On April 30, 2020 at 7:56 a.m. the Vermont State Police received a report of stolen equipment at Northeast Sand and Gravel on VT Route 58 in Irasburg. A hot oil enclosure box used in asphalt production, similar to the one pictured, was found to have been stole... More »
On 4/17/2020 at approximately 1130 hours, the Vermont State Police received a report of found property in the town of North Troy. The complainant, advised they recovered a damaged safe on their property on Bear Mountain Road. At this time the owner of the safe... More »
by Better Business Bureau With shortages of sanitizers, disinfectants, masks and paper products seen throughout the country since the COVID-19 virus first surfaced, BBB warns that websites selling these and other related products have also surfaced. An investi... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — The city council accepted the resignation of Newport Police Chief Seth DiSanto at a special meeting on April 22. He sent the city a brief letter that said, “I, Seth DiSanto, do hereby irrevocably submit my resignation from employme... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — The Barton Select Board’s revolving door took another spin Monday morning when Doug Swanson, nominally the board chair, submitted his resignation. He’s the second board member to have abruptly resigned his seat in the seven weeks si... More »
by Joseph Gresser Just days after making an abrupt about-face and withdrawing his proposal to close three of the system’s five campuses, Vermont State College System (VSCS) Chancellor Jeb Spaulding announced he will resign the post he has held for the past fiv... More »
by Meghan Wayland ORLEANS — Ethan Allen publicly announced April 1 it would be shutting is doors in compliance with national efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. Nine days later, James Stone was laid off. Mr. Stone kept the boilers running at the factory f... More »
Joyce Morse Joyce Morse, 85, of Barton died peacefully on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at the McClure Miller Respite House. She was born on February 1, 1935, to Olin and Marion (Labor) Simons in Sutton. On December 23, 1955, she married the love of her life, Rob... More »
Pictured (left to right) Shawn Perron, Alyssa Carrier, Brady Perron More »
Montpelier – As detailed in Governor Phil Scotts recent order, signed on Friday, the Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Agency (VOSHA) has developed training and other materials to inform Vermonters on appropriate safety measures necessary to return to wor... More »
On April 24, 2020 Kenneth Messier called VSP-Derby to report that two of his log skidders had burned on Gideon Mills Rd. in Brighton. The skidders had self-extinguished and therefore the Brighton Fire Department had not been contacted. It appears that no one n... More »
