by Joseph Gresser GLOVER — An annual community event with a weight of tradition always faces the risk of becoming stodgy. Glover Day, with its Chamberlain Run, bicycle race and puppet show re-enacting the story of Runaway Pond, could easily become a snooze. ... More »
by Tena Starr NEWPORT — Carlton Bickford, 76, a retired electrician and well-liked longtime Glover resident, shambled into court in shackles Monday and pled innocent to first-degree murder in the shooting death on Friday of 72-year-old Rachel Coburn of Barton,... More »
by Coach Jethro Hayman After competing against each other in the state baseball tournament on July 4 weekend, a group of Lake Region and North Country coaches and players decided they were not ready to hang up their cleats. So they formed a hybrid 12U (ages 1... More »
Susan Bailey Susan S. Bailey, 67, of Westmore died peacefully at home on June 27, 2013, after a 15-year, hard-fought battle with multiple sclerosis. She was born in Yonkers, New York, on July 23, 1945, beloved daughter of the late James T. and Edith R. Schofie... More »
by Joseph Gresser GREENSBORO — Secrets are notoriously hard to keep in small towns. But Greensboro has managed to keep a thriving arts organization quiet for eight years. With its tent theater set up on the green in front of the Town Hall in the middle of tow... More »
by Richard Creaser NEWPORT — Solid defense and great team chemistry have propelled D&D Electric onto the national stage. The Newport-based team has earned a berth at the Amateur Softball Association of America’s national eastern C and D division championship... More »
by Chris Braithwaite ALBANY — Jim and Kathy Goodrich have a nice home with a porch along the entire west side that overlooks acres of neatly trimmed lawn and, about a mile away, the long, sinuous ridgeline known as Lowell Mountain. Now that view is dominated b... More »
Gertrude E. Beaucaire Gertrude E. Beaucaire, 86, of Newport Center died on June 24, 2013, at her home. She was born August 2, 1926, in Worcester, Massachusetts, a daughter of Karl Sr. and Gertrude (Sieswerda) Buschenfeldt. She graduated in 1944 from Stoughton ... More »
by Richard Creaser LYNDONVILLE — The Orleans County All-Stars, composed of players from two Lake Region and one North Country squads, earned runners-up honors at the 13-to-15-year-old Babe Ruth district tournament held in Lyndonville over the weekend. Team ma... More »
by Richard Creaser ORLEANS — The tournament may have been small, but the competition wasn’t. However, the Lake Region squad defeated Lyndonville to earn the Babe Ruth district three 13-year-old title over the weekend. The two teams squared off at Lake Region... More »
Children are Diamonds, by Edward Hoagland. Published by Arcade Publishing, New York, New York, 2013. 213 pages. $23.95. Reviewed by Paul Lefebvre What to think of a 30-something-year-old schoolteacher who got fired from his job in New Hampshire, absconded f... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — After a discussion that occasionally veered toward the contentious, the North Country Union High School board decided Tuesday to move forward on negotiations with Newport aimed at hiring a city police officer as a community resource... More »
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