Champy Resigns Position

Town Manager and Selectboard Agree To Part Ways

The Randolph Selectboard and Town Manager Gary Champy signed a “Separation Agreement” last week that results in Champy’s res­ignation, effective this Friday, Jan. 6. The agreement was approved at a special board meeting last Thursday; Champy and Board Chair Frank Reed signed the document the next day, end­ing a 40-month tenure that began in September of 2008. The vote to […]

Fake Kidnapping Targets Grandma

Granddaughter Pleads ‘Innocent’

A Sharon teenager helped fake her own kidnapping late Monday afternoon in order to get her grandmother to pay ran­som money, according to police. Police said the teen staged the whole thing because a drug dealer in Randolph was threatening to kill her later that evening if she didn’t come up with money to cover a drug debt. Megan Swanson, […]

New Year’s Day Blaze Destroys Barn

Farm Animals Killed, Neighbors Pitch In To Help Family Recover

A barn fire fueled by 2000 bales of dry hay quickly consumed a Randolph Center barn early Sunday morning, killing sev­eral dozen farm animals inside. Joel Parmelee said Tuesday that the fire at his family’s Ski Tow Road farm was likely started by a heat lamp used to warm a new litter of piglets. Killed in the blaze were three […]

Inside Schütz’s State House

Curator To Publish Personal History of Vermont Capitol

Vermont’s characters and innovators, its unique ideas and quirky places, will be fea­tured in a new weekly column by three jour­nalists who together have nearly a century of experience covering the state. In This State’s writers are Andrew Nemethy, Bryan Pfeiffer and Dirk Van Susteren. The three formerly worked as report­ers and editors for The Times Argus and Rutland Herald […]

Randolph Area Food Shelf Gets USDA Shipment



The Randolph Area Food Shelf has received 82 cases of food from the USDA to benefit anyone who is in need due to the disaster caused by Tropical Storm Irene. All of this food is required to be handed out by February 29, accord­ing to Pauline Garner. Anyone inter­ested will need to fill out a simple “Self-Declar­ation of Eligibility” form […]

Rental Property Scam Surfaces in Vermont



State police from the Rutland barracks this week warned the public of a rental property scam that recently occurred in Killing­ton, and has been reported else­where in the state. Det. Sgt. Albert Abdelnour re­ported that two Massachusetts women indepently located a rental property in Killington on Craigslist. The prospective renters contacted the alleged owners by email and phone. One paid […]

Local Births



Saturday, Dec. 24: A son, Em­mett James, was born to Dana (Po­lakowski) and Jedediah Hock of Montpelier. Tuesday, Dec. 27: A son, James M., was born to Kellie (Adams) and Jimmy Fernander Jr. of Hartford.

Bethel Teen Is Legislative Page



Custom-fitted green blazer: check. Necktie: check. White shirt: check. Black slacks and shoes: check. Hardly typical garb for a Vermont teenager, but when you’ve been select- ed to serve as a page for the Vermont Legislature, you’d better look the part. Meet Elijah Ransom of Bethel, a Whitcomb Junior High School eighth- grader who will help keep the wheels of […]

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Bethel Historical Society Events



The annual meeting of the Beth- el Historical Society will be held on Sunday, Jan. 15 at 2 p.m. at the Bethel Town Hall. After the business meeting and election of officers, the guest speak- er will be Mark Hudson, executive director of the Vermont Historical Society. He has had a distinguished career as an historical society ad- ministrator in […]