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Dean Salls, of Braintree, Vt., demolishes the Middle Branch Grange building, in East Bethel, Vt., on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. The building was severely damaged in a January, 2024 fire and the organization plans to rebuild on the site. (Valley News – James M. Patterson) -
Judy Powell, left, helps her brother Joe Williams salvage windows to use for a chicken coop out of the Middle Branch Grange building in East Bethel, Vt., on Sunday, April 13, 2025, before demolition of the fire-damaged building begins the next day. The Grange will hold its annual Easter bake sale at the nearby East Bethel Church Octagon beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 19. (Valley News – James M. Patterson) -
The stage of the Middle Branch Grange building in East Bethel, Vt., shows damage on Sunday, April 13, 2025 from a fire that began in a basement wood heating system in January 2024. Demoliation of the building was set to begin the next day, Monday, April 14. (Valley News – James M. Patterson)
Judy Powell, left, helps her brother Joe Williams salvage windows to use for a chicken coop out of the Middle Branch Grange building in East Bethel last month before demolition of the fire-damaged building began the next day. The building was severely damaged in a January 2024 fire, and the organization plans to rebuild on the site.
