by Meghan Wayland During privilege of the floor at the remote Lake Region Union Elementary-Middle School District (LRUEMSD) Monday night, five community members expressed concerns about flying the Black Lives Matter (BLM) flag at schools. The action was pro... More »
Jules and Effin Older, and their children, spent 14 years living in Albany, then 18 in San Francisco. Now, Ms. Older wrote to us, they have made the “momentous, spur-of the-moment decision to return to live in New Zealand. It was based on our fear of the c... More »
by Joseph Gresser BURLINGTON — An Enosburg Falls woman who admitted embezzling more than $125,000 from Jay Peak Resort, will remain free on conditions until she is sentenced on December 18. Sara L. Ovitt, who worked for the resort from 2014 to May 2019, appe... More »
by Joseph Gresser The criminal charges filed by the federal government against Ariel Quiros, the former owner of Jay Peak and Burke Mountain resorts, are nearing resolution. Mr. Quiros, 64, of Key Biscayne, Florida, pled guilty Friday to three of the 12 fel... More »
Anna Mae (Wiersma) Terhune One granddaughter’s perspective: “A legacy can be thought of as physical, but I think of a family legacy as a system of values, shared memories, and faith embraced from generation to generation. My gram, Anna Mae (Wiersma) Terhune, d... More »
Senator John Rodgers will be a candidate for reelection in November, but only as an independent. His bid to get the Democratic nomination by the hard road of write-in votes failed Tuesday night, as Ron Horton claimed the second spot on the ticket next to incu... More »
by Meghan Wayland COVENTRY — By a vote of 290 to 142, Coventry voted Tuesday to keep an ordinance that opened all town roads to ATVs. The ordinance had come under fire from townspeople who said the select board failed to gather adequate community input pr... More »
by Emmett Avery GREENSBORO — Empty liquor bottles spill out of a bin in front of the old barn in downtown Greensboro. At first glance, you might think the residents of the property have a drinking problem. But if you look a little closer, you’ll see that t... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Donovan Steele held his hands out as Orleans County Sheriff’s Deputy Doug Morrill fitted handcuffs to his wrists Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Steele, 27, and a resident of Kapaa, Hawaii, stood in the smaller of the two courtrooms in Orlea... More »
Roger Pray Roger Pray, a loving husband and father, died on Sunday, August 2, 2020, at the age of 81. Roger was born on November 18, 1938, in Tunbridge to Alice Martin and Herbert Pray. He graduated from Craftsbury Academy in 1956, and then worked in the auto... More »
