February 16, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

Court Ruling Could Have Wide Effect

A decision handed down last week by three Vermont Supreme Court justices, in their ruling on a bail review appeal for Alexander Stolte, is precedent-setting, ac­cording to Randolph attorney Kelly Green. More...

Home Invasion Leads to Jail For Jenkins

A Bethel man was sentenced to prison this past week in Windsor District Court for his part in a vio­lent home invasion in White River Junction. More...

Chancellor Talks About State Colleges Systemquarters

What’s the chancellor of the Ver­mont State Colleges doing in an of­fice in Randolph? The one-word answer is: “Irene.” More...

Communities

Students in After-School Program Learn About Search and Rescue

Many of the students in the ExCel after-school program at Roch­ester Elementary School were wiggling in their chairs with excitement Monday afternoon when Vermont State Troo­per Bob Giolito and his K-9 unit partner, a German Shepherd named Mitch, vis More...

Keeping Warm

By coincidence, two separate logging operations found themselves set up along Route 12A at the base of Braintree Hill Road in Randolph last week. More...

Missing Woman Found in Rochester

On Tuesday, Feb. 14, shortly af­ter 7 p.m., Vermont State Police responded to Great Hawk Road in Rochester to the report of a miss­ing 82-year-old female. More...

Arts

Leon Redbone at Chandler Feb. 25

Leon Redbone will brings his signature interpretations of ear­ly 20thcentury music, including jazz and blues standards and Tin Pan Alley classics, to Chandler Music Hall in Randolph, Saturday, Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m. More...

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MUSIC AND MOVEMENT Kathleen Dolan, ArtisTree’s Executive Director and certified “Music Together” instructor (pictured here with musical director Mark van Gulden) will teach a free m More...

World Percussion Concert at Hop Feb. 18

The percussion ensembles from Dartmouth and the Northfield Mount Hermon School will join forces Saturday, Feb. 18 for a concert that celebrates the music of East Asia—and the contributions of two student members of the ensemble. More...

Calendar

Thursday, Feb. 16

Vermont Communities in a Digi­tal Age. More...

Friday, Feb. 17

Winter Film Fest. Free showingof Woody Allen’s “Manhattan,” 7 p.m.,Rochester Public Library. Info: roches­tervtpubliclibrary.com.Open Mic Night. More...

Saturday, Feb. 18

Pottery Sampler Class. InstructorHeather DeLeone, 10 a.m.-noon, WhiteRiver Craft Center, Kimball House,Randolph Avenue, Randolph. Sign upat heather_ haag@hotmail.com or call802-274-2908.Artist Talk. More...

Mentors Make Books Come to Life

‘Everybody Wins’ In Reading Program

Stories of dinosaurs and but­terflies, talking pigs and literate mice. Elephants in bow ties. Child detectives. More...

New Bail Hearing

Stolte Wins Supreme Court Appeal

The Vermont Supreme Court last week ordered a new bail hearing for 21-year-old Alex­ander Stolte, who has been in jail almost two years awaiting trial for allegedly killing a one-year-old in his care, in Chelsea on March 17, 2010. More...

Spotlight on Drug Use

Breakfast Hears About Abuse of Prescriptions

The growing problem of pre­scription drug abuse—and its rippling impacts on com­munities, health care, and public safety—were among the topics discussed at Monday’s legislative breakfast at Gifford Medical Center. More...

VSC Board OKs 8% Tuition Hike Over Two Years

The board of trustees of the Ver­mont State Colleges (VSC) this month reluctantly approved a 4% rise in tuition for each of the next two years, but that will still mean cuts at all the colleges, including Vermont Tech, according to the man who heads More...

Field Hockey

Twins Danny and Sean Smith, 7, and their older brother Ryan Smith, 8, play hockey (without skates) on a frozen-over field in Royalton with their uncle, Father Brian O’Donnell, a Catholic priest More...

People

Whitcomb’s Seventh Graders Donate Flood Book Proceeds

Seventh-graders at Whitcomb Junior/ Senior High School presented $1,300 to the Town of Bethel on Monday, Feb. 13 to help victims of Hurricane Irene. More...

Pelletier To Serve On Panel in D.C.

Susan Pelletier of Stockbridge will serve on the first panel of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Re­search Institute (PCORI) in Wash­ington, D.C. on Tuesday, Feb. 21. More...

Engaged

Kevin J. and Deborah A. Murphy of Gloversville, N.Y. announce the engagement of their daughter, Cas­sandra Lee Murphy, to Adam Ken­neth Cloud, the son of Delbert and Marion Cloud of Randolph. More...

Opinion

Understanding Your Farm Animals

Interview with Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin, noted author of “Animals in Translation,” agreed to do an interview with The Her­ald after a recent visit to Vermont to speak at the Vermont Grazing & Livestock Conference. More...

Surprise, it’s About the Money

talking tech

Over the last few weeks I’ve received lots of questions about Google’s new privacy policy. Some are quite concerned that Google is tracking them in new, nefarious ways. More...

Letters to the Editor

Negative Attitude Is Unhelpful This is in response to the letter to the editor in the Herald of Feb. 2 by William Kevan. More...

Sports

Bowling Strikes Big At Local Schools

Many Vermont Schools are working towards bowling as a varsity sport. Vermont is one of three states with­out bowling as a club or varsity sport. More...

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RAPTORS BEST PHOENIX | Sharon’s #3 Abby Hurwitz starts her drive to the basket past her Rivendell defender on Friday night in Sharon. More...

M&M Monday Night Pool

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Obituaries - Free Access

Duane O. Rogers

Randolph Center, VT Duane O. Rogers, 93, of Randolph Center, died Tuesday afternoon, February 14, 2012 at his home. More...

Edith Barcomb

East Bridgewater, Mass.— Edith Barcomb, 96, of East Bridge­­water, Mass,, and formerly of Randolph, Vt., died Sunday morning, Feb. 12, 2012 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton, Mass. More...

Donna Mae French

Williston—Donna Mae French, 64, of Falcon Manor in Williston, Vt., died February 7, 2012 at Fletcher Allen in Burlington. Donna graduated from Braintree Randolph Union High School and from Trinity College in Burlington, Vt. More...

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