Area Apple Harvest May Be Smaller, But Fruit Quality Looks Good



Officials with the Vt. Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Markets recently stated that the total yield for the state’s 2002 apple crop is expected to be down about 15% overall. The good news is that the quality of the crop appears to be good and a smaller apple supply is likely to mean a better return for Vermont growers. "This […]

Logging Permitted Again in GMNF Endangered Indiana Bat Won’t Be Affected, Forest Officials Say



Logging Permitted Again in GMNF Endangered Indiana Bat Won’t Be Affected, Forest Officials Say A final decision to move forward with the Old Joe logging project in the Green Mountain National Forest was made recently by Rochester District Ranger Steve Kimball. The plan is to offer the timber for bid this fall and begin harvest operations in the winter. The […]

School BoardChairman Peter Nowlan Resignes



School BoardChairman Peter Nowlan Resignes Taking the rest of the board by surprise, Peter Nowlan resigned last week as chair of the Randolph Union High School Board, effective immediately. Nowlan has served on the RUHS board for 11 years, and his term for reëlection comes up in March. He had said previously that he did not expect to run for […]

Orange County Politics Face Off for November



Orange County Politics Face Off for November The November election line-up for Orange County races became a little clearer this week than at press-time last week. First, sheriff candidate Emile Fredette, who was defeated in the Republican primary last week by incumbent Sheriff Dennis McClure, decided to file for the November election as an Independent. He told The Herald this […]

Situation Called ‘Desperate’ Milk Prices Drop 30% for Year



Situation Called ‘Desperate’ Milk Prices Drop 30% for Year The consistent dramatic downslide of the price paid to dairy farmers for their milk is hurting the industry, community, state economy and taking advantage of the consumer. Subsidies in the new federal Farm Bill were supposed to make up the difference in price, but the price has dropped too much to […]

River Basin Plan

Stirs Up War
Over Gravel


River Basin Plan Stirs Up War Over Gravel One word immediately grabs the attention of community members in the upper reaches of the White River. “Gravel.” The main philosophy of the White River Basin Plan, open for public comment until Oct. 2, is that “the watershed be allowed to run its natural course, and any management of the river environment […]

Tunbridge Man Mourned, Victim of Goring by Elk



Tunbridge Man Mourned, Victim of Goring by Elk Marie and Bill Danforth of Tunbridge don’t want to keep returning the scene of their best friend’s awful death last week. But they do return each day to Herb Einwiller’s farm—to care for their former neighbor’s many animals. One of Einwiller’s beloved animals—a mature male elk named Mack—gored his owner to death […]

Woman Arrested in Four Arsons, Nine Others Still Probed



Woman Arrested in Four Arsons, Nine Others Still Probed Four first-degree arson charges were filed last Friday against a Williamstown woman who was first identified in mid-August as a suspect in a series of 13 camp torchings this past summer. At Windsor District Court, Cheryl Bador, 34, pleaded innocent to setting the fires that destroyed four Orange County seasonal residences. […]

Amtrak Hits Trailer Truck

At Dangerous Crossing

Amtrak Hits Trailer Truck At Dangerous Crossing After 16 months of back-and-forth negotiations with the state, the Sharon Selectboard last Tuesday formally agreed to a federally-funded plan to improve a dangerous rail crossing at a industrial park in town. The next day, Wednesday, Sept. 11, just after 7 p.m., a northbound Amtrak train, traveling about 50 mph, slammed into the […]

School Demolition Is Set for October



School Demolition Is Set for October Before the former Village school is torn down in October, there will be a “one-week window” for souvenir collectors, Town Manager Mel Adam said this week. The 1911 brick school building on Main Street is being demolished to make way for a modern office building, which will be the home of DuBois & King, […]