Bethel Mtn. Road: ‘Too Nice’?



Bethel Mtn. Road: ‘Too Nice’? Now, apparently, the Bethel Mountain Road is too nice. On Wednesday, Oct. 2, the Rochester Selectboard came to Bethel for a joint meeting with the Bethel Selectboard to discuss the rehabilitated Camp Brook Road, also known on the Rochester side as Bethel Mountain Road. The road connects both towns and serves as a local throughway […]

Baptists To Build New Church



Baptists To Build New Church The first spadeful of sod was turned over on Sunday as the congregation of the Baptist Fellowship of Randolph celebrated the formal beginning to the construction phase of their new worship center. “This is a very exciting time in the life of the church,” Pastor Jerry Smith said. “In the past six years the church […]

Foliage Tourists Get Lowdown From Linda



Foliage Tourists Get Lowdown From Linda A busload of tourists returned home after last week’s foliage tour loaded down with photographs of Linda Runnion of Brookfield. Not because Linda is assistant town clerk, or school board member, mind you, but because she lives in a house with a slanty window. Her momentary celebrity came also because she lives in the […]

White River Partnership Is International Model



White River Partnership Is International Model The White River Partnership, a non-profit sustainable development organization in our own backyard, is considered a role model of successful partnership by an international audience. October 4-8 the U.S. Department of State brought a group of international journalists to Vermont as part of a tour of successful sustainable development efforts in the U.S. They […]

Stubborn Fire in Simpson Farm Silo



Randolph Village and Center firefighters spent about 12 hours Saturday battling a stubborn, smoldering fire at the base of a 75-foot silo at the Simpson dairy farm on Peth Road in Braintree. Flames leaping from the silo briefly threatened a nearby barn at the Circle Saw Farm, but firemen spent most of the day struggling with the challenge of how […]

Political Signs Near the Road



Political Signs Near the Road Can State Remove Them? The state has no right to remove political signs that it thinks are in the right-of-way beside state roads, claims a lawsuit filed this week in federal district court by a Randolph man. Atty. Bernie Lewis, a candidate for Orange County probate judge, claims that the removal of signs, which is […]

The Sharon Academy Completes First Phase of New School



The first contingent of Sharon Academy students—36 juniors and seniors—moved into their new campus on a high field overlooking the White River after a jubilant ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday morning. The event, attended by the independent school’s 128 students, their parents, and teachers, capped an intensive, two-and-a-half years of planning, permitting and fundraising. Judy Moore, director and founder of the grades […]

Masons Show Off New Home

After decades of renting somebody else's building, the Bethel Masons have finally settled into a permanent home. 

Masons Show Off New Home After decades of renting somebody else’s building, the Bethel Masons have finally settled into a permanent home.  The Masonic Lodge held an open house Saturday afternoon in their new building on Route 107 over the town line in Royalton, across from Lucky’s Trailer Sales. About 70 people came by to see how the new quarters were […]

Madcap Teen Comedy To Raise Environmental Awareness



Madcap Teen Comedy To Raise Environmental Awareness "It’s the end of the world and we don’t feel fine!" so begins a ridiculously funny fifty-minute exploration of teen consumerism and how it affects waste production. "The End of the World Show," a production entirely developed and created by local high school students, has its world premiere at Montpelier’s Lost Nation Theater […]

Cultural Celebration At Camp Brook Farm



Cultural Celebration At Camp Brook Farm This Saturday, October 12, Bethel’s Camp Brook Farm again hosts a cultural celebration of music and art. The paintings of Beth Thayer of Craftsbury Common and Norm Christiansen of New York City will be on display and sale starting at 1 p.m., with an artists’ reception at 4:30 p.m. While Thayer’s ethereal landscapes echo […]