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By Brendan Mollica Every morning Stanzin Namgyal rises at about 5:30 and dons the robes of a Buddhist monk, wrapping and draping the simple red cloth around himself in the traditional fashion. Then he slips into his plastic sandals and hurries through the snow to the main prayer room of his monastery at Hemis, a sma... More ...
A very rare recognition was conferred on 97-year-old Dwight Palmer July 12 at his residence at the Joslyn House in Randolph. Some 15 members of the Mad River Masonic Lodge journeyed to Randolph to confer a 75-year Masonic pin on Palmer. More ... Spanish Class Visits Mexico By Morgan Brown On June 19, while the rest of Vermont slept, myself and eleven of my classmates from the Spanish class at Randolph Union High School sat around the Burlington airport. Despite the time, 3:30 a.m., I was incredibly excited and anxious. More ... Braintree's 'Pillow Lady' Helps Patients Treated for Cancer Jackie Edmunds of Braintree calls hers a "non-profit operation." Jackie, 74, does clothing alterations part time at home. The money she makes from shortening pant legs and letting out skirts she invests back into her former employer- Gifford Medical Center. More ... News of Area Students David Hamberlin of Rochester, the son of Larry Hamberlin and Cynthia Huard, was named a College Scholar during the 2007 spring term at Middlebury College. As the highest recognition for academic achievement at Middlebury, a College Scholar must carry a full course load of four or more classes dur... More ... Make-A-Wish Makes a Match Between a Girl and a Horse If you have to be a kid with cancer, it helps to be able to make a wish and have it come true. Haley Lary, age 12, knows this all too well. The Fish Hill Road resident, who this fall will enter seventh grade at Randolph Union Middle School, has spent the last several months fighting cancer. More ... SoRo Resident Earns Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching By Susan Jones Jennifer Hewitt, a South Royalton resident and a teacher at the Pomfret School, was recently given the 2006 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. The award is given in recognition of teachers who have shown dedication to teaching students and maintaining high stan... More ... The Mother of 10, Now College Grad By Martha Slater Like the mother of any new college graduate, Marilyn Vesper of Tunbridge is proud of her oldest daughter, Susan Boles. A recent graduate of the nursing program at Claremont Technical College in Claremont, N.H., Boles passed her boards July 12 and is now a Licensed Practical Nurse. More ... |
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