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 ...

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 ...

As a participant of Saturday’s rally in Randolph against the excesses of our federal executive branch, I want to note that: 1) the number of assembled people exceeded my expectations, 2) everyone was ...

From weather to attendance, fair president Gordon Barnaby said that this year’s Tunbridge World’s Fair was a resounding success. “All the concessionaires seemed happy, and all the fair-goers we spoke ...

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 ...

This Week In SportsBy Staff on October 23, 2025 ...

The sun shines, burning through the mist over hillsides below pastoral Sanders Road up Christian Hill in Bethel. It’s Monday, a school day, just before 9 on a mild autumn morning. From the side of the ...

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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 ...

Vermont Law and Graduate School in South Royalton has hired Nate Hibler as vice president of finance. Hibler will create and execute budgets, working with the school’s board and leadership. He will ...

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 ...

Recent federal immigration enforcement actions have raised concerns about due process protections in our communities. Reports include detention without legal representation, use of detainers without ...