by Joseph Gresser ORLEANS — Paul Sicard was ready for a scrap when he appeared before the Barton Design Review Board (DRB) last Thursday evening, but before a half hour was out members of the board were asking his advice on ways to simplify the town’s zoning... More »
by Tena Starr BARTON — A Barton home and its owners’ vehicles were vandalized about 12:30 a.m. on September 13 with damages in the vicinity of $10,000. Maria Morris said one of her daughters woke up that Sunday after hearing “loud banging.” Mrs. Morris said... More »
Robert F. Fischer Robert F. Fischer, of Boca Grande, Florida, and Craftsbury Common, died on Saturday, September 5, 2020. Robert was born on November 25, 1945, in Newark, New Jersey, to Albert and Jennie Fischer. He graduated from Union Township High School... More »
Landon Baker, age 5, of Glover helps harvest sweet corn from his family farm on the Borland Road in Glover this past weekend. Each year Colburn’s Village View Maples and Beef grow sweet corn in the middle of their cow corn to share with family, friends and the... More »
Tim Gerrow of Jay shot this bear in North Troy on September 16. Mr. Gerrow said, ” I sit on the tracks in North Troy where I see a number of bears every year and just got lucky when this big boy come out. One shot, went 30 yards, and was done! It was a tough d... More »
Earl Benjamin Whitmore, Jr. Earl Benjamin Whitmore Jr., 53, of St. Johnsbury died at the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative and Hospice Care early in the morning on Saturday, September 5, 2020, with his wife, Jennifer, by his side. Earl was born in Oakland, Cali... More »
by Leanne Harple Northeast Kingdom voters spent a drizzly Sunday dining on local cheeses, apple cider, and homemade pies at the home of attorney David Kelley, of Greensboro, in support of Molly Gray, the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor. Ken Dea... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Tracy Zschau, the Vermont Land Trust’s Northeast Kingdom regional director, and Dan Kilborn, the organization’s forester, led a visitor last Thursday to Bluffside Farm past a sign that read “trail closed” down to Scott’s Cove. As th... More »
by Chris Braithwaite NEWPORT — In the early summer of 1945 Harvey Robitaille was in basic training, an Army draftee being readied for what was predicted to be a long and bloody conclusion to the Second World War — the invasion of Japan. In terms of the Robita... More »
by Joseph Gresser In the past ten days Orleans County, which heretofore had only 15 reported cases of COVID-19, has seen a spike of seven additional cases, including four cases reported in a single day. Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine spoke about the... More »
On September 12, 2020 at approximately 12:45 am, Newport City Fire Department responded to 236 Pleasant Street in Newport City for a report of a fully engulfed structure fire. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered a two story residential to be fully engulfe... More »
Some families turned to the internet to look for a pet, thinking a pandemic puppy or kitten would help ease some of the uncertainty of current events. Many have come across scammers advertising animals that don’t exist and are never shipped. The coronavirus (C... More »
