Monday, November 19, 2012
Consolidate Schools To the Editor: I am disappointed to learn that residents of Braintree voted not to combine their School Board with Randolph and Brookfield. Every other Vermont taxpayer should share my disappointment, because the cost of this decision, which was made against the recommendation of the town’s …
Saturday, November 17, 2012
South Royalton — Vermont Law School students, faculty and staff have had to vacate the school’s new Center for Legal Services after more than half of the building’s occupants were sickened by fumes. The school’s Environmental and Natural …
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Here’s a sad thought: The glass most often used for serving beer is the worst possible vessel for appreciating it. By this, I’m talking about the ubiquitous “shaker pint,” that inverted traffic cone that is the hands-down favorite …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
South Royalton — State Rep. Sarah Buxton, D-Tunbridge, won re-election yesterday with a wider margin of victory than she enjoyed two years ago. Initial tallies put Buxton ahead of former Rep. David Ainsworth, R-Royalton, 1,113 to 917 in Royalton and Tunbridge, which make up the Windsor-Orange 1 district. …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Windsor — Democrats appear to have retained their hold on the three Windsor County Senate seats. Incumbents John Campbell of Quechee, Dick McCormack of Bethel and Alice Nitka of Ludlow, held a solid lead over their Republican challengers, …
Friday, May 17, 2013
South Royalton — For decades, Vermont has been at the forefront of evolving national debates on such issues as health care, gay rights and global warming, and the state has been particularly prominent in its promotion of sustainable …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Royalton — Vermont State Police are investigating a robbery at the Rite Aid Pharmacy in Royalton on Tuesday afternoon in which a man gave a clerk a note saying that he was armed. Around 12:40 p.m., a white male in his mid 20s, wearing a blue baseball cap, …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Sharon — Vermont officials say they dodged a bullet with Hurricane Sandy, but thousands of residents in the Upper Valley were still without electricity yesterday afternoon as utility workers rushed to remove fallen trees and repair lines. President …