Increasing number of cases heighten the need for people to be aware of COVID-19 symptoms, cooperate with contact tracers when called, get tested and follow recommendations for preventing spread of the virus BURLINGTON, VT – The Vermont Department of Health is ... More »
ONLINE DEER HARVEST REPORTING All successful hunters during Vermont’s deer hunting seasons must, by law, report their deer within 48 hours to the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. Reporting Online Online reporting systems, which have been used successfully... More »
by Joseph Gresser Deer hunters, wondering if they might be dealing with summer weather when rifle season starts on November 14, may also find their heads spinning at the wholesale revision of deer rules announced earlier this year by the Department of Fish a... More »
by Amanda Camargo BARTON — When Parson’s Corner closed its doors locals were left without one of their favorite places to grab a bite to eat. This was a problem that Sue and Darcy Belding sought to rectify. They were running the WilloBarn Snack Barn in Brown... More »
Dan Pellerin recently participated in a project similar to one that places wreaths on veterans’ graves. This time the acknowledgement was a poppy, and the recipients were Canadian and British soldiers who fought in World War I and are buried in Vermont. The ... More »
Merle W. Young Jr. The dairy community sadly lost an amazing farmer on Sunday, October 25, 2020, when Merle W. Young Jr. lost his strong fought battle with multiple myeloma and died at The Jack Byrne Palliative and Hospice Care Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire... More »
Vermonters Urged to Take Action to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 as Case Numbers Increase Officials urging adherence to current health guidance Recommend testing for those who have attended events with households outside their usual social circle BURLINGTON, VT –... More »
Fred Dutton Pierce at approximately three years of age poses with a stuffed deer in the E.F. Dutton Pharmacy circa 1885. Mr. Pierce would go on to operate the Pierce Pharmacy in Barton for over 50 years. He was a well known Barton businessman. He died in Br... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON—Barton needs a solution to its truck problem before snow comes, the select board and road foreman Rick Knaggs told representatives of Advantage Truck Group (ATG) last Thursday morning. According to Mr. Knaggs and members of the selec... More »
Orleans and Essex counties declined to return Senator John Rodgers of Glover to the State House. Russ Ingalls of Newport will head to Montpelier in his place in January. Mr. Rodgers finished fifth in a five-person race. He lost his spot on the Democratic t... More »
by Joseph Gresser Eleanor Leger was blunt when she was asked about the 2020 apple harvest. “Terrible,” she said. Ms. Leger, who with her husband, Albert, founded and runs Eden Specialty Ciders, said a combination of a warm early spring followed by a cold sna... More »
