Sentence Is Suspended In Shoot-and-Run Case



Sentence Is Suspended In Shoot-and-Run Case A Massachusetts man who confessed a year ago to shooting a Pomfret father and son during the 1997 hunting season pleaded guilty to two counts of simple assault in Windsor County District Court last week. As part of his sentence, Edward V. Hill, 59, of Longmeadow, Mass., was ordered to spend at least 25 […]

Mobile Acres Meeting To Discuss Ownership



Mobile Acres Meeting To Discuss Ownership Tenants of Mobile Acres in Braintree will meet tonight, Aug. 30, to consider whether they—or a designated non-profit housing organization—should make a purchase offer on the park. The state was notified on Aug. 20 that the 96-unit park, owned by the Mendl family under the corporate name of MAM LLC, was for sale for […]

Teachers Are Close to New Contract With Orange-Southwest School Boards



Teachers Are Close to New Contract With Orange-Southwest School Boards Eight months after negotiations first opened, teachers and board members in the Orange Southwest Supervisory Union announced this week that they have reached a tentative contract agreement. Brookfield, Braintree, and Randolph teachers, who gathered at Randolph Union High School Monday morning for a back-to-school meeting, were advised that a ratification […]

Stockbridge Permits ATVs On Sixteen Roads in Town



Stockbridge Permits ATVs On Sixteen Roads in Town All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) will be allowed on part or all of 16 Class III and Class IV roads in Stockbridge, the Selectboard decided in an Aug. 16 meeting. The board adopted traffic ordinances and regulations for the operation of ATVs at that time. The full ordinance can be found in the Legal […]

Zoning Hearing on Craft Center Proposal Hears Concerns of Neighbors



Zoning Hearing on Craft Center Proposal Hears Concerns of Neighbors White River Craft Center staff and board members hope to hear by tomorrow whether the Randolph Development Review Board (DRB) will approve their request to expand the center’s programs into the former Tranquility Nursing Home on Randolph Avenue. The craft center’s option to purchase the rambling, 114-year-old building from its […]

Supervisory Union Officials Defend Spending Decision



Supervisory Union Officials Defend Spending Decision Officials of the Windsor Northwest Supervisory Union (WNWSU) this week defended the decision to spend Medicaid reimbursements for union-wide programs, rather than sending the money back to the individual towns. The issue will be on the agenda of the Sept. 12 WNWSU board meeting. Bethel school board chair Greg Hughes unleashed a storm of […]

Rochester to Vote on School Addition



An Australian ballot vote on spending $1,185,258 for a proposed addition and renovations to Rochester Elementary School has been scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the town clerk’s office from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. The vote will be for the entire project cost. "We’re required by law to vote on the amount of the entire project," said Jean White, chairman of […]

Moral Support On the first day



Moral Support On the first day Little Kylie Peck brought along her favorite Minnie Mouse doll for her first day in first grade yesterday at the Brookfield elementary school. Kylie, the daughter of Sam and Karen Peck, is in Janet Poeton’s first grade class Most schools in the White River Valley opened for the 1992-92 school year on Wednesday. They’ll […]

40-50 VTC Volunteers Help ‘Green-Up’ Village



40-50 VTC Volunteers Help ‘Green-Up’ Village The Roadrunner softball team and the usual parade of tourists weren’t the only things in the streets of Randolph village on Saturday Aug. 25. As part of Vermont Technical College’s Orientation Program 2001, students were able to participate in the Community Service Project Day from 1-3 p.m., hosted by the Office for Community Service […]

Four New Teachers



Four New Teachers Approved by RUHS Bd. All teaching vacancies at Randolph Union High School were officially filled Aug. 15, when the RUHS board approved contracts for four teachers. The board approved the following positions, as recommended by Principal Duffy Miller: • Betsy French, Spanish and French; • Emily Brown, grade 7 science; • Josh Stumpf; band director; and • […]