$17,550 Grant Will Support Vt. Water Quality Projects

Berlin, Vt. — The White River Natural Resources Conservation District recently received a grant of $17,550 to help conserve and protect the water quality of the first branch of the White River. The grant from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation will support water quality projects on farms …

Frustration Over Garage Shows in Chelsea 

Chelsea — No Town Meeting is complete without a spirited debate on what to do about the decrepit town garage. And the 130 or so townspeople who showed up for yesterday’s gathering were not disappointed. Henry Ford’s Model T ruled the roads in 1927 when the garage was …

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Gary D. Cushman

Chelsea, Vt. — Gary D. Cushman, 54, died on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, Vt. after a short battle with leukemia. Arrangements are pending at the Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home in Chelsea. …

Tax Rates to Remain Steady In Chelsea

Chelsea’s School District Meeting will be held Tuesday, March 5, at 9 a.m. at Chelsea Town Hall. Town Meeting will follow at Town Hall. Chelsea — With municipal tax rates set to remain relatively flat, there is little kindling on the warning to spark potential debates at Town …

Janet Cheryl Field

Chelsea, Vt. — Janet Cheryl Field, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend died peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, at her home of 40 years, the Hyde House in Chelsea Village. Jan was born on a small dairy farm in central Wisconsin on June 25, 1945, the third of four children of …

Coach Does It All: Royals' Moreno Performs Balancing Act

South Royalton — As the South Royalton School athletic director and assistant principal, as well as father of three small children, Jeff Moreno was already a man of many hats before the start of basketball season. When Stretch Gillam stepped down on the day of the Royal boys’ …

Louise Amber

Chelsea/Williamstown, Vt. — Louise Amber, 92, died on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, at her home at The Gardens in Williamstown. Louise was born on Feb. 22, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pa., the daughter of Robert D. and Camille G. (Sirois) Joyce. She was raised in Upper Darby, a small …

Charge: Thetford Man Sought to Kill

Chelsea — More than two years after he was arrested, a Thetford man was charged with attempted murder this week for allegedly firing several gunshots at men who drove onto his property in the culmination of a months-long domestic feud. The slow-moving prosecution of Thomas Q. Berecz, 43, …

Strafford’s Newton School Principal Resigns

Strafford — The Newton School is searching for a new principal after the abrupt resignation of Judy Ross, who left Friday after four months on the job. Ross announced her departure to parents on Thursday in an email, and then to the wider community Friday in a post …