chopped $137,000 from the school budget that had been approved in March. It was the first time that the school budget had been levelfunded for at least 10 years. More...

Fundraisers Bring in Dough for Food Shelf

Walk-a-thon And Postal Carriers Rally to the Cause

I t’s been an exciting spring for the Randolph Area Food Shelf. On April 27, the third annual “Sufficient Food for All” walk, run, and cycle raised an astounding $33,590. More...

Former Stock Farm Skiers Turn Successful Farmers

Bob and Kim Gray began their lives focused on the frosty world of winter and snow. More...

Special Sections

People

HOW GREEN WAS OUR VALLEY

HOW GREEN WAS OUR VALLEY | Imagine planting more than 100 trees in a few hours! On Thursday, May 2, Mrs. Scott’s and Mrs. More...

Card of Thanks

I want to thank all the firefighters, neighbors, friends, and relatives for their help and acts of kindness during and since my fire. Sincerely,Gair White* More...

Strafford Selex Discuss Roads, Sidewalks, and Town House

Town House access, road reconstruction, and sidewalks were concerns brought to the Strafford Selectboard meeting on Wednesday May 8. More...

Arts

‘Jazz on the Town’ Will Feature WUHS Jazz Bands, Local Talent

The Pentangle Arts Council, together with Woodstock Union Middle and High School, will host “Jazz on the Town,” a concert event featuring several student ensembles alongside some of the Upper Valley’s top professional jazz talents, More...

The Americana Band ‘Yarn’ In Tunbridge Friday Night

If you haven’t heard of the band “Yarn” yet, there’s a good chance you will in the near future, as they continue to grow in popularity. More...

Montshire Museum of Science Will Host ‘Playing with Time’

It’s everybody’s dream—to be able to control the clock. More...

Obituaries - Free Access

E. Gwenda Smith

Strafford—As dawn was breaking on Friday, May 10, 2013, longtime Strafford resident Elinor Gwenda (Jones) Smith passed away peacefully at the Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center after a brief period of ill health. More...

Leland F. Flint

Randolph— Leland Francis Flint, 92, of Randolph, died early Monday morning, May 13, 2013 at Menig Extended Care Facility. More...

Irene Graziano

Shelburne— Irene P. Graziano, 85, formerly of Bethel, died Saturday night, May 11, 2013 at Burlington Health & Rehabilitation Center. She was born July 20, 1927 in Bethel, the daughter of Frank and Ethel (Edmunds) Pease. More...

GW Plastics Named Finalist For Top Award

GW Plastics of Bethel has been selected one of the three finalists of the Deane C. Davis Outstanding Business of the Year Award, which is presented annually by Vermont Business Magazine and the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. More...

Legislature Adjourns

‘Social Issues’ Top Budgetary Ones

The Vermont Legislature adjourned Tuesday night after Gov. Peter Shumlin beat back a last-ditch effort by Democratic leaders of both House and Senate to change the tax code. More...

Stockbridge Confusion Leaves Budget Unsettled

Stockbridge school directors plan to return to voters with a revised budget in June, following a confusing budget vote at last Thursday’s annual school meeting. More...

Big Screen Glows Again

Randall Drive-In Has New Management

Drivers on Route 12 between Randolph and Bethel this spring likely were convinced that the days of the historic Randall Drive-In Theater had come to an end. More...

Braintree Rallies for Town Hall

A small but committed group of Braintree residents has been working overtime for the last month in preparation for a fundraising bash on Saturday and Sunday, May 25- 26, to fund continuing repairs at the historic Braintree Town Hall on Route 12A. More...

Many Hands Went into Formulating the State’s Symbols

Hardly anyone noticed when the solid red cow on Vermont’s Coat of Arms evolved over the years into a shaded red cow, then into a cow with spots. But finally last year, someone noticed that one of the spots was unmistakably a pig. More...

Communities

Weatherwise

The following observations were taken in Randolph Center during the week of … More...

Women Arrested Following Report of Vershire Assault

State police have arrested two Hartford women, following inves­tigation into an April 24 assault at a Vershire residence on Parker Road. At 5:43 p.m. More...

Tulloch Lawyers Ask for New Sentencing

Lawyers for Robert Tulloch, who pleaded guilty in 2002 to the murders of Dartmouth Professors Half and Suzann Zantop, believe that a new ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court requires a new sentencing hearing for Tulloch. More...

Opinion

Montpelier Endgame

A legislative session that began with lofty visions of new programs and new taxes to pay for them ended this week in a standoff between Gov. More...

Navigating Life Can Be Hard

When is it that we stop blaming our childhood for the actions we make as adults? I grew up in an abusive home, but until I reached adulthood I had no idea my childhood was any different than anyone else’s. More...

Biodigester May Heat the Earth

“This country wastes enough wood and paper every year to heat 20 million homes for 50 years.” That’s the message I saw on school milk cartons about 14 years ago. More...

Sports

DIVE

DIVE | #20 Brian Schumann dives back to first in the Whitcomb vs. SoRo matchup Tuesday in Bethel. SoRo came away with the 20-0 win. (Herald / Joyce Hunt) More...

Coach’s Take

The Music is the Motivation

It is an evitable truth that the way to motivate our young ath­letes is changing. With our ever-evolving society, the speeches, actions and beliefs that may have worked 15 years ago, are less likely to work today. More...

RUHS Track and Field: New Heights and Speed

The Galloping Ghosts were at South Royalton’s first Jump and Throw meet on Tuesday. Hunter Goodenough placed top five in both the discus and shot put. Katie Chamberlain placed high in the shot put. More...

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