by Joseph Gresser LYNDON CENTER — The first game of the 2020 football season came late this year, but the wait proved worthwhile for the North Country Union High School Falcons, who took a lead early in Saturday’s contest with the Lyndon Institute Viking... More »
by Tena Starr COVID has had many unexpected consequences. In the Northeast Kingdom it’s apparently led to a pig glut. Some folks who, in the early days of COVID-related shortages, were looking to guarantee themselves a source of meat might find themselves i... More »
Vermont State Police collaborates with DNA experts on Brianna Maitland case WATERBURY, Vermont (Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020) — As part of the Vermont State Police’s ongoing investigation into the 2004 disappearance of Brianna Maitland, detectives are partnering ... More »
Daily Update on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) September 28, 2020 Time to Get Your Flu Shot! It’s more important than ever to get your flu shot this year ─ when both flu viruses and the new coronavirus may be spreading at the same time. There are many more u... More »
Sybil A. Moffat Sybil A. Moffat, 91, of Shelburne died peacefully on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. She was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Kimball and Ruth (Cook) Adams. Sybil was a 1948 graduate of Colby Junior College (now known as Colby-Sawyer) in New Lo... More »
Emily Knaggs captured this footage of emergency crews arriving on scene last evening. Area fire and rescue crews responded to a fire at Lois Lew’s on LaClair Lane in South Barton Monday evening. Neighbors said the fire broke out around 8 p.m. Ms. Lew was no... More »
State Lawmakers Pass Funding Package in Support of VSCS Allocation includes bridge funding to stabilize the system for students, employees, and communities of VSCS Montpelier, VT – Today, the Vermont Legislature advanced to the Governor a state budget that und... More »
Parson’s Corner Restaurant in Barton is now open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast & lunch available Wednesday through Sunday. Dinner Thursday through Saturday until 8 p.m. Their breakfast menu includes classic favorites as well as breakfast bowls, sa... More »
Update sent to us this morning, Friday, September 25: Good morning All, Barton Village Staff located our major leak during Phase 2 shut down last night. The location was narrowed down to 900 feet on Park St. by 2 a.m. Park Street remains shut down from the ... More »
by Joseph Gresser Fall sports can begin when Vermont schools officially move to less restrictive step three measures on Saturday, Education Secretary Dan French said at Governor Phil Scott’s press briefing Tuesday. School opened at step two, under which stu... More »
by Joseph Gresser IRASBURG — The District Seven Environmental Commission has decided what questions it will ask as it considers a revised Act 250 permit for an asphalt plant here. In a pre-hearing conference report and order dated September 18, the commissi... More »
by Joseph Gresser BROWNINGTON — Alexander Lucius Twilight will turn 225 on September 23, or he would have had he not died in 1857. The Orleans County Historical Society is marking the occasion with several days of events that kicked off Sunday on the ground... More »
