Fred Messer News Today

New Waitsfield Historical Society members have been seated

Stories of Vermonts past takes a look at the Republic of Vermont.

Business news for the issue of September 22, 2022

A look back at the history of the Mad River Valley

The history of class struggle in the Beloit Iron Works and how the company responded to it and kept it to a minimum.

Select board names Gonda to board until March The Waitsfield Select Board appointed Jordan Gonda to fill outgoing board member Darryl Forrest’s term until Town Meeting next March. Five candidates, Gonda, Pete Mooney, Christine Sullivan, JB Weir and Fred Messer expressed an interest in the seat. They were interviewed via Zoom on December 7. Gonda is an attorney for the state of Vermont and has served on the planning commission since 2014. She served as vice chair from 2018-2020 and has ser...

An excellent place Published: 12/9/2020 2:17:51 PM At 88 years, I have my headstone in the Bernardston cemetery.  I have lived most of my life in faraway places but my parents, Myron and Julia Barber, plus other family are buried there. My reasons go beyond that. I have vivid memories of several fine people there: Frank R. Foster, Commander Leonard Eastman, Fred Messer, and several others.   Bernardston is an excellent place to live and a town cannot be more beautiful.  I served 29 years i...