Probably the worst decision in human history was that of the Chinese Emperor Xuando (also known as Zhu Zhanji) in 1434. In that year he issued the Edict of Haijin that closed China off from the rest ...

Armed with nothing but their boiled-down set, costumes, and imaginations, seven Randolph Elementary students entered the 800,000-square-foot Kansas City, Miss., convention center. The venue hosted ...

Box-office numbers are generally tabulated on Sunday night, presumably so Hollywood executives have something to yell into the phone about on Monday morning. “Elio,” Pixar’s latest feature, opened in ...

A goose and her gosling swim around Pickles Pond in Brookfield to beat this week’s elevated temperatures. (Herald / Kyan Smith) You must be an online subscriber to view this story. Please subscribe or ...

After months of deliberation, both the House and Senate passed H.454, the education reform bill, last Monday. First introduced by the governor in January, the bill drew controversy from across the ...

HOLIDAY SPIRIT | A festive Christmas luncheon for the residents and staff of The Park House in Rochester was sponsored by a 35-year Great Hawk homeowner, who preferred to remain anonymous, and asked ...

Diane White, most likely the teacher with the longest teaching career in Strafford history, was honored at a retirement party last week, after finishing up her 37 years at the Newton Elementary School ...

Summer is here and the heat has already had many of us pulling toward the relief of the water. Summer is also the time of the movie blockbuster and the film widely credited with initiating that ...

A Hancock man died after his all-terrain vehicle went off the road and hit a tree last Wednesday, June 18. Vermont State Police were called at 7:43 a.m. to a location on North Hollow Road in Granville ...

The Bethel Area Rotary Club, which serves the towns of Barnard, Royalton, Tunbridge, Bethel, Rochester, and Stockbridge, awarded four $1000 scholarships to graduating seniors this year. Awardees were ...

On Thursday, June 26 at 6 p.m., the White River Valley Players will host a pizza-party play reading at the Rochester Café on North Main St. (Route 100), in Rochester. Participants will be reading one ...

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 ...