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 ...
The new year is upon us, and with it comes a new crop of material entering the public domain. For 2026, that’s the sound recordings of 1925 and all the other media of 1930. I wanted to continue my ...
What started out as a onetime visit to West Hill in Granville to satisfy a need to see Rob Ford’s meadow in the Green Mountain National Forest has led to our more-than-a-decade-long late summer ritual ...
Like two siblings reared apart influenced by completely different environmental and social factors, Vermont in its formative years experienced a similar upbringing according to Leigh Wright’s ...
Our State Rep. Jay Hooper has a phone number listed in The Herald and the Randolph Town Report. If you should call this number, the mail box is full! It has been for about four years now. Please vote.
Archaeologists have been on site at the Ely Mine in Vershire, looking for pieces of history among the scores of potential sites since May, and will be on location until at least October. The mine, ...
On Friday afternoon, Brandi Cornell and Nick Kavanaugh were surrounded by chaos at East Randolph’s Middle Branch Market and Deli, which they’d owned for less than 24 hours. They’d pulled shelves out, ...
After more than 30 years of developing and managing affordable housing and community initiatives in the Randolph area, the Randolph Area Community Development Corporation (RACDC) has announced that it ...
Last year, Josh and Andrew Jonestein would often spend evenings on their patio in Dallas, brainstorming an exit strategy from Texas. All it took was a birthday trip to Vermont last November and a tour ...
Gov. Phil Scott has appointed two new lawmakers to fill vacancies in the Vermont Legislature days before the start of the session next week. John Benson, a managing partner at the engineering firm ...
Today, one hears little mention of the city of Damascus, except as the capital city of a relatively small Near Eastern country. Yet, historians marvel at Damascus’ importance and influence from remote ...
On a cool—for August— morning, volunteers could be seen at the front of the Habitat for Humanity duplex at 41 Central Street leveling and packing sand before laying out 70-pound pavers for the ...