Randolph Hopes It Has Found Town Manager



Randolph Hopes It Has Found Town Manager The Randolph Selectboard voted Tuesday evening to offer the position of town manager to a Pennsylvania man who once was town manager at Milton. Contacted yesterday, Select Board Chair Jim Hutchinson said he had just made the call to Richard Schnaedter of Oaks, Pa. and that he sounded excited about the job. “We’re […]

DRB Puts Hold On Building at Rink



DRB Puts Hold On Building at Rink A proposal for a much-expanded indoor facility at the skating rink encountered a delay Tuesday evening at a Development Review Board (DRB) hearing. After hearing concerns from a neighbor, the DRB decided it wanted to include conditions before approving a site plan request. Zoning Administrator Mardee Sanchez is drawing up a draft of […]

‘Getaway’ Story: Rubber Checks Partial Payments, Unpaid Rent



‘Getaway’ Story: Rubber Checks Partial Payments, Unpaid Rent The 10 former employees of Getaway Marketing, LLC, are still waiting for the remainder of the money owed them when the company abruptly closed down at the end of last month. It looks like they may have a long wait. Getaway operated on North Main Street in Rochester from March-Sept. of this […]

It Was a Fine Foliage Season For Most Area Inns & B & Bs



It Was a Fine Foliage Season For Most Area Inns & B & Bs Perfect weather and peak foliage combined to make this year’s Columbus Day weekend a busy one for most inns and B & Bs in the area. Below are reports from a few of those in the Herald’s coverage area. Randolph •Sweetserenity B & B: Innkeepers Don […]

Douglas Puts His Mark On A-250 Commission



Douglas Puts His Mark On A-250 Commission A new administration in Montpelier has meant big changes for the District 3 Environmental Commission, which rules on Act 250 applications for a big area from the White River Valley down to Springfield. Members of the three-member commissions are appointed by the governor for two-year terms, and governors are also able to appoint […]

Gothic Reading List Recommended for Halloween



Gothic Reading List Recommended for Halloween Ready for Halloween? An assistant professor at Vermont Technical College can help put you in the appropriate mood—and leave you with your hair standing on end. Mary Findley is your perfect Halloween professor. Her academic specialty is gothic literature and its impact on popular culture. Gothic literature, she explains, is a style of fiction […]

Schools & Cops: RUHS Debates



Schools & Cops: RUHS Debates Randolph Union High School board members took up several topics more related to law enforcement than education at their Oct. 8 meeting. (There were plenty of educational issues, too—see other RUHS board article.) A recommendation that criminal background checks be done for all school volunteers—including senior project mentors—was discussed, as well as a heads-up from […]

Green Mountain Forest Faces Important Issues



Green Mountain Forest Faces Important Issues The Green Mountain National Forest rises as a lurking backdrop against which the towns of Rochester, Hancock and Granville go about their daily business. So perhaps it’s no surprise that the three towns have shown great interest in the citizen meetings that have been held all year on drawing up a new plan for […]

100 Dictionaries

Donated by Grange

100 Dictionaries Donated by Grange Big smiles were in evidence at Randolph Elementary School last week, when the Randolph Community Service Grange distributed dictionaries to every third and fourth grader at the school. Grange Master Ken Brown, also a school custodian, is surrounded by students, clearly delighted with their surprise gifts. The volumes include bonus data such as biographies of […]

Chittenden Donates $5000,

Air Conditioning Fund at $60K

Chittenden Donates $5000, Air Conditioning Fund at $60K Chittenden Bank last week joined a list of businesses hoping to make Chandler Music Hall audiences more comfortable during summer performances. The bank, which has a branch on Pleasant Street, made a donation of $5000 from its Community Fund to Chandler’s air conditioning project, which has a goal of $100,000. Branch Manager […]