by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Two men face felony charges for what police say was a confrontation in Lowell. Judge Rory Thibault, who sits in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court, ordered 30-year-old Patrick DeBonville of Island Pond held with... More »
by Maria Amador HARDWICK — On June 12, around 90 people gathered in the Hazen Union High School auditorium for an evening with renowned cartoonist Alison Bechdel. Less a reading and more a conversation between Ms. Bechdel, her drawings, and her audience, the ... More »
by Ethan Brodie BARTON — The Barton Graded School after-school program will enter its fifth year of providing a safe, educational, and interesting place for students to spend their afternoons in the upcoming 2025-’26 school year, says Angie Rutherford, the sit... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Around 200 people filled the sidewalks in front of the municipal building, the Goodrich Memorial Library, and the Lee Emerson Courthouse here Saturday to voice their displeasure with actions taken by President Donald Trump. The demo... More »
Dale Phillip Smith Dale Phillip Smith, a Vermont native and Florida resident, died on May 14, 2025, at the age of 75. Mr. Smith was born in Newport on May 20, 1949, and grew up in Barton, graduating from Barton Academy in 1967. He then studied communications a... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Ivan Santiago, 50, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, pled no contest to reckless endangerment and two charges of prohibited conduct — open or gross lewdness — first offense. The state had amended down the charges from lewd and lascivi... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT CENTER — A local man with a flying machine appeared before the select board on June 5 and asked it to approve a private airstrip. The mini-airport would only serve the petitioner’s personal needs, but the official designation could... More »
by Maria Amador CRAFTSBURY — On June 3, the select board picked up a weeks-long discussion over an open meeting law violation complaint filed last month by James LaRock. The subject was short-lived, however, as the board decided to table it until after it con... More »
Workers survey the truck that overturned on I-91 near Derby Line Monday morning. According to the Lieutenant Benjamin Shelp of the Department of Motor Vehicles, a tire blew out on one of the dump truck’s steering tires as it headed north. Driver Kevin Riende... More »
David Stanley Urie David Stanley Urie, 79, of Newport, died in Lebanon, New Hampshire, on May 31, 2025. He was born in Newport to Vivian (Hammond) Urie and Clarence David Urie on May 4, 1946. He was a member of the American Legion Post 21, VFW Post 798, and th... More »
by Maria Amador NEWPORT CENTER — On May 28 ten construction workers were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents near a closed work site in Newport Center. The arrests are the latest in a series of small- and large-scale detentions carr... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Judge Rory Thibault, sitting in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court, ordered Mark Devoid, 39, of Morrisville to be held without bail after Mr. Devoid pled innocent to a felony charge of second-degree aggravated do... More »
