Face To Face

Sap Runners Fête New Trail System

Project Builds More Paths To Get Outside

In celebration of National Trails Day, over 40 runners gathered behind the Green Mountain National Forest ranger station in Rochester for the Sap Boiler trail race on June 2. Named for the old stone foundation of a sap boiler found near the trail, the event was conceived as a free foot-race to introduce more locals to the recently completed Stage […]

Colson’s Death Was Result of Gunshots


Austin Colson, a 19-year-old from Royalton whose body was found May 23, was killed by gunshot wounds to the head, according to the death certificate filed this week by Vermont’s deputy chief medical examiner, Elizabeth Bundock. Bundock classified Colson’s death as homicide, noting that the gun shots were fired by a separate party. Colson was last seen alive on January […]

State Supports Act 46 Plans For Strafford, Sharon

Suggests Barnard Find Merger Partner

Late last year, three area school boards labored to complete their “alternative governance structure” or “Section 9” reports to the state Agency of Education (AOE) to meet a December 17 deadline. In their respective reports, board members from Barnard, Sharon, and Strafford spelled out why their districts had not entered into voluntary, Act 46-compliant school mergers, and why they should […]

National Net, Phone Outage Cools Commerce For Local Shops


An unexpected interruption of services from the Internet and phone provider Comcast on Wednesday caused local businesses some trouble as they tried to compensate for the lack of functional technology. Steve Toulis at Village Pizza said he and his coworkers noticed their alarms were acting up that morning, and by the time they opened their doors realized the phone and […]

A Half Century Caring for Others

Nurse Farnham Retires After 51-Year Career At Randolph Hospital

Longtime Gifford Health Care nurse Effie Farnham, whose career spans 51 years, retired in mid-May. Her friends, family, and colleagues will send her off with best wishes at a retirement party Thursday, June 7, marking the beginning of the next chapter in her community-minded life. “From her colleagues to her many patients, the Gifford community will deeply miss Effie Farnham,” […]

Petitions Give Preview Of 2018 Election Season

Five To Vie For Randolph-Area Seats

Thursday, May 31, was the deadline for all major party candidates for state office to file their petitions and financial disclosures. Their names will appear on the ballot for the primary election on August 14. Independents and minor party candidates have until August 9 to declare their candidacy. Below is a list of all Democrats and Republicans running for the […]

Dairy Industry Struggles Even as Milk Prices Rise


After conventional dairy prices hit the lowest price since 2009 this winter, dairy farmers have started to see a slight rise in their paychecks. Paul Doton, a farmer in Barnard and an Agri-Mark (the dairy co-operative that owns Cabot Creamery) board member said that although prices have not gotten high enough to cover the difference between milk production costs and […]

Weatherwise


Memorial Day Monday began a trend towards more sunshine and our warmest air of the season, courtesy of the season’s first named tropical disturbance. Alberto, which after dumping heavy rain on some Gulf Coast areas (and southern states from Alabama east and south to Florida that already had more than enough rain), helped bring up some warm and humid air […]

O’Brien Announces Bid for Vt. House


Tunbridge filmmaker and selectman John O’Brien has announced his bid for the Windsor-Orange-1 House seat, running as a moderate, independent-leaning Democrat. In a phone interview Tuesday, O’Brien said he was inspired to run because he believes that Tunbridge voters are not being accurately represented in the Vermont House by incumbent David Ainsworth of Royalton, whom O’Brien described as “pretty much […]