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Tracy Davis Pierce

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Cantankerous kindergartner

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Traditionally, children and weeping parents wait anxiously outside the school doors or for the school bus to arrive to transport their little ones off to their first day of kindergarten. This year many parents are reporting tears of frustration as they and the... More »

Obituaries 9.9.20

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Lawrence James White On Sunday, August 30, 2020, Lawrence James White, 90, died surrounded by his family in Newport. Larry was born on December 18, 1929, at the Rocking Rock Farm in Greensboro to Alton Royal and Bertha Jane (Young) White.  He graduated at age ... More »

Maybe there’s a silver lining

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Editorial Maybe there’s a silver lining   The giant experiment of opening schools in the midst of a pandemic started this week.  While Orleans County has only 17 known cases of COVID to date, asymptomatic people who have not been tested can spread the disease.... More »

State says help for the jobless is coming

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  by Joseph Gresser Workers who are unemployed due to the effects of the COVID pandemic may soon see a bit of overdue relief. At Governor Phil Scott’s Tuesday press briefing, Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington said the state should start distributing the $3... More »

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Back to school

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Barton special education teacher Suzanne Cicale takes the temperature of children Tuesday morning, as students returned to school after a five-month absence.  The restart of in-person education meant a host of new precautions, including masks for all students ... More »

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Local teen swims English Channel

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  by Tena Starr Sixteen-year-old Vera Rivard, whose family divides its time between Derby and New Hampshire, has joined a relatively small group of people who have successfully swum the English Channel. The teen started her swim at 9:38 in the morning on Septe... More »

Obituaries 9.2.2020

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Karla M. Tortorino Karla M. Tortorino, 45, died after a long and courageous battle with cancer on Saturday, July 4, 2020. She was born on May 7, 1974, in Manchester, New Hampshire. She leaves behind her mother, Joan Emmons, of Biddeford, Maine; her son Tony St... More »