Robert Taylor Walker Robert Taylor Walker died on January 19, 2023, following a three-year decline in his health. He was fortunate to be surrounded by his family and close friends in the days leading up to his passing. Bob was born on July 15, 1937, to Earl... More »
According to a VSP release issued on January 20, 2023: On December 30, 2022, at approximately 9:40 p.m., the State Police responded to the Maplefields in the Village of Orleans for report of a vandalized fuel pump. Troopers are requesting the public’s assistan... More »
Erin Sylvester, founder and former owner of Barton Baking Company, and her daughter Alice stand for a last time behind the counter of the bakery. Ms. Sylvester has decided to allow new owners to enjoy the pleasure of supplying Barton with breads and pastrie... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Andrew Cappello, a former head of the Newport Department of Parks and Recreation, has sued the city over a no trespass order barring him from Newport’s parks or other city property. Mr. Cappello, with help from the ACLU Foundatio... More »
by Trisha Ingalls BARTON — The former B & W Snack Bar on the Barton-Orleans Road is getting new life and a new purpose after being shuttered five years. Lifelong Newport resident John Carter has purchased the property and is in the process of building a bran... More »
by Trisha Ingalls The Lake Region Union Elementary-Middle School District (LRUEMSD) board met Monday night and, in anticipation of a crowd, held its meeting at Lake Region Union High School. About 25 people partially filled the rows of seats at the high schoo... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Police say the man they detained in Craftsbury around 5:30 p.m. on January 9 threatened to kill a woman friend and her family because he thought she had taken his keys to keep him from driving. According to the affidavit filed by ... More »
JOHNSBURY, Vermont (Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023) — The Vermont State Police on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, arrested four suspects in connection with the fatal shooting last month of Israel Jimenez Lugo, 49, at the St. Johnsbury apartment house where he lived. VSP was a... More »
Gaston Laurien Choiniere Gaston Laurien Choiniere, 91, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, died peacefully at home on Friday, December 30, 2022. Gaston was born on May 17, 1931, to the late Conrad and Ida Choiniere. Conrad and Ida re-located their family from Farnh... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON—The Barton Select Board met on January 5 and approved budget requests that will be presented to voters on Town Meeting Day, March 7. The select board budget will be about $89,000 less that that approved in 2022 — $723,014 as compare... More »
by Trisha Ingalls IRASBURG — A fire engulfed a sugar house here on January 3. The property, located in the woods off Route 58, was said by fire department officers to be owned by Rene Desmarais, although tax records show it was more recently owned by Ryan’s M... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A speeding black Mercedes was the object of a police search on December 30, according to the affidavit submitted by Vermont State Police Trooper Anthony Rice. He said a dispatcher received a call from a woman who said she and her... More »
