by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Federal prosecutors called a press conference for Wednesday, May 22, on the site of a proposed hotel, now a vacant lot, here. In a press release, U.S. Attorney for Vermont Christine Nolan said she will announce the filing of charge... More »
Anne Swift Tanner Anne (Nancy) Swift Tanner, 92, of Westmore died peacefully on March 26, 2019, surrounded by family. She was born Anne Wallis Swift in Princeton, New Jersey, on December 23, 1926, to Anne Davis Swift and Emerson Howland Swift, professor of ar... More »
by Joseph Gresser JAY PEAK — About 200 members of the Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) took the opportunity Saturday to get a free breakfast and meet the utility’s new CEO, Rebecca Towne, at the co-op’s annual meeting. Ms. Towne, was hired last year after C... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Boaters on Lake Memphremagog who seek entry into U.S. waters have long had to wait up to a half hour while Customs agents took information by phone and typed into their computers. Soon they will be able to transmit copies of their ... More »
by Joseph Gresser CRAFTSBURY — Pete Johnson, the eponymous founder of Pete’s Greens wanted to learn about growing hemp last year. He wasn’t expecting the lessons the experience taught him. His biggest surprise came only a couple of weeks ago when he first lea... More »
by Tena Starr ALBANY — For about ten years, Kate Sullivan was a vegetarian, largely because of opposition to corporate agriculture, the only kind of farming she was aware of. Now, she and her partner, Matt Wimmer, have a sheep farm in Albany, and Ms. Sullivan... More »
Russell Adams It is with a gaping hole in my heart that I have to announce my father, Russell Adams, 87, has left his life on earth. He died on May 4, 2019. For the past three plus years he endured grueling dialysis treatments and lost both legs. Along with ... More »
Montpelier, Vt. – This year’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day – held on Saturday, April 27 – yielded more than three tons of unused, unwanted and expired medication for disposal, turned in by Vermonters at nearly 70 collection sites statewide. The 6,... More »
