Tunbridge Hears NewVista Plans

Two Hours On Speaker Phone

  Residents from Tunbridge, Royalton, Sharon, Strafford and other towns filled the Tunbridge Library last Thursday evening for an impromptu meeting to discuss the proposed 5,000-acre utopian community under active planning by the NewVista Foundation, of which David Hall, a 69-year-old businessman from Utah, is the founder and president. Ben Wolfe of Tunbridge, concerned by and interested in the revelation […]

Hall Interview Today on WDEV



This morning, Thursday at 9:05 a.m., David Hall will be hosted by John Walters on “Open Mike,” the daily public affairs program on WDEV radio in Waterbury. The program can be heard on the radio at 96.1 FM, or 550 AM, and live-streamed on wdevradio.com.

Students Take the Reins

Bethel Pow-Wow Takes Up Act 77

The energy in the room was palpable when 75 middle and high school students from Bethel, Rochester, South Royalton, and Chelsea gathered Monday, April 4 at the Bethel Town Hall for a day-long Spring Student Congress sponsored by the White River Valley Supervisory Union. The event was designed to promote student understanding of and support for Act 77. Sometimes referred […]

Schools Seek Out Act 46 Partners

Study Committee Decisions Loom

With deadlines looming, the 10 towns of the future White River Valley Supervisory Union (WRVSU) are in the thick of deciding how they might merge—under the umbrella of the new SU, or perhaps not—in order to respond to Act 46 requirements. While the way forward seems clear and even encouraging for some districts in the future SU, uncertainty remains in […]

Candidates Share Skills At Bethel U

Professors Include Three Gov. Hopefuls

Now in its third year, Bethel University provides Vermonters with the opportunity to explore many subjects including writing, gardening, and birdwatching. In a new addition this year, Bethel University invited the gubernatorial candidates to speak at the university. Accepting this invitation were Bruce Lisman, Sue Minter, and Matt Dunne, providing community members with an opportunity to engage with the candidates. […]

State Lab Planners Find New Site for Chip Plant

Project Needs New Site Plan Review

The Randolph Development Review Board (DRB) will hold a third hearing on a proposed $26-million state lab in Randolph Center to consider a revised site plan. State planners announced Tuesday they’d received legislative approval to relocate a wood chip heating plant to the south of the lab and well away from Furnace Street. In site plans presented to the DRB […]

Bethel’s Bowen Honored By Vt. Principals



The Vermont Principals’ Association recently announced that Andra Bowen, who has served as assistant principal of the Bethel Schools since 2007, has been chosen as Vermont Assistant Principal of the Year for 2016-17. Bowen and six other educational leaders from around the state will be the guests of honor at the VPA Leadership Academy awards banquet, August 3 at the […]

Hop To It



Johnny Britto and Jessica Nascimento, two of the dancers from the Brazilian group Companhia Urbana de Dança, who will put on a show at Dartmouth’s Hopkins Center this weekend, spent Tuesday morning workshopping dance moves with students at South Royalton High School. (Herald / Tim Calabro)

Statehouse Digest: Senate OKs State Opioid Abuse Plan

March 30 – April 5

  Bills Passed • H.248, which passed the House on March 17, was amended and passed in the Senate on March 30. The amendment has since been passed in concurrence in the House. The bill proposes to revise air pollution statutes to provide greater authority to the Agency of Natural Resources in dealing with greenhouse gas emissions. • H.548, which […]

State Eyes Conn. River Dams



The Canadian company Trans- Canada announced last week that it is looking to sell several hydroelectric dams on the Connecticut River. Vermont House Speaker Shap Smith thinks the state ought to think about buying three of them that border Vermont. They would include, from north to south, the Wilder Dam, the Bellows Falls Dam, and the Vernon Dam. “In 2005, […]