Marshall Armstrong, who grew up on the family farm in East Randolph, is an old friend of your Strafford Correspondent and my wife Lisa. Many Herald readers will recognize his name from contributions ...

A little before Town Meeting day, VTDigger reported that efforts are underway to beef up security at the State House. That means limited entry, metal detectors, and security guards. Add our ...

The man who just this month added Pittsfield’s Swiss Farm Market, Route 100’s popular Pitt-Stop, to his collection of stores in the area, isn’t interested in changing what isn’t broken. In a recent ...

Bethel—Andrea Kay Farnsworth, 78, died on March 3, 2026, in her home with her family by her side. Andrea was born on July 8, 1947, in Randolph, the daughter of Clifton and Marzelia (McPhetres) Lowell.

The day after the 2024 election, Pam Mischen decided what she would do. She’d make a quilt. A big one. A national, movement-building blanket themed around climate change and reminiscent of the AIDS ...

You may have read a few weeks back in The Herald under Royalton Selectboard minutes, that the kitchen at the Academy Building wasn’t being cleaned. It went on to state that the South Royalton Senior ...

Littleton, N.H.—Patrick Stewart McKerley, 45, died on February 6, 2026, six months after being diagnosed with colon cancer. He engaged his treatment as he did most things in life, with strength and ...

Chelsea—Barbara Joan Middleton Spinella Presch, 88, died at The Gill Odd Fellows Home in Ludlow, Vt. on March 3, 2026. Barbara was born August 26, 1937 in New Britain, Conn., the fourth daughter to ...

Royalton—Charles “Charlie” Morse, 83, a lifelong resident of Royalton, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. He was born on November 10, 1942 in Randolph, Vermont to Henry ...

Despite a sparsely attended annual meeting, the Orange Southwest School District got all of its business accomplished at the polls this year, handily passing budget items and electing two new board ...

On February 23, the Randolph Selectboard met for the last time before a new board is seated after the Town Meeting Day elections. That meeting was Trini Brassard’s last as a selectboard member. Trini ...

Montpelier—On Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2025, Lily Cecelia (Hardaker) Cook, 95, passed away peacefully at the Gary Residence Memory Care in Montpelier. Lily was born on May 31, 1930, in ...