On April 28, 2025 at 4:56 p.m., the Vermont State Police received a report of a retail theft at the Jay Country Store. Video footage from the store shows 4 people enter the store, 1 blonde female in a black zip up sweatshirt and red shirt took an item from the... More »
by Maria Amador HARDWICK — Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders invited hundreds of his constituents to the Hazen Union gym on Saturday for an evening of live music and dancing. The event, which was the second dance the senator has hosted this year, was attended by... More »
by Gabrielle Gervais BARTON — It was a packed house at Barton United Church Sunday evening, where friends, family, and community members alike came together to watch Lake Region Union High School students get in the groove. For the seniors, this performance m... More »
Donna Marie Judd Donna Marie Judd, 65, died peacefully at her home in Derby on May 17, 2025. She was born on April 7, 1960, to Lawrence and Mabel (Sykes) Judd, who both predeceased her. Donna was also predeceased by her beloved son Matthew Judd Lyon and her br... More »
Random Life on the Mississippi by Tena Starr I had no sense of Missouri, but two things were clear pretty quickly: We were not in the South anymore, and Missourians are really, really proud of their state. Every person we talked to recommended something — tow... More »
by Joseph Gresser JAY PEAK — Rebecca Towne, the CEO of the Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC), began her talk at the co-op’s annual meeting here Saturday by recollecting a moment from her job interview seven years ago. “I still remember one of the board member... More »
by Maria Amador CRAFTSBURY — At its May 6 meeting the Craftsbury Select Board welcomed Cedar Hannan, vice chair of the town’s school board. He said that the Legislature is still debating H.454, a contentious education bill. If passed, it will significantly... More »
by Matthew Wilson GLOVER — An apparently abandoned property seems to be causing problems, both for the resident neighbors and as a parcel delinquent on taxes. At the select board meeting on May 8, a tax sale of the property was discussed. That conversation l... More »
William C. Denton William C. Denton died on May 8, 2025, at his home in Craftsbury after a seven-year battle with amyloidosis. He was born on September 16, 1937, to the late William H. and Noma (Lowell) Denton. He was a loving husband to Priscilla (Grassette... More »
by Tena Starr Okay, some trivia. Although neither Steve nor I are big on guided tours, we took a tour of the supposedly haunted McRaven House, an antebellum mansion in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where few such houses survived the Civil War. There, we learned a... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT CENTER — Cellular service along the northern border can be shoddy. Signals often struggle to reach up from the south or they bounce in from Canada, making a call from the top of Vermont a coin toss. That may change, at least for peo... More »
by Maria Amador GREENSBORO — On April 29, Greensboro residents voted 227 to 147 against allowing RuralEdge, the Kingdom’s housing agency, to buy the former high school building for a proposed residential development. The decision came more than five years a... More »
