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By MARION UMPLEBY
SOUTH STRAFFORD — Ever since husband-and-wife owners Melvin and Sue Coburn announced their plans to retire in 2022, the fate of Coburns’ General Store has hung in the balance.
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
SOUTH STRAFFORD — When Melvin and Sue Coburn announced in the summer of 2022 that they planned to retire and sell their general store after nearly 50 years of operation, many Strafford residents feared the town would lose not just its grocery store,...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
SOUTH STRAFFORD — The practice of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance is on hold at The Newton School while teachers, staff and community members discuss a more inclusive alternative that might better reflect the school’s values. Newton’s new principal,...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
STRAFFORD — As a social worker and mental health counselor, Margaret Ruth Whybrow understood she could often help someone by listening well.Whybrow explained her approach in a Valley News profile in the 1970s in which she described her work with The...
STRAFFORD — The annual Vi and Ned Coffin Memorial Forum is scheduled to take place at the Strafford Town House on Sunday afternoon.The forum, hosted by the Orange County Democratic Committee, is set for 3 to 4:30 p.m. at 12 Brook Road.Participants...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
STRAFFORD — Residents rejected a plan to renovate and expand Strafford’s Town Office building in Australian ballot voting on Monday.The proposal failed by 16 votes, with 205 opposed and 189 in favor of committing up to $1 million to fix up the...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
STRAFFORD — Residents will decide whether to commit up to $1 million to renovate and expand the Town Office building during a Special Town Meeting vote Monday.Voting will take place by Australian ballot from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Strafford Town...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
STRAFFORD — Justin Morrill Homestead, the state historic site in Strafford, is gearing up to reopen this spring, nearly a year after floodwaters damaged it.Last July’s rainstorms caused a tributary of the Ompompanoosuc River that runs through the...
STRAFFORD — Voters approved all warned articles and elected two School Board members in uncontested races in ballot voting on Tuesday.In a vote of 182-113, voters approved a $4.1 million school budget, which is expected to result in education spending...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
STRAFFORD — The Newton School is searching for a new principal following Tracy Thompson’s February announcement that she will not return after this school year ends in June.But Strafford’s loss is Windsor’s gain. Thompson has been hired as the Windsor...
Articles of note: An article proposes to transfer $180,000 from a budget surplus of $420,000 to a tuition reserve fund. Voters will also consider transferring $200,000 from the same surplus to a capital improvement fund. Contested races: There are no...
STRAFFORD — At the polls on Tuesday, Strafford voters chose Toni M. Pippy over John Freitag, 288-184, for a three-year term on the Selectboard.They also chose Andrew Duncklee for a two-year term on the board, with 188 votes, over Kelly Harman, with...
Contested races: John Freitag and Toni M. Pippy are facing off for a three-year seat on the Selectboard. Meanwhile, Andrew Duncklee, Kelly Harman and Andy Silovich are vying for a two-year seat on the Selectboard. Hannah Levinger is running unopposed...
STRAFFORD — Vermont State Police officially identified the victim of the fatal house fire in Strafford on Feb. 15 as Corinne Rainville, 77, of Strafford.The investigation into the cause of the fire is continuing, Vermont State Police said in a media...
By JOHN LIPPMAN
STRAFFORD — Neighbors, friends, coworkers and anonymous contributors rushed to help a Strafford resident hours after her home burned down early on Thursday morning in a house fire the claimed the life of the resident’s mother. It was the second time...
CHELSEA — A 37-year-old man who faces a first-degree arson charge alleging he torched the cabin where he lived on a remote Strafford road is competent to stand trial, a Vermont judge ruled on Wednesday.Edward (Eddie) Gallagher III expressed fear about...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
ROYALTON — A group of women gathered at a table at the South Royalton Area Senior Citizens Center, waiting for lunch to be served.They talked about the weather — cold, but at least the snow was holding off — and exchanged news about the goings on in...
By FRANCES MIZE
SOUTH STRAFFORD — When Melvin Coburn takes Amtrak’s Vermonter train eight hours south to visit his son in New Jersey, he makes sure spend some time in Wegmans, a chain supermarket.“I say, ‘All you have to do, Craig, is take me down there in the...
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