New Grader,
New Town Garage
Are Chelsea Topics
By Cornelia Cesari
     At the Chelsea Selectboard’s December 18 meeting, it was noted that Harry Flint and road foreman Rick Ackerman had purchased a new John Deere 672D grader in Springfield November 18.
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Local Company Gives Christmas
Gift to Victims of House Fire
By Martha Slater
     In response to a call from Waverly Carucci of Newport, N.H., First Choice Restoration owner Bill Holbrook of Randolph has donated his company’s services to a Newport family whose home was severely damaged by fire.
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Foundry Layoffs Extended
     A two-month layoff at the Vermont Castings Division of CFM Corporation, announced in October, has been extended until March 31.
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Roof Snow Cuts Loose;
     Butterfield Falls 15 Ft.
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Chicadees the Winners
At 1st Local Bird Count
     On Saturday, Dec. 15, the first Randolph Christmas Bird Count was conducted by 24 local birdwatchers. Below-zero temperatures at sunrise tended to reduce bird activity in the morning, but by the end of the day more than 1500 individual birds representing 30 species had been tallied.
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Midwest Ice Storms Causing
Road Salt Shortage in Vermont
     Randolph roads will see a little less salt on them in the foreseeable future, Randolph’s Public Works Supt. John Rotter advised this week.
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