MONTAGUE MAY



GW Plastics Named Finalist For Top Award



GW Plastics of Bethel has been selected one of the three finalists of the Deane C. Davis Outstanding Business of the Year Award, which is presented annually by Vermont Business Magazine and the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. The final winner will not be announced until May 22 at the Vermont Chamber Business & Industry Expo at the Sheraton Burlington Conference […]

Legislature Adjourns

‘Social Issues’ Top Budgetary Ones

The Vermont Legislature adjourned Tuesday night after Gov. Peter Shumlin beat back a last-ditch effort by Democratic leaders of both House and Senate to change the tax code. For those keeping track, that makes the score Shumlin 2, legislative leaders 0, in end-of-session negotiating over taxes. A week ago, Shumlin forced House Speaker Shap Smith and Senate President John Campbell […]

SoRo Level-Funds Schools

Budget Is Cut By $137,000

South Royalton voters turned out in large numbers Monday and chopped $137,000 from the school budget that had been approved in March. It was the first time that the school budget had been levelfunded for at least 10 years. The 377 people who checked in to vote at the meeting, held in the school’s smaller gym, represented a dramatic increase […]

Stockbridge Confusion Leaves Budget Unsettled



Stockbridge school directors plan to return to voters with a revised budget in June, following a confusing budget vote at last Thursday’s annual school meeting. School Board Chair Carl Groppe said this week that despite the considerable confusion about a series of motions and votes, the board understands the basic message from the voters. “People approved of the idea of […]

Big Screen Glows Again

Randall Drive-In Has New Management

Drivers on Route 12 between Randolph and Bethel this spring likely were convinced that the days of the historic Randall Drive-In Theater had come to an end. After an on-and-off again summer of 2012, the big screen was disfigured by big square gaps where panels had fallen off. What with the condition of the screen and the well-publicized changeover to […]

Fundraisers Bring in Dough for Food Shelf

Walk-a-thon And Postal Carriers Rally to the Cause

I t’s been an exciting spring for the Randolph Area Food Shelf. On April 27, the third annual “Sufficient Food for All” walk, run, and cycle raised an astounding $33,590. That event brought 147 people from surrounding communities and from places like Saugus, Mass. and Macomb, Mich. to the Brookfield Elementary School for a fun and energy filled event. Walkers, […]

Weatherwise



The following observations were taken in Randolph Center during the week of … Low High Comments Monday 41° 76° sunny; S 5-10 Tuesday 44° 80° sunshine; high clouds p.m. Wednesday 50° 78° cloudy! light rain—.15” Thursday 50° 75° occasional light showers Friday 52° 71° mostly cloudy; sprinkles; SW 7 Saturday 55° 70° occasional rain—.3”; SE 5-9 Sunday 40° 64° breezy […]

Women Arrested Following Report of Vershire Assault



State police have arrested two Hartford women, following inves­tigation into an April 24 assault at a Vershire residence on Parker Road. At 5:43 p.m. on April 24, troopers from the Bradford barracks responded to a report of assault and spoke with Denise Brissette, 44, who stated that she was assaulted by a Yvette White and an unknown female. Brissette alleged […]

Tulloch Lawyers Ask for New Sentencing



Lawyers for Robert Tulloch, who pleaded guilty in 2002 to the murders of Dartmouth Professors Half and Suzann Zantop, believe that a new ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court requires a new sentencing hearing for Tulloch. The court’s ruling said that mandatory sentences of life without parole for juveniles under 18 are a form of unconstitutional “cruel and unusual punishment.” […]