Breaking Ground



Act 250 Weighs Ag. Land vs. ‘Smart Growth’

Crucial For Gifford’s Plan

The difficult question of whether Gifford Medical Center should be permitted to build a 165-bed/unit senior living community on 25 acres of “primary agricultural soils” in Ran­dolph Center was put under a microscope Tuesday morning at an Act 250 hearing at the Randolph Town Hall. Tuesday’s 2.5-hour hearing featured a nuanced and sometimes highly technical discussion of the tensions between the […]

An Epic Event



VLS Celebrates Weekend of Events

Legal Clinic Opens Its Doors, 37th Class To Graduate Saturday

Vermont Law School will mark its 37th annual com­mencement weekend May 18-19 with a talk by the head of the world’s leading conservation group and the open­ing of a new legal clinics building to benefit needy fami­lies and the environment. VLS will officially open the Center for Legal Services at 11:30 a.m., Friday, May 18 with a ribbon-cutting cer­emony that […]

Another Dollar Store Is Denied

Environmental Comm. Rejects Dollar General

On May 11, the District #3 En­vironmental Commission rejected the Dollar General store’s application to construct a re­tail store on a tract of land located on Route 107 just west/northwest of the I-89 Exit 3 interchange. The DEC concluded that the proj­ect would not have an adverse ef­fect on scenic or natural beauty or create “unreasonable” congestion or unsafe traffic […]

RUHS Class’s Buen Viaje

In a School First, 17 Students Spend Week Touring Spain

Driving into the hustle and bustle of Madrid after spending over eight hours airborne was a shocking experi­ence, coming from the small town of Randolph. With more than six million people inhabiting the city and its suburbs, Madrid felt like New York and Bos­ton on steroids. Being an old city, first settled around the 9th century, the roads and buildings […]

Rochester Journalist’s Plea to Seniors



The following was first print­ed in The Herald on June 13, 1985. In his first five years of news­paper writing, Tom Hill, who then lived in Rochester, found he had reported four times on the death of a high school se­nior who mixed driving and drinking during the graduation week celebra­tions. He asked for a chance to address Rochester High […]

Speed Kills In I-89 Crash Last Week



State police said this week that speed was likely a factor in a fatal single-car crash on I-89 in Royalton Saturday afternoon, May 12. Elizabeth Wells, 21, of Proctors­ville, was killed in the 12:48 p.m. crash, and passenger Steven Pierre, 29, of Manchester, N.H., suffered cuts, bruises, and possible broken bones. Police said neither had been using seatbelts. On arrival […]

Local Births



Wednesday, May 2: A son, Ulric “Will” Joseph Wilford Tremblay IV, was born to Nicole Ouimet and Ul­ric “TJ” Joseph Wilford Tremblay III of Barre Town; a son, Matthew Ricky Newton-Howe, was born to Nova Newton and Jamie Howe of Braintree. Friday, May 4: A daughter, Eloise Donna, was born to Rebecca (Carl­son) and Michael Coyle of Waits­field.

‘Click It / Ticket’ Campaign Coming



State police and local depart­ments statewide will conduct a series of enforcement checkpoints throughout the state the last two weeks of May. Impaired and unbuckled opera­tors and passengers will be the pri­mary targets of this enforcement effort, state police said this week. Due to this year’s sharp increase in the number of persons killed on Vermont roadways who were not […]