Last weekend at the Michael J. Baker Essex Classic wrestling tournament, RUHS senior Zane Cooper took home the championship for his weight class. But his achievement was bigger than just that win—he ...

Long admired for her sandwich-making skills and affection for community, Daisey Darling of South Royalton’s RB’s Delicatessen, which closed last month, has a message for her followers. “I miss ...

Winter Warm Up Markets will be held on three dates at the Valley Hub (formerly Rochester High School) on South Main Street in Rochester. Featuring craft and food vendors, music, and kids activities, ...

Randolph Center—Lois A. Blanchard, age 93, died peacefully on January 19, 2026 the at Menig Nursing Home in Randolph Center, after a brief illness. Lois was born November 1, 1932 in Worcester, Mass., ...

On an early winter walk with my three-year-old in a local town forest, we heard our steps crunch on the frozen ground. The dirt of the trail had been pushed up on delicate columns of ice that looked ...

The new year is upon us, and with it comes a new crop of material entering the public domain. For 2026, that’s the sound recordings of 1925 and all the other media of 1930. I wanted to continue my ...

Early this month, Governor Phil Scott announced Republican John Benson of Brookfield as his appointment to fill the sole Orange County Senate seat, left empty since November. Larry Hart, who served in ...

Gov. Phil Scott has appointed two new lawmakers to fill vacancies in the Vermont Legislature days before the start of the session next week. John Benson, a managing partner at the engineering firm ...

House Speaker Jill Krowiniski had some less-than-cheery opening remarks to her colleagues to kick off the 2026 Vermont legislative session. “Let’s be honest, last year was tough, and anyone who tells ...

Last autumn, I was canoeing in a quiet saltwater cove on the Maine coast when I realized I had a tiny stowaway onboard. A masked shrew (Sorex cinereus, also called the cinereus or common shrew) was ...

PoemTown Randolph is preparing for its 13th annual celebration of National Poetry Month this April with a statewide call for poetry submissions and a full lineup of literary events. Vermont residents ...

About 100 residents from the White River Valley came together in peaceful protest Saturday in South Royalton, to take part in a national “ICE Out for Good” movement that saw tens of thousands of ...