ANR Fines Randolph For Landfill Violations



ANR Fines Randolph For Landfill Violations The state Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) has fined the town of Randolph $4500 for two violations at the landfill. The Selectboard, meeting Monday, decided not to fight the fine, on the advice of Town Manager Rick Schnaedter and public works Supt. Joe Voci, who noted that the fine had already been reduced from […]

Area Community Broadband Project Is Grant Forerunner



The Eastern-Central Vermont Community Internet Project has been chosen as one of 13 contenders that will compete for one of four $50,000 grants for broadband implementation awarded by the state each year. Local business leaders and concerned citizens representing Chelsea, Tunbridge, Vershire, Royalton and Thetford decided several months ago to work together on a joint plan to bring much-needed high-speed […]

Mayo To Be Housed At Medical Facility



Mayo To Be Housed At Medical Facility Mayo To Be Housed At Medical Facility Cathy Mayo, 59, of Braintree, who was arrested Aug. 17 by the FBI after creating a disturbance on a trans-Atlantic flight, will be held indefinitely at a residential mental health facility run by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. At a hearing in a Boston-area federal court last week, […]

Wayside Farm, Building Barns



Wayside Farm, Building Barns By Bob Eddy Chester Abbot and Betsy Scheindel came to their farm the organic way; they grew up there. Chester’s grandfather, Hartwell Abbot, began dairying on the Ridge Road in Randolph Center in 1954. His son, Hartwell, Jr. (Brownie), continued dairy at the We Seven Farm. Chester was the next Abbot in the dairy line. Down […]

Bohnyak Wins Primary For Orange County Sheriff



Bohnyak Wins Primary For Orange County Sheriff By Sandy Cooch Bohnyak Wins Primary For Orange County Sheriff By Sandy Cooch Orange County voters handed a decisive victory to Bill Bohnyak of Randolph in primary voting Tuesday, in a three-way, Republican contest for county sheriff. Bohnyak, presently the chief deputy at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, received 1179 votes county-wide, more […]

By Just One Vote, Atkinson Wins Spot on Ballot



By Just One Vote, Atkinson Wins Spot on Ballot By M. D. Drysdale The big surprise at the Randolph polls in yesterday’s primary election was a gratifying one. More than twice as many people voted in this year’s primary as voted two years ago. Furthermore, they proved the old oft-questioned slogan that every vote counts. In the Republican primary, one […]

2006 Tunbridge World’s Fair Focuses on Families



2006 Tunbridge World’s Fair Focuses on Families For the 135th time, the Tunbridge World’s Fair opens its doors this morning to throngs that will eventually number about 50,000 by the time the Fair closes Sunday afternoon. You’ll see a lot of your neighbors there—but you see thousands of others also. Long an Orange County secret, the World’s Fair has been […]

Chelsea Remembers 9/11



Chelsea Remembers 9/11 By Emily Marshia Have you ever seen an old man, naked, crying?" asked Dr. Brewster Martin on the evening of Monday, Sept. 11, 2006 on the sun-soaked, but chilly north common in Chelsea, as he described his reaction to learning the unfathomable events of September 11, 2001. Martin shared his "Where Were You?" vignette with a shaky […]

2nd Hearing Scheduled On Crabapple Tree



2nd Hearing Scheduled On Crabapple Tree The Randolph selectboard will hold a second public hearing on the fate of the crabapple tree in front of the Municipal Building. The board has set the hearing for 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at the regular board meeting room at the Randolph Technical Career Center (RTCC). The hearing is on whether the […]

Bull Takes a Tour Of Broad Brook



Bull Takes a Tour Of Broad Brook A bull was delivered to John Leavitt’s farm on Monday late afternoon for breeding purposes. Early Tuesday morning, Bushrod Powers called and said the bull was down by his driveway. Tina, John, and Pete Cole went on the chase which ended way up beyond the Power’s cemetery. The bull was turned and headed […]