Vermont holds the title as the state with the strictest, most burdensome land-posting law in the country. Vermont’s current law requires landowners to erect notices prohibiting hunting, trapping, and ...

Pacific Grove, Calif.— Margaret Meagher Oxford, born on October 30, 1948, passed away on November 10, 2025, at the age of 77, with her brother and daughter beside her. Margaret was a life-long ...

This illustration from the British Library’s collection of Western Drawings shows Lord Macartney’s first meeting with the Qianlong Emperor in 1793. (Wikimedia Commons) Probably the worst decision in ...

When Tropical Storm Irene tore through Vermont in 2011, Stephen Farrington found himself stranded. The floodwaters had transformed his Stockbridge neighborhood into an island, washing out roads, ...

A lawsuit filed by a student and her father against the superintendent of the Orange Southwest School District and the co-principals at Randolph Union High School was settled recently. The settlement ...

Dan Sargent, center right, discusses the attributes of the Granville Rescue truck with curious kids during the weekly Rochester Farmers Market at Main Street Park, a Touch-A-Truck event that was held ...

I am currently a patient of Gifford Medical Center’s Chelsea clinic. Last week I was informed that my primary care provider, Dr. Laura Barber, had been given her termination notice and would be ...

A South Main Street business that’s been a fixture in Randolph for over a century is set to close at the end of this year. Mary Merusi, 83, owner of Beacon Printing for going on five decades, plans to ...

One of your Strafford’s correspondent’s favorite authors as a boy, and for my children and grandchildren, is Virginia Lee Burton. She wrote such classics as “Katy and the Big Snow,” Mike Mulligan and ...

The “Dream Dozen” has been changed to “Outstanding Underclassmen.” The VBCA Executive Board voted to change that this year so more student-athletes could be recognized. There are now eight boys and ...

The family of Lloyd (Scoot) Baker wants to thank everyone who came to the service and those who provided food, cards, and hugs, and also those who provided the tractor parade. We are very grateful.

For a small Vermont town, its general stores serve an almighty purpose. To locals, “going to the store”—whether for coffee, the paper, groceries, or just a healthy dose of town gossip—means much more ...