31 Tons of Water Drained from Roof



31 Tons of Water Drained from Roof By Sandy Vondrasek Cooch By Sandy Vondrasek Cooch Two weeks ago, as a frigid snap gave way to warmer temperatures, maintenance workers at Randolph Union High School turned their attention to what has become an annual spring rite: Getting tens of thousands of pounds of melting snow off the RUHS roof before it […]

Dawn Butterfield Resigns Seat On Selex To Avoid Conflict



Dawn Butterfield Resigns Seat On Selex To Avoid Conflict By M. D. Drysdale Calling her two years of service on the Randolph Selectboard an “amazing privilege,” Dawn Butterfield nevertheless resigned her position Tuesday evening to avoid a perception of conflict of interest. Her husband, Peter Butterfield, last month began serving as town manager. Dawn Butterfield had earlier said she had […]

Mine Advisory Group Is Told That Water Quality Is Worse



Mine Advisory Group Is Told That Water Quality Is Worse By John Freitag Concerns over the logging at the Elizabeth Mine Site and deterioration of water quality in the West Branch of the Ompompanoosuc River dominated the discussion at a March 20 meeting of the Elizabeth Mine Advisory Group in South Strafford. This past winter in preparation for work this […]

Randolph High School Team Sweeps ‘Poetry Aloud’ Event



By M. D. Drysdale Randolph High School Team Sweeps ‘Poetry Aloud’ Event By M. D. Drysdale After two rounds of competition Tuesday evening in Randolph, the judges called a halt, so that they could put their heads together and so that the participants could rest up and relax before the final grueling round. Cheers rang out as each participant finished. […]

Assistance Pours In For SoRo Family



By Martha Slater Since an article about their situation appeared on the front page of last week’s Herald, Franklin and Vicki Irish of South Royalton say they’ve been “overwhelmed with phone calls from people who have said they wanted to help us.” Unable to work due to permanent disabilities, the couple is facing foreclosure proceedings on the home that’s been […]

Save Our School Comm.

Organizes at Meeting

Save Our School Comm. Organizes at Meeting By Martha Slater Enough signatures from registered voters have been collected on petitions circulated in the towns of Hancock and Granville to call for a special town meeting in each town to reconsider the vote taken on the school budgets on Town Meeting Day. The date for these meetings has not been set, […]

State Moratorium Could Torpedo $10M School Repair Project



State Moratorium Could Torpedo $10M School Repair Project By Sandy Vondrasek Cooch State Moratorium Could Torpedo $10M School Repair Project By Sandy Vondrasek Cooch As Randolph Union High School officials prepare for a vote later this spring on a $10-million school repair bond issue, they are keeping a wary eye on Montpelier, where legislators are lining up to support a […]

A Sap for Syrup



By Michelle Kennedy It took four of us to lift it into the truck. The evaporator. The spinning wheel that would turn the sap from my maple trees into gold. Or rather, amber. Pure Vermont amber-colored maple syrup. It looked rather benign on the showroom floor, but it was, in reality, a beast of black metal and bolts, and now […]

Sugaring is a Family Affair For Rochester Partners



Sugaring is a Family Affair For Rochester Partners By Martha Slater Two Rochester families, the Paquettes and the McKinleys, and their friend, Walt Wells, formed a partnership four years ago that has become an eagerly-awaited spring tradition for all concerned. Walt and his partners, Tom and Terry Paquette and Dan and Peggy McKinley, the Paquette kids, Sarah (now a freshman […]

Sharon Academy Participating In ‘Operation Day’s Work’



Sharon Academy Participating In ‘Operation Day’s Work’ Sharon Academy Participating In ‘Operation Day’s Work’ Operation Day’s Work (ODW) is up and running at The Sharon Academy (TSA). A student-run organization which raises money to educate underprivileged youth in a country of one’s choice, ODW is doing so by sending American youth to work for a day within their communities. Last […]