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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...