Montpelier – The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (FPR) and the Center for Rural Studies at the University of Vermont are pleased to announce that a draft Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) is available for public comme... More »
The Center For Behavioral Health Integration, together with the Truth Initiative, are bringing a quit vaping program to Vermont’s youth and young adults With a multitude of flavors available and discrete devices that can easily be concealed, e-cigarette use am... More »
To the editor, Several months ago I attended a few meetings at the United Church of Newport called Third Street Chats. These discussions were generated to uncover solutions to take back Newport streets from the drug trafficking that is threatening the safety ... More »
by David Dudley CRAFTSBURY — Picture this: After a long winter, spring has finally arrived. It’s warm, so you go outside. You’re on your knees, tilling the soil for a garden, or walking along a dirt road as the sun sets. Behind you, a vole runs into the op... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A Brownington farmer whose maltreatment of livestock resulted in criminal charges that could have put him in prison for 65 years, pled guilty to three of those charges on November 6. Donovan T. Steele, 26, now of Greer, South Carol... More »
The trailer that caught fire collapsed while it was still ablaze, and the small camper next to it caught as well. Both were complete losses, said Job Breitmeyer, Glover’s assistant fire chief. Neither firefighters nor the State Police knew the owner of the p... More »
by Tena Starr Barton native Darren Perron, an anchor and executive producer at WCAX-Channel 3 News, has won the national Edward R. Murrow Award for his investigation into open air burn pits in war zones and the serious health problems they likely cause the mil... More »
Barbara Glasson Walker September 26, 1944 to November 10, 2018 I was born Barbara Irene Glasson to Russell and Phyllis Glasson in Newport. I grew up on the lake in Island Pond, swimming and water skiing. I was a tall girl, which suited my aptitude and love o... More »
(November 11, 2019) – Vermont gas prices have fallen 0.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.61/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 626 stations. Gas prices in Vermont are 0.9 cents per gallon lower than a month ago, yet stand 18.9 cen... More »
Dannie Lee Friend Dannie Lee Friend, 82, formerly of Colchester, died peacefully Friday, November 1, 2019, after a long and arduous struggle with pulmonary disease (COPD). He was born December 22, 1937, in South Barton the son of the late George Elbridge and L... More »
(November 4, 2019) – Vermont gas prices have risen 1.2 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 0.6 cents per gallon lower than a month ago, yet stand 20.4 cents... More »
