by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Ivan Santiago, 50, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, pled no contest to reckless endangerment and two charges of prohibited conduct — open or gross lewdness — first offense. The state had amended down the charges from lewd and lascivi... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT CENTER — A local man with a flying machine appeared before the select board on June 5 and asked it to approve a private airstrip. The mini-airport would only serve the petitioner’s personal needs, but the official designation could... More »
by Maria Amador CRAFTSBURY — On June 3, the select board picked up a weeks-long discussion over an open meeting law violation complaint filed last month by James LaRock. The subject was short-lived, however, as the board decided to table it until after it con... More »
Workers survey the truck that overturned on I-91 near Derby Line Monday morning. According to the Lieutenant Benjamin Shelp of the Department of Motor Vehicles, a tire blew out on one of the dump truck’s steering tires as it headed north. Driver Kevin Riende... More »
David Stanley Urie David Stanley Urie, 79, of Newport, died in Lebanon, New Hampshire, on May 31, 2025. He was born in Newport to Vivian (Hammond) Urie and Clarence David Urie on May 4, 1946. He was a member of the American Legion Post 21, VFW Post 798, and th... More »
On 5/15/25, at approximately 9:44 a.m., Troopers with the Vermont State Police arrested Lisa Akey (41) at her residence in Bradford, Vermont, in connection to the suspicious disappearance of 43-year-old Corey Crooker earlier this year. Akey was subsequently tr... More »
by Maria Amador NEWPORT CENTER — On May 28 ten construction workers were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents near a closed work site in Newport Center. The arrests are the latest in a series of small- and large-scale detentions carr... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Judge Rory Thibault, sitting in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court, ordered Mark Devoid, 39, of Morrisville to be held without bail after Mr. Devoid pled innocent to a felony charge of second-degree aggravated do... More »
by Matthew Wilson ALBANY — Those who don’t know what a cranky is can apply to any student at the Albany Community School for enlightenment. The device is a decidedly low-tech contraption that embodies the idea of a moving picture. Basically, a cranky is a box... More »
by Joseph Gresser DERBY LINE — Residents of Caswell Avenue here were brought to their windows a little after 10 p.m. on May 28. Village resident Frank Davis looked out onto the street after he heard loud shouting outside. What he and his neighbors saw were fl... More »
Flames from a burning Stanstead home can be seen above a Caswell Avenue house late on May 28. The house, in Canada, is on the American side of the border gate on Rue Lee. Firefighters from Quebec and Vermont worked together to quell the fire which caused no ... More »
Douglas Roderick Scott October 31, 1937 — May 21, 2025 “Now I Lay me Down to Sleep” Douglas Roderick Scott, 87, died peacefully at home in Swanton on May 21, 2025, after a nine-month battle with cancer. In his illness, and indeed his entire married life, he w... More »
