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Tracy Davis Pierce

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The Northern Star has a new owner

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Jeff Smith arrives for the closing on the Northern Star with a giant check for $35,000 tucked under his arm. Patrick Martel (back to camera) was waiting for him on the dock. Photo by Joseph Gresser More »

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Buyer interest in Jay Peak grows

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by Joseph Gresser JAY— A list of four potential bidders for Jay Peak Resort set out in minutes from an August meeting of the Jay Zoning Board is far from complete, said Jay President Steve Wright.  Mr. Wright declined to provide more names, but on Friday, duri... More »

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Brownington Voters overturn speed limit

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by Joseph Gresser BROWNINGTON — At the first of a pair of special Town Meetings called to overturn ordinances passed by the Brownington Select Board, voters here on Monday rejected a plan to impose a blanket 35-mile-an-hour speed limit on the town.  The decisi... More »

Obituaries 9.11.19

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Linere Zupan Silloway Linere Zupan Silloway, 68, died suddenly on Sunday, August 25, at her home on Echo Lake in East Charleston.   On Sunday evening, August 25, she was sitting on her deck enjoying her view overlooking Echo Lake, with a clear view of Bald Mou... More »

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Tamarack Programs works with addicted offenders

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by David Dudley NEWPORT — The Tamarack Program —targeted at repeat offenders who may be driven by addiction — was rolled out statewide in July of 2017.  Two years later, though, it’s hard to say exactly how well it’s working because the impact it has on offend... More »

Castle hopes to return free meals to schools

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Several schools in the North Country Supervisory Union that provided free breakfasts and lunches to all students no longer qualify for the program that paid for the meals, said Superintendent John Castle, Friday.  But he is working ... More »

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City Farm Yarn

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by Amanda K. Camargo NEWPORT — When people think of a business on wheels, often they imagine cantinas and trendy food trucks. But one Newport woman is peddling yarn. Lucille LaPlume, who is 72 and retired, a former stitcher at Bogner, is opening a yarn store n... More »

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Sheffield holds annual field day

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Delvin Warner (left), Paul Daniels, and Lindsay McCaw put down their bows and do a little fancy stepping at the twelfth annual Mary Pat O’Hagan Memorial Fiddlers Contest in Sheffield Monday afternoon.  The annual event drew hundreds to Millers Run School on a ... More »