LAB ASSISTANT



Man Saved From Fiery Truck Cab

Neighbors Run To His Assistance

A Randolph man is lucky to be alive this week after his pickup truck slipped off snow-covered LaBounty Road Sunday afternoon just before 1 p.m. and burst into flame. The accident occurred as the road dips steeply downhill after passing the residence of Bill, Josie, Peter, and Stephanie Busha. Small ruts in the gravel road, a result of the earlier […]

Deer Season Mediocre

But Many High-Quality Bucks Taken

I t wasn’t a banner year for deer hunters in the White River Valley, nor was it a miserable one. Most deer reporting stations contacted by The Herald this week said their numbers were flat or slightly down from last year. As in recent years, most also reported that a good number of those deer taken were of good size, […]

B’field Won’t Take Second Look at RED



There will be no revote in Brookfield on whether to condense the Orange Southwest Supervisory Union’s five school boards into a single eight-member RED (Regional Educational District) board. The 30-day window to file a petition requesting a revote closed December 6. Brookfield’s Assistant Town Clerk Kasey Peterson said yesterday that someone had stopped by the office after the vote to […]

Vt. Tech Starts Program in Machining

GW Plastics Work Force Could Be Beneficiaries

A grant from the Vermont Department of Labor and a corporate donation of sophisticated software will enable Vermont Technical College to start a new program to train machinists in Vermont’s manufacturing industry. The four-year registered certificate/apprenticeship program will allow students to take college courses at a convenient time and location while working full time. The program is intended to provide […]

Grinch Tries To Steal Christmas from Randolph

Decorated Tree Stolen from Gazebo, Replaced

Sometime last Friday night or early Saturday morning, unknown persons swiped the brightly lit Christmas tree that had been set up in Randolph’s Main Street gazebo on Thanksgiving Day. The gazebo was empty for a few days, but by yesterday, a new tree was back in place, thanks to the efforts of a quartet of good citizens. The thieves “took […]

Strafford Principal Resigns

Ross in First Year Of Her Contract

Citing “personal and family reasons,” Newton School Principal Judy Ross submitted a letter of resignation Tuesday, Dec. 11. Her last day of school was this past Friday. Ross had started work on July 1, and spent much of the summer supervising a series of building projects, including a redesign of the math room to include a wall of closets for […]

Sola Steps Down at ECFiber, Total Funding Is at $3 Million



ECFiber has again exceeded its goal in fundraising, Treasurer John Roy told the December 11 meeting of ECFiber’s Governing Board. Some $475,000 came in from 45 investors during the round that closed on Dec. 3, he sad. “This brings the 2012 total to $1.8 million, with more than 300 mostly local investors lending $3 million since January, 2011, when our […]

Cop’s Winter Warning: Drive for Conditions



State police responded to dozens of crashes around the state during the recent spate of icy and slushy weather. Locally, police reported two incidents, one of which closed the northbound lane of I-89 in Brookfield for a few hours Tuesday morning, Dec. 18. In that incident, state police were advised at 5:45 a.m. of a tractortrailer unit that had jackknifed […]

Local Births



Wednesday, Dec. 5: A daughter, Olivia Kenadie Moreau, was born to Jaszmyn Kelty and Steven Moreau of Barre. Thursday, Dec. 6: A son, Odin Demar, was born to Michele E. Demar of Northfield. Monday, Dec. 10: A son, Bentley Owen Stambaugh, was born to Rosemarie Brier and Dennis Stambaugh of Braintree; a son, Asa Enrique, was born to Lauren and […]