by Trisha Ingalls IRASBURG — After 36 years, Bob’s Quick Stop is changing hands. Owners Bob and Rachel Booth have sold the gas station with convenience store and deli, and the transition will take place in coming weeks. Bob Booth grew up in North Troy, and ap... More »
by Matthew Wilson GLOVER — What sits at the heart of Glover? Residents involved with a project to renovate the town green are likely to argue that the lawn on Route 16, the focus of Glover Day each year, is at the center of the community. For five years ... More »
by Matthew Wilson BARTON — Village residents were quick to take care of their annual meeting on March 10. The meeting moved through its warned articles smoothly, with the village trustees answering questions along the way. Residents conducted all their bus... More »
by Maria Amador IRASBURG — As is the norm in Irasburg, Town Meeting kicked off just after 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday in March. Voters gathered upstairs at the town hall following the community meal held downstairs an hour prior. Longtime moderator Ron Holla... More »
by Natalie Hormilla GLOVER — Residents here elected two new select board members, one by a single paper ballot cast by the town clerk, and the other by paper ballot on the second try. Residents nominated Dan Clark and Tabitha Armstrong as possible candidates... More »
by Joseph Gresser Around 100 Barton residents showed up at Lake Region Union High School Town Meeting Day night to decide their town’s course for the next year. With level-funded town and road budgets, there was little to rile up voters, so the meeting was,... More »
by Pat Sanders JAY — Approximately 40 town of Jay residents came together at the Jay-Westfield Elementary School on March 3, for the annual Town Meeting, annual Jay-Westfield Elementary School Meeting and potluck luncheon. After a brief social time over dough... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Twenty-six-year-old Jakiy Tramaine Corey Keith admitted killing Kayla Wright in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court on February 25. Mr. Keith made his admission in pleading guilty to a felony charge of second-deg... More »
by Gabrielle Gervais ISLAND POND — A considerable number of town residents gathered in the Brighton Town Hall’s gymnasium Monday evening to hear about municipal and school matters and express their choices for the coming year. Ultimately, voters decided to h... More »
by Matthew Wilson DERBY LINE — As it does every year, Derby held its floor meeting Monday evening. Voters went to the polls on Town Meeting Day, March 3. Around 100 citizens attended Monday’s meeting at the Derby Elementary School in Derby Line and conduct... More »
by Joseph Gresser A promise made more than two decades ago may, at last, be nearing fulfillment. Vermont began getting federal money to provide high speed internet service to the Northeast Kingdom as far back as 2004, but it was only until the creation of N... More »
by Matthew Wilson GLOVER — Even when no members of the public attend a select board meeting, there’s still plenty of work that needs to be done. At the Glover Select Board’s meeting Monday evening, for which no citizens showed up in person, board members lo... More »
