Gloria Bruce to direct Newport development by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — About 80 people showed up at the North Country Career Center Monday evening for a gathering billed as the Newport City Development Summit. They were welcomed by Newport City Manager La... More »
Barton Village Trustees Plowing agreement will save village $100,000 this winter by Elizabeth Trail BARTON VILLAGE — The trustees here gave final approval at their meeting Monday to a long-awaited deal with the Barton Select Board that, along with a similar ... More »
Act 46 Area SUs face reckoning as November deadline looms by Elizabeth Trail With November just around the corner, Act 46, the 2015 school district merger law, is galloping toward final implementation. “We went in and looked at 20 some-odd proposals last wee... More »
Coming Home — an intimate moment with folks we might avoid by Paul Lefebvre There was a time when, at the very mention of seeing a documentary film, people’s eyes would glaze over, as if they were emitting an inaudible groan. But that is changing. Thanks... More »
by Joseph Gresser COVENTRY — A 51.2-acre expansion of the New England Waste Services of Vermont (NEWS-VT) landfill here moved a step closer to approval on October 12 when the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) Department of Environmental Conservation ... More »
by Paul Lefebvre ISLAND POND — Gone are the days when traffic and spectators congested the lanes of travel at the state and town highway garages here. Missing are the racks of embroidered clothing from Maine, and food carts, hosted by members of the Brigh... More »
by Elizabeth Trail Late in September, a logger hired by the town of Albany began clear cuttinga section of a long-fallow piece of land the town owns at the top of Hartwell Pond Road. According to a memo the select board handed out at its October 2 meeting, th... More »
BARTON — The Barton Select Board, operating without Selectman Bob Croteau as has been the case since it changed its meeting time earlier this year, decided to designate Orleans Emergency Unit as the town’s ambulance service. Barton Ambulance went out of busin... More »
