Douglas Ira Moulton Douglas Ira Moulton, 68, of Holland died on Sunday, December 13, 2020, at his home. He was born on June 10, 1952, in Newport to the late Ira and Natalie (Charland) Moulton. On May 3, 1975, he married Judith Wesser, who survives him. Douglas... More »
by Kristin Anderson COVID has been a surprising boon to at least one sector of business — home improvement and construction. With more people staying home, and others moving to Vermont, those businesses have experienced an uptick in sales that no one could h... More »
The Old Stone House Museum has shared some real photo Christmas cards by local people back in the 1930s and the 1960s. Carl and Annie French of Orleans and Westmore chose a Willoughby Lake view for their card. More photos, courtesy of The Old Ston... More »
Governor’s briefings by Joseph Gresser It appears Vermonters listened to state officials and skipped the big family Thanksgiving for a year. According to figures presented by Commissioner of Financial Regulation Michael Pieciak at Governor Phil Scott’s ... More »
by Tena Starr CRAFTSBURY – The reward for information about the person who shot a longtime family pet, apparently mistaking it for a coyote, was at more than $1,500 Saturday and still climbing. Alison Mcknight let Cassady, her 11-year-old Alaskan husky, ou... More »
by Tena Starr NEWPORT CENTER — Fred is about six feet tall with a rubbery face and wobbly legs. He’s not much of a dresser, and he has a small vial of placenta in one of his pockets. Yes, placenta. That was last week. On another day he might have a bit o... More »
The Infamous Hayden House in Albany, of which much has been written regarding a curse put on the family by Merci Dale, the mother-in-law of the first William Hayden. It foretold the family would die out in poverty in the third generation. See this week’s Chro... More »
by Joseph Gresser Town Meeting Day is set for March 3, 2021. In normal times that would be a boring statement of fact, but the past year has been anything but normal. While the coronavirus continues its work, getting the family together for dinner is prob... More »
Donna Mandart has once again set up her miniature Victorian Christmas Village at the welcome center in Newport. This is the second annual display of Donna’s Christmas Village. It will be open for the public to visit through January 16, 2021, at Vermont’s... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — On Monday evening a Main Street business owner and her partner asked the city council to consider an article opening Newport to entrepreneurs who want to go into the recreational cannabis business. Council members appeared amenab... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Two days after a man was sent to the University of Vermont Medical Center with a gunshot wound to his leg, the story took another twist. Police say they found a huge stash of fentanyl in the car where the shooting took place. Acc... More »
by Joseph Gresser The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has yet to approve a COVID vaccine for use in the U.S., but the expectation is that it will be only a short while before it does. At Governor Phil Scott’s press briefing Tuesday, Health Commissioner D... More »
