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OSSD Fires Barnett

RU Principal Awaits Arraignment

At a special meeting Tuesday night, the eight-member Orange Southwest School District Board voted unanimously to terminate the contract of David A. Barnett, one of two co-principals at Randolph Union High School. Barnett, 50, of Waitsfield, was placed on paid administrative leave in mid-December, after school officials were advised that police were investigating an allegation of misconduct filed against Barnett […]

VLS Professor Cries Foul on NewVistas

Property Transfers May Have Violated State Tax Laws

At a legislative committee hearing at the State House last week, Vermont Law School professor John Echeverria testified that David Hall, the Utah engineer proposing the “NewVistas” development, may be in violation of both Vermont and Utah laws that govern nonprofit organizations. Echeverria was one of several witnesses, including Hall, to testify before the Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife Committee […]

Tunbridge Seeks New Principal

Farnsworth To Become HACTC Asst. Director

The merged First Branch School District (which includes Tunbridge and Chelsea) began its search this past week for a new principal for the Tunbridge Central School. Principal Scott Farnsworth announced his resignation effective June 30, so that he can take a position as assistant director of the Hartford Area Career & Technical Center, which is within walking distance of his […]

Making Syrup the New-Fashioned Way

High Technology Sweetens Season

Every Vermonter, and more than a few visitors from out of state, recognizes the sounds, smells, sights, and tastes of walking into a local sugarhouse on a spring day: wood is manhandled into a roaring fire beneath a giant evaporator as it boils sap freshly collected from scores of galvanized buckets hanging from distant trees. That image, romantic as it […]

Hearing Set For Solar In Center

Former Ranger Solar Project Revived For Randolph Center

A public hearing for the proposed 100-acre solar array in Randolph Center has been set for April 11 by the Randolph Planning Commission. The meeting, which will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Randolph Town Hall, “is being held in response to a notice by [Randolph Center Solar] that it intends to file a petition with the Public Utility […]

Exciting Times In Energy

Tierney Is Second Randolph PSD Leader

A Randolph Center attorney with a self-confessed “lawyer’s lawyer” focus on process and detail, sat down with The Herald recently to reflect on her first year as head of Vermont’s Public Service Department (PSD). June Tierney was appointed to her post last January by then-newly elected Gov. Phil Scott. Tierney is the second Randolph resident in a row to hold […]

Branching Out

Local Births

Thursday, March 22: A son, Carter Young, was born to Julia Dezotell and Phillip Jesse Young of Bethel. Sunday, March 25; A daughter, Tilly Mae, was born to Jamie (Koehnlein) and Stephen Connor II of E. Calais.