From the Archives: British Officials Visit Brookfield Museum

Twenty-five years ago, East Brookfield was home to the Museum of the New Americas, which housed an unexpectedly valuable collection. Here’s an excerpt from one article about the museum, published in the July 29, 1993, edition: East Brookfield’s Museum of the New Americas officially opened its British wing on Monday. Present for the opening were representatives of the University of […]

A Sneak Peek at the Chandler Season

Randolph Music Hall Direector Opens Door to New Era in the Arts

Chandler Center for the Arts was the envy of northern New England regional arts organizations as director Becky McMeekin retired after 14 years of leadership in 2014. At that time, Jim Lowe, dean of Vermont performance art criticism opined, “In a state awash with high-quality arts, one tiny community stands as a beacon. Randolph, with a population nearing just 5,000 […]

Shallow Water Dive Kills Randolph Man

Accident Just Six Days after Wedding

A 28-year-old Randolph man who had gotten married just six days earlier died Friday evening, July 20, after diving into the Adams Brook swimming hole off Route 66 just outside of Randolph village. According to a release from state police, Zachary J. Allard dove from a rock outcropping into the water, shortly after arriving at the popular roadside swimming hole. […]

Much Work Remains For Bethel Water Dept.

Town Still Operating With Restricted Permit

In September 2017, the town of Bethel was issued an amended permit to operate its public water system, following a 2016 investigation of the system, and subsequent findings of several violations by the state. The amended permit cited five violations, and dictated a compliance schedule for the town to meet, in order to continue operating the system. Three out of […]

Law School Conference Puts Focus On Arts, Media, and the Environment


How do arts and media relate to environmental advocacy? This was taken up last week as a panel of artists, conservationists, and policymakers met at the Vermont Law School (VLS) on July 12 for a discussion on the importance of visual arts and popular media in promoting environmental stewardship and wildlife conservation. Don Baur, a partner with noted law firm […]

Colorful Traveler Lived And Drove with Gusto

Chelsea’s David Mize Dies in Car Accident

World traveler, bibliophile, antique car aficionado, and longtime Chelsea resident David Mize died at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center last Friday from injuries sustained when his car struck a tree on Strafford Road in Tunbridge, two days earlier. Mize, who was alone in the vehicle, was a seasonal resident of Chelsea for years, often spending his summers in town after working […]

VLS Revokes Tenure For Most Profs.


Vermont Law School’s recent, though not entirely unexpected, decision to “restructure” many of the tenured faculty’s positions has brought an onslaught of criticism from faculty, as well as the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). “We’re not discussing numbers, because we’re bound by confidentiality agreements,” said VLS President and Dean Thomas McHenry in an interview with The Herald last week. […]

Trucks Collide, Burn on Route 14

Early yesterday morning, July 25, on Route 14 in Royalton, a pickup truck and a box truck collided head-on, setting both vehicles ablaze. The pickup driver, Chad Couture of Royalton, was taken to Gifford Medical Center with minor injuries, police said. According to Royalton Police Chief Loretta Stalnaker, Couture was southbound on Route 14, when a woman from Connecticut nodded […]

Weatherwise


Last week began with the same dry conditions that were beginning to plague substantial portions of our state. It is interesting to note that during July 8-19, 2007 we recorded over eight inches of rain! Thundershowers preceding a cold front dumped 1.35” on Tuesday, but it was still hit-and-miss for precipitation in many areas. That was all to change this […]

Suspicious Fire Damages Woodstock Restaurant, Paper


According to a series of recent Valley News reports, Vermont state fire investigators are looking into the cause of a blaze that destroyed part of a Central Street building in downtown Woodstock. The blaze, which is reported to have begun around 3:30 a.m. on July 16, damaged Pi Brick Oven Trattoria, displaced the Vermont Standard newspaper offices, and harmed the […]