Reading the headlines is an exercise in managing disbelief, despair, and anxiety about our democracy. It’s impossible to wrestle with every executive outrage, but today I am impelled to comment about ...

Different eras in history lend themselves best to different kinds of stories. The 1950s and 1890s are for stories about placid, middle-class life (and perhaps the turmoil below the surface), the early ...

I am writing to urge our elected officials to do everything in their power to protect everyday people in our community instead of enabling Trumps tax breaks for billionaires and corporate polluters.

The following births were reported at Gifford Medical Center. Saturday, April 5: A daughter, Clover, was born to Katie Sweet and Josh Stone of Randolph. Monday, April 7: A son, Zaire, was born to ...

Bethel—Wayne G. Smith, 79, died Friday evening, April 18, 2025. Calling hours will be from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6, with a graveside service on Wednesday, May 7, time to be determined. A complete ...

A graveside memorial service for Denis A. Ives, 68, of Royalton, who died on March 16, 2025, will be held on Saturday, April 26 at 4 p.m. in the Howe-Hickey Cemetery on the North Road in Royalton.

On Town Meeting Day, Royalton voters handily rejected proposed flood hazard regulations (193-390). This Tuesday residents gathered again—this time not to vote, but to learn from floodplain expert Ned ...

Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS) announced this week that President Rod Smolla will step down from his post on July 1, after three years at the helm. Smolla, a nationally recognized ...

Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark was flanked by sometimes sleeping dogs Monday as she announced a stark figure: her task force that investigates internet crimes against kids received 1,082 cyber ...

Last week, four French students from Randolph Union High School traveled to Morocco for a cultural exploration trip, tasting new cuisine, riding camels in the desert, and testing out their language ...

HEB Manufacturing has been a quiet but storied industrial mainstay in Chelsea since the 1950s and it has found a second life. Brian Kippen, a local entrepreneur known for his work in prototyping and ...

Bethel began recording the names of its wartime soldiers during the American Revolution. Town officials also noted names of those who’d fought during the French and Indian War, before Bethel was ...