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May 15, 2008
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Pre-Schoolers Get
First Train Ride
As the end of the "school" year approached for one group of Randolph pre-schoolers, their teachers gave them a treat that some of their parents had never experienced. More...
Judge Boardman
Is Suspended
For Six Months
By M. D. Drysdale

The Vermont Judicial Conduct Board issued a six-month suspension and a stinging rebuke this week to Windsor Co. Assistant Judge William Boardman, accusing him of serious ethical lapses in administering county assets. More...

Judicial Conduct Board
‘Findings of Fact’
Re: Judge Boardman

Below is the text of "Findings of Fact" that were part of the order issued by the Vermont Judicial Conduct Board this week in the case of Windsor County Assistant Judge William Boardman. More...

Quarry Gets a Permit
Loaded with Conditions
By Sandy Vondrasek

The Randolph Development Review Board last week voted 5-1 to approve a 17-acre ledge extraction quarry on Randolph Center’s Ridge Road, but the conditions imposed by the DRB add up to "a significant impact of the operational feasibility of the quarry," the project engineer said yesterday. More...


Exit 4 Zoning Proposal
Moves To Selectboard
By M. D. Drysdale
You could forgive the Randolph selectmen for being a little stunned Tuesday night, as they were briefed by the planning commission on the details of the proposed new zoning at Exit 4.

For most of the five selectmen, Exit 4 zoning was a familiar concept, but nothing more. They soon discovered, however, what a complicated document it is—and how important it is considered to be by the planning commission and the landowners in the area. More...


Challenge
To Gym Vote
Thrown Out
Of Court
By M. D. Drysdale

A Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the Royalton School District, leaving intact the vote last Sept. 11 that authorized bonding for $3.9 million to build a new gymnasium at the school. More...


Energy from
Local Wood

And Grasses? More...


 Community News
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New Toastmasters Club Helps
Members Project Confidence
Public speaking is alive and well in the White River Valley area thanks to an organization known as Toastmasters. More...
•Local Women Walk ‘For the Cure’
•Farmers Market Opens May 17
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 Arts & Entertainment
•Chandler Gallery
Imagines the Future’
The Chandler Gallery in Randolph will celebrate the works of three local artists, all with great vision, for a joint exhibit entitled "Imagining the Future." More...
•‘The Logger’ Coming to Rochester
•Sounding Joy! To Sing
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 Sports
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Bethel Ladies Upset Rochester
The Lady Hornets traveled over the mountain to Rochester and faced the Rockettes for the second time this season and walked off the field victorious with an 8-6 upset win over their hosts. More...
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Big Improvement For Bethel Boys
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RUHS Softball Team Wins 3 More
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 Calendar
•Exhibits Calendar
Thursday, May 15-Sunday, May 25
Calendar submissions should arrive at least one week in advance of the intended publication date. Mail entries to The Herald of Randolph, P.O. Box 309, Randolph, VT, 05060; or fax them to 728-9275 or to news@ourherald.com. More...
•Happenings Calendar
Thursday, May 15-Sunday, May 25
•Movies Calendar
Thursday, May 15-Sunday, May 25
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 Obituaries
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Irene L. Cady
NORTHFIELD — Irene L. Cady, 97, formerly of Randolph, died Friday, May 9, 2008 at Mayo HealthCare in Northfield, where she had lived for the past five and a half years. More...
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Charlotte Daniel
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Palmira Cassidy
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 People
•Gaye Symington:
Sunday a Mom,
Monday a Candidate
Gaye Symington, who on Monday confirmed she is running to the bhe Democratic candidate for governor, showed a more personal side at the Mother’s Day celebration in Strafford. More...
•Bethel’s Hillary Mullins Wins
Universalist Sermon Award
•Patrick’s Place Coordinates Fundraising for Walk Team
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 Letters
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Put Parents
In the Schools
Rochester school during class time has no parent input, to help children learn. The reason is because most of the parents are out working, trying to keep up with high school taxes. More...
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Sheriff As Good
As His Word
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Symington Is
No Leader
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 Columns
•Terry Marotta:
On Becoming a Columnist
Last Tuesday a seventh grader named Danielle wrote to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists with some questions about our work. More...
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 Editorials
•Who Needs This?
The 2008 legislative session in Montpelier concluded with handshakes and a show of good feeling, but it took just four days for those hands to start slinging mud. More...
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