by Joseph Gresser IRASBURG — Around 80 people crowded the Irasburg Town Hall last Thursday evening to discuss what some described as an intolerable stench coming from the J. Hutchins asphalt plant just off Route 58 on the Orleans side of the village. Louis Pi... More »
by Joseph Gresser BROWNINGTON — Voters here chose on Tuesday by a nearly three-to-one margin to rescind a proposed ordinance that would have barred junky yards. Forty-six people voted to junk the ordinance while 19 cast ballots favoring the measure. It was th... More »
Two cranes lift an enormous concrete beam up over power lines on the Eagle Point Road in Derby Tuesday morning. A permanent bridge is being installed, replacing the temporary bridge that replaced a culvert that failed in 2017. Maneuvering the beams off the t... More »
Keith Conrad Stone Keith Conrad Stone, 75, of Waterbury Center died Saturday, October 5, 2019, at North Country Hospital in Newport. He was born in Northfield October 17, 1943 the son of Arthur and Lenita Stygles Stone. He was a 1961 graduate of Hardwick Aca... More »
(October 7, 2019) – Vermont gas prices have fallen 1.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.62/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 626 stations. Gas prices in Vermont are 3.7 cents per gallon lower than a month ago, yet stand 28.2 cents... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Holiday celebrations are easy to schedule, but foliage festivals depend on unpredictable factors, chief among them the weather. This year Vermont’s North Country Chamber of Commerce chose a date that nicely coincided with the onset ... More »
by Tena Starr If I owe you money and you don’t get paid this month, don’t think, at least not yet, that I’m a deadbeat. You see, my goats ate September’s bills last week. If eating bills actually made them go away, I’d probably thank the buggers (or eat some... More »
by Joseph Gresser DERBY — More than 70 people gathered before the Derby Civil War monument on a rainy Saturday to honor the memory of Willie Johnston, a drummer boy in the Union Army, who was and remains the youngest person to have earned the nation’s highest ... More »
by Joseph Gresser WESTMORE — About 20 people showed up at the Westmore Town Clerk’s office Monday evening to hear Game Warden Mike Scott discuss state regulations on ATVs. Fearing an even larger audience of partisans for and against allowing the vehicles acces... More »
Memorial service Cleveland and Cynthia Cornell A memorial service for Cleveland and Cynthia Cornell will be held at noon on Friday, October 11, at Pine Grove Cemetery in Newport with the Reverend Kelly Deslauriers officiating. Full military honors will follow... More »
This ghoulish scene was captured at Wendy’s in Newport before the Friday night football game between the North Country Union High School Falcons and the Lyndon Institute Vikings. Photo by David Dudley More »
