Did Brookfield Man



Did Brookfield Man Help Invent the Frisbee? Did Ames Poirier of Brookfield and his New Haven friends invent one of the world’s most popular toys? Yale University would say not. It has put forth the tale that in 1820, a Yale undergraduate named Elihu Frisbie grabbed a passing collection tray from the chapel and flung it out into the campus, […]

Chamber Hosts Speakers

For Legislative Breakfast

Chamber Hosts Speakers For Legislative Breakfast The Randolph Area Chamber of Commerce and co-sponsor Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission will present the first legislative breakfast of the season on Tuesday, Jan. 23,. at Gifford Medical Conference Center at 7:30 a.m. Members and guests will hear from a panel of speakers including Duane Marsh, Vermont Chamber President, Mike Tierney and Kathy Satterfield […]

Bethel Is Awarded $168,000 Sidewalks Grant from State



By Chris Costanzo Last week, Bethel town management learned that the Vermont Agency of Transportation has awarded the town a $168,000 transportation enhancement grant to upgrade North Main Street and Church Street to better accommodate pedestrians and bicycles. Such upgrade would include sidewalk and storm drainage repairs as well as accompanying scenic beautification.  The grant application dates back to last summer […]

First Black College Grad First Studied in Randolph


The first Afro-American to graduate from any American college prepared right here in Randolph Center at the Orange County Grammar School, and attended the Congregational Church. His name was Alexander Twilight, and he was born in Corinth on September 23, 1795, one of five children of William and Mary Twilight. The name must have indicated that he was not dark, […]

Gifford Announces Recipients Of Community Health Grants



Gifford Medical Center is investing $25,000 into the Randolph area through community health grants. In the late 1990s, Gifford committed to creating an endowment with 25 percent of every dollar raised in the Fund for Gifford campaign. As a result of this fund-raising effort, today Gifford is able to award $25,000 annually to community organizations supporting outreach initiatives designed to […]

Hospital Studies ‘Lean’ Principles For Efficiency



Hospital Studies ‘Lean’ Principles For Efficiency By M. D. Drysdale Like Harley-Davidson and Toyota, Gifford Medical Center is going lean, experimenting with the low-fat diet that has revoluntionized manufacturing over the last 10 years. Through a pilot program called the Vermont Lean Healthcare Transformation Project, the Randolph hospital hopes to learn and implement some of the “lean management” strategies that […]

Questions Raised after Fatal Accident in Granville



Questions Raised after Fatal Accident in Granville Questions Raised after Fatal Accident in Granville By Sandy Cooch A 33-year-old Granville man known to have chronic mental health problems was killed last Friday afternoon in a head-on accident that also injured a Rochester man. According to Cpl. Randy Broulliard, state police in Royalton, Herbert Bisson was southbound on Route 100, in […]

Overweight Children Are Problem Here, Too



Overweight Children Are Problem Here, Too By M. D. Drysdale Overweight and obese children may be a national problem, but not here in Vermont, where kids still ride their bikes, eat vegetables from the farmers’ market, and play outside, right? Wrong. In the first-ever study of weight characteristics of elementary school age children in Central Vermont, a researcher has found […]

Planned Parenthood Changes Service Model



Planned Parenthood Changes Service Model By Sandy Cooch Planned Parenthood Changes Service Model By Sandy Cooch This fall, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England switched to an "express" service model in the Central Vermont area, scaling back its services in Randolph to twice-monthly, while adding a once-a-month clinic at Vermont Law School in South Royalton. At these "Planned Parenthood Express" […]

Deli Guy Buys East B’field Store



Deli Guy Buys East B’field Store By Sandy Cooch By Sandy Cooch Stan Blaise loves his town of Brookfield, where he has worked and volunteered for about half of his life. And, so, it is not surprising that Blaise recently decided to take the plunge, and buy the East Brookfield Deli/Store. "My whole goal is to serve the community through […]