NEWPORT — Chief Travis Bingham reports that the Newport Police Department charged a man in connection with a series of recent catalytic converter thefts. ELIJAH EMERSON, AGE 31, OF NEWPORT, was arrested and charged with: Grand Larceny Unlawful Mischief On Mond... More »
Rosemary M. Rowe Rosemary M. Rowe, 80, of Newport died at her home on May 11, 2022, with her daughters by her side. She was born on June 25, 1941, in Coventry to the late Homer and Avis (Burroughs) Curtis. On August 27, 1983, she married Robert Rowe who pr... More »
by Matthew Wilson NORTH TROY — For many local businesses, the pandemic took away a large portion of the money brought by visiting tourists. For those who learned to adapt, the slow return to normal means a chance to grow, and entrepreneurs moving into North... More »
by Joseph Gresser MONTPELIER — The Vermont Supreme Court reversed a ruling that returned a 40-acre parcel of land near Hartwell Pond to the family who donated it to the town of Albany over 60 years ago. Judge Mary Teachout, sitting in the Civil Division of O... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — At his arraignment on May 12, Judge Lisa Warren ordered Parker Clark, 20, of Craftsbury, held without bail after he pled innocent to four felonies in connection with an accident that left a 19-year-old man in critical condition. A... More »
by Matthew Wilson DERBY — Summer is coming, and the recent warm weather has been pitch perfect for baseball and soccer. At North Country Union Junior High School, the playing season is just beginning, and the school’s young athletes can look forward to comp... More »
Cynthia J. Beaulieu Cynthia “Cindy” J. (Rollins) Beaulieu, age 83, a long-time resident of Vermont, died Saturday morning, April 30, 2022, after a short decline in her health. She was born on July 18, 1938, in Nashua, New Hampshire, and was the second child... More »
by Trisha Ingalls ALBANY — The select board’s administrative assistant Terri Campbell called in to its May 3 meeting to discuss the process for hiring a new Town Clerk and Treasurer. Albany voters gave the board authority to choose a successor to Debra Ann ... More »
LOWELL — Cameron King, Ephraim Elmer, and Cedar Decker, three eighth-graders from Lowell Graded School, decided in December 2021 to participate in the Greenway Institute’s Sustainable Engineering Challenge for the 2021-2022 school year. This year’s challeng... More »
Alex Gonyaw driving Jay and Jack as they pull 5,000 pounds earning second place. More »
by Matthew Wilson BARTON – People have looked to horses as a symbol of strength for longer than humanity can recall. Ridden and worked, these beasts once took center stage as engines to perform feats that manpower alone could not accomplish. A good draft h... More »
BARTON—By a vote of 48 to 100 Barton Village turned down the proposed sale of their electric department to the Vermont Electric Cooperative. Barton’s trustees had urged the sale, saying it would relieve the village of the burden of serving customers in Brow... More »
