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 newspaper is the most successful mechanism in history for conveying to the public what is going on. Newspapers are a relatively recent development in human history, going back only four centuries.

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 ...

In the works at VTSU Randolph is a project that hopes to bring sustainable, local beef to campuses across the state. The school is partnering with the Northeast Grass-Fed Beef Initiative (NGBI), as ...

Strafford residents honored native son, singer/ songwriter Noah Kahan by giving him and his bride, Brenna Nolan, the privacy they desired for their wedding on Saturday, Aug. 23 in the Strafford Town ...

Still warm apple pastries and thick slices of pumpkin bread, a Sunday afternoon snack, are delivered from a small kitchen. Stockings hang from a fieldstone fireplace bedecked with greenery and ...

Late fall and early winter are the best times of year to spot giant silk moth cocoons in New England. Perhaps you’ve seen these creatures in the summer, fluttering by your porch light in the evening ...

Like many Vermonters, Katrina and Karl Wagner of Royalton want to remain in their own home for the rest of their lives, so they chose their forever home with that in mind. Its floors are concrete and ...

Fifty years ago this fall, on a rainy and overcast day, a small motorcade of cars rolled through Exit 4. Nearby, a photographer stood on a wet hillside and snapped a few photos. Though dampened by the ...

Rite Aid locations in Randolph and Bethel are among five Vermont stores slated to close as the national drugstore chain restructures under bankruptcy protection, further reducing pharmacy access in ...

Last Saturday, Valley HUB, the organization responsible for the rennovation and reuse of the Rochester High School, sponsored an event. Promoted as a “Homecoming,” it was meant bring community members ...

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 ...