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Community News August 23, 2007
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Chamber Taps Moore
As Interim Director

By M. D. Drysdale
     The woman who founded and charted a course for The Sharon Academy for 10 years is now being asked to chart a course for the Randolph Chamber of Commerce.
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Another ‘Dollar Store’
Proposed for Randolph

By Sandy Vondrasek Cooch
     The developer and engineer for a proposed new 9000-square-foot "dollar store" on Route 12 in Randolph were questioned by the Randolph Development Review Board Tuesday night for close to 90 minutes before the DRB closed the hearing to deliberate on the application.
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State, FEMA Officials Assist Towns
By Sandy Vondrasek Cooch
     A Tuesday morning meeting at Bethel’s White Church drew dozens of officials from area towns eager to learn about steps they need to take to procure state and federal aid to fix roads and bridges damaged by the heavy rains of July 9-11.
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Coburn’s Store Turns 30!
By John Freitag
     Coburn’s General Store is the heart of Strafford. It is not only the commercial center, with a store, bank, and post office, all within its walls, but also the place where people catch up on what is going on.
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Town Ends Year
With Surplus

     Randolph’s fiscal year ended on June 30 with big surplusses in all the town’s accounts, the selectboad was told Monday evening.
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‘Solar Roller’ Urges Citizens
To Reject Nuclear Energy

By Sara Nelson
     "Solar Roller" David Detmold rolled into Randolph Tuesday evening as part of a statewide bicycle tour to encourage Vermonters to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant and transition to safer sources of energy.
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Irish Firemen Receive Gifts
     Irish Firemen Receive Gifts From Strafford Fire Dept. On a recent family trip to Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland, Kiersten Thorp Harlow and her grandmother Peggy Sullivan Thorp joined the Dingle Volunteer Fire Department on their Wednesday evening drill.
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Second ‘Last Mile’ Motorcycle Ride
Saturday, Aug. 25 in Randolph
     When the second annual Last Mile motorcycle ride revs into Randolph Saturday, Aug. 25, three riders will have come all the way from Maryland to support the event, which benefits Gifford Medical Center's end-of-life care program.
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