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September 2013

All posts published in September 2013

29 posts

Obituaries October 2, 2013

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Phyllis B. (Morse) Greenwood Phyllis B. (Morse) Greenwood, 87, formerly of Derby, died peacefully on September 24, 2013, in Barton, after a long illness. She was born on March 21, 1926, in Newport, a daughter of Amos and Ida (Carson) Morse. She was raised and ... More »

Obituaries September 25, 2013

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Edward Coldren Bechtel Edward Coldren Bechtel, 91, of Essex Junction died on August 22, 2013, at the Green Mountain Nursing Home in Colchester. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 1921, the son of Floyd and Helen (Coldren) Bechtel. He graduate... More »

Police standoff with armed suspect in Newport

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BREAKING NEWS  9-25-2013 NEWPORT — Derick J. Niles, 36, of Newport pled innocent in Orleans Superior Court Wednesday to misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct after a police standoff at his home.  Bail was set at $100,000 by Judge ... More »

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Tenants prepare to leave historic Spates Block

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — John Daggett carefully placed boxes, pieces of furniture and random possessions into the back of a box truck parked on Main Street here Friday.  Over the past couple of weeks, Mr. Daggett said he’s helped around five households move... More »

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Everybody wins at the Lowell FOLK festival

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by Bethany M. Dunbar LOWELL — “There’s no losers in this kind of a deal.  Everybody wins,” said Ed Newton as he held up his first place ribbon for his 1947 Massey Harris tractor.  Identical ribbons went to each participant in the Lowell FOLK festival parade on... More »

NC Junior Falcons A team takes down Spartans

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9-23-2013 NEWPORT —A brisk wind blew the Winooski Spartans in to Newport Saturday morning, where they faced the North Country Junior Falcons. The B team opened the morning by receiving the kick.  They went on to fumble the ball giving Winooski the ball on thei... More »

Editorial: A sad echo from across the sea

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“They’re still at it!” That’s what we said when we read the astounding news that on September 5, almost three decades after Vermont State Police raided the Northeast Kingdom Community Church in Island Pond and seized its children, it happened again in southern... More »

Editorial: A closer look at the obesity epidemic

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The statistics presented by the district health department Saturday are alarming.  Seventy-five percent of the people in Orleans and northern Essex counties are overweight or obese, they say. What might be even more alarming is the assertion made by the film W... More »

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In Orleans: Rare magnolia tree succumbs to wind and bugs

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by Tena Starr ORLEANS — The heavy rain and wind that hit northern Vermont last week had an unusual victim:  the magnolia tree that has, for some reason, been thriving in Orleans for nearly 60 years. Magnolias don’t generally overwinter in far northern Vermont ... More »