Back from Finland, TSA Class Working on Sustainability Goals
By Tim Calabro
Last week, a group of students from The Sharon Academy (TSA) got back to Vermont, having spent a week in...
Petition Seeks WRUD Revote
By Darren Marcy
Petitions are out in Royalton and Bethel calling for a revote on the $14 million White River Unified District budget,...
Keeping The Herald KickingFree Access
As longtime readers will remember from past publishers’ notes, times are tough for newspapers all over the nation and, increasingly,...
New Williamstown United Church Rises Alongside Ashes Left by 2021 Fire
By Natalie Bankmann
On April 26, 2021, Alvin Avery watched as the church his family attended since 1953 burned to the ground, flames...
PoemTown Events Planned in Randolph
April is National Poetry month and Randolph is gearing up for its 11th annual celebration of this form of the...
Randolph’s Kimball Public Library Awarded $50,000 Revitalization Grant
March 28, 2024
The Preservation Trust of Vermont has announced a Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization grant of $50,000 to the Kimball Public Library in Randolph for the restoration of the domed cupola. Constructed...
Coming Soon: Total Eclipse of the Sun
By Michael J. Caduto | March 28, 2024
In the cosmic dance of heavenly bodies, no phenomenon possesses the drama of a solar eclipse, when the moon passes directly between the sun and earth. In the path of...
Vershire Selectboard Holds Lengthy Meeting
March 28, 2024
The Vershire Selectboard met Tuesday, March 12 at the Vershire Town Center Building. The meeting was called to order at 7:01 p.m. Justin Willeau, president of the Board of Vershare,...
Granville Resident Opened New Real Estate Brokerage
March 28, 2024
Vermont Backcountry Real Estate is a full-service real estate brokerage located in the Upper White River Valley of central Vermont, founded by William Brokhof of Granville this year, after 25...
Rochester Selectboard Hears About Meadow Hawk Lane
March 28, 2024
By Martha Slater The Rochester Selectboard met Monday evening, March 25 at the town office and via Zoom. Minutes from the March 1 special selectboard meeting, March 11 regular selectboard...
Local Births
March 28, 2024
Friday, Feb. 16: A son, Chad, was born to Ashley and Chad Russell of Brookfield. Friday, Feb. 23: A son,...
Gear Up For Spring
March 28, 2024
Spring sports are underway in the state of Vermont. You can tell because the biggest snow storm of the year has arrived. RUHS catchers Jessney Benjamin, Harmony Bradshaw, and Aulia...
Barabe Finds Pot of Gold at Valley Bowl
By Jim Comette | March 21, 2024
James Barabe followed the rainbow from his home in Berkshire, Vt. on Sunday, March 17, and ended up at Valley Bowl, in Randolph. The 32 year old right-handed bowler made...
Maple Tradition
March 28, 2024
The world can be a terrible, cruel place but there’s a lot around us that demonstrates how wonderful it can be as well. Take, for example, sugaring season. It was...
Concerned By Increase in Crime
March 28, 2024
I read with dismay the front-page article in the February 22 edition of The Herald regarding the serious accident involving two women who had just dropped off their children at...
Speaking Up For Telephone Gap
March 28, 2024
The U.S. Forest Service has released its latest plans to log nearly 12,000 acres of Vermont’s Green Mountain National Forest (GMNF) northeast of Rutland. This plan would devastate an area...