Ruptured Hose Pollutes Penny Brook

Effluent From Digester Kills Stream’s Fish

Last Wednesday afternoon, a drag line containing liquid waste produced by the anaerobic digester at Vermont Technical College failed, causing approximately 5,000 gallons of the effluent to spill into Penny Brook, which runs through Randolph Center before eventually meeting with the Second Branch of the White River near Route 14, according to a report from Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources. […]

Sanders Brings Energy Fair to VTC

Senator Boosts Fuel Freedom

Last Saturday, hundreds of people eager to discuss renewable energy filled Vermont Technical College’s gym for an energy fair and town meeting hosted by the office of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. The energy fair showcased dozens of vendors and exhibits from all over the state, and offered 10 workshops led by local experts including Dan Kinney, co-founder of Catamount Solar […]

Climbing to Victory

Mealworms Are Next Big Braintree Crop

Simpson Farm Hopes For a Rebound

As recently as 2013, Bob and Tay Simpson were milking 325 Holstein cows at their Circle Saw Farm in Braintree. Although tough times led to the end of their dairying days that year, the folks at this Peth Road farm are still tending lots of critters—more than 100,000, in fact. The farm’s livestock population zoomed up a few months ago […]

Tight Timeline Torques WRUD Merger

Process Drives, Delays Decisions

Short on time and long on things to do, the White River Unified District is slowly filling gaps and addressing day-to-day concerns as the board—and a plethora of active committees—work to put critical pieces of the new school system together in time for the fall semester. Racing to fill positions, implement curricula, and finalize pay scales, the White River Unified […]

Devilishly Good Day

The Ranger Race Rallies Into Second Gear, Year


Last Sunday, with the first cut of hay well underway in the remote hills of Tunbridge, weather promised to be slightly cooler and more overcast than last year for the the wildly hilly race course of The Ranger bike race. Last year’s inaugural race had been organized to bring closer public attention to what was really at risk with the […]

Local Organization Purchases Land Eyed by NewVistas Engineer


The grassroots organization Alliance for Vermont Communities (AVC) recently partnered with the Vermont Land Trust to purchase a 218-acre parcel of wooded land near Fay Brook Road in Strafford and Sharon. David Hall, the Utah engineer behind the proposal for the large NewVistas Development had “rather agressively” pursued acquiring the property, according to Michael Sacca, president of AVC. Hall owns […]

Weatherwise


It was a raw and chilly start to the work week: On Monday morning, Mt. Washington reported 28° with sleet and freezing rain! We settled for damp and cool with most locations topping out only in the low 50s. Tuesday started the slow improvement, which eventually led us back to the low 70s by Thursday and Friday. As the circulation […]

Local Births

Tuesday, May 29: A son, Derek Thomas, was born to Ashley (Chase) and Michael Jacques of Williamstown. Wednesday, May 30; A daughter, Natalie Grace, was born to Kimberly (Poulin) and Amos Post of East Bethel. Thursday, May 31: A son was born to Amanda (Forbes) and Ashlyn Zoecklein of Northfield. Saturday. June 2: A daughter, Isabella Crosby, was born to […]