Probably the worst decision in human history was that of the Chinese Emperor Xuando (also known as Zhu Zhanji) in 1434. In that year he issued the Edict of Haijin that closed China off from the rest ...

Mendon—Eunice M. (Shirlock) Merrill, age 95, died of a broken heart on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at her home in Mendon, surrounded by her daughter, her great-granddaughter, and her husband and two ...

Chelsea—Beverly Elizabeth Taplin, 86, died Monday, July 14, 2025 at Menig Nursing Home in Randolph Center. She had been a resident there since January 2023 due to advancing dementia. She was born ...

Strafford—Jeremy N. Kendall, 29, died unexpectedly Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at his home. He was born March 7, 1996 in Lebanon, N.H., the son of Gary Kendall and Sheila (Day) Kendall. He attended ...

Community leaders left a Bethel presentation on harm reduction Tuesday night ready to talk to their boards about making naloxone, a medication that saves lives by rapidly reversing an opioid overdose, ...

A Bethel family has been displaced by a fire that destroyed their home, but the community is rallying around them to help them restart.

I am very disappointed with what happened to a group of RUHS athletes and their families. An RUHS wrestling 40th reunion, an activity which would have allowed families to share in seeing the names of ...

The U.S. Forest Service has issued its final decision notice on the Telephone Gap Integrated Resource Project in the northern district of the Green Mountain National Forest. District Ranger ...

I am reporting to you from Madison, Wisc., where we are enjoying weather similar to central Vermont this week. Daytime temperatures are in the low 80s and there is usually a chance for an afternoon ...

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 ...

The Bethel Area Rotary Club, which serves the towns of Barnard, Royalton, Tunbridge, Bethel, Rochester, and Stockbridge, awarded four $1000 scholarships to graduating seniors this year. Awardees were ...

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