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Community News July 26, 2007
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'Old Home Days' A Success in SoRo
By Bruce & Susan Jones
      The South Royalton Fire and Rescue Squad Association, Inc. sponsored the annual Old Home Day events July 19-21. Not many turned out for the opening night due to weather, however, by Friday night and all day Saturday, events were in full swing.
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Menig Folks Can Hum Along To Porter Music Box Tunes
      Dwight Porter has always loved music boxes. "When I was eight years old I made a trip to the Shelburne Museum and saw my first music box," recalls Porter, who fell in love with the music and mechanics before him.
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Randolph Readers Wild About Harry
By Martha Slater
      The debut of the seventh and final Harry Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," was greeted with open arms in Randolph, and open books were much in evidence around town Saturday morning, July 21. Cover to Cover Books on Main Street was jammed with customers (many of them in costume)...
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Fiddlesticks! No Fiddleheads On New Bridge
      Apparently, the new Randolph bridge won't sprout fiddleheads after all. The state engineers on site have told the town that the pier on the Cumberland Farms side of the bridge cannot take any more weight.
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Silver Lake Assoc. Honors Field, Approves Lake Level Resolution
By Kim Furlong
      The Silver Lake Association had its annual meeting last week, beginning with a dedication ceremony in honor of Dan Field. A plaque was placed on the lakeshore under the Silver Lake Association's Information Case that acknowledges Field and his family for their generous donation and stewardship of...
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Bysel Realty Moves To Main Street
By Sara Nelson
      After two months of renovation, the former Music Shop on Main Street in Randolph has been transformed into a bright new space for Bysel Realty. Owner Dennis Brown cited the convenience and visibility of the downtown location as reasons for moving his business, which until March 15 was located on ...
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Rural Vt. Will Push To Legalize Raw Milk
Ice Cream Social
By Sara Nelson
      One of Rural Vermont's summer ice cream socials was held last week at Lisa McCrory and Carl Russell's Earthwise Farm and Forest in Bethel. The event, one of several scheduled at small farms across the state, was intended to connect farmers with consumers and highlight Rural Vermont's "Farm Fresh ...
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