by Joseph Gresser STANNARD — U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders paid a visit to one of the haunts of his youth Saturday with a visit to Stannard, one of the Northeast Kingdom’s smallest and least known towns. Senator Sanders, who is running for re-election this fall... More »
Brent Royal White Brent Royal White, 64, of Naples, Florida, and previously of Stowe, died on June 25, 2024. He passed peacefully at home in the presence of family — with music playing. Born in Newport on September 24, 1959, Brent was the youngest of four ch... More »
WHEELOCK, Vermont (Tuesday, July 2, 2024) — The Vermont State Police has identified the perpetrator responsible for the Oct. 16, 2023, fatal shooting of 27-year-old Gunnar Watson in Wheelock. However, no charges will be filed due to the death of the offender. ... More »
by Kenzie Strange Hurt people hurt people” is a phrase often heard. It suggests that abusers lash out due to their own pain and thus cause more to those closest to them. Domestic abuse is a vicious cycle, and its reach is far, as one can see by thumbing throu... More »
by Joseph Gresser GREENSBORO—The kids are coming home to take over the family business. Well, that’s not exactly the case, but Circus Smirkus is, for the first time, presenting a show directed by a former trouper. The Imaginarium, the company’s 2024 show, m... More »
by Matthew Wilson GLOVER — Several Shadow Lake Road residents showed up at the June 27 select board meeting here to ask when it will be paved. More than 20 people came out, but let Winston Harper do most of the talking for the group, on the subject of the ro... More »
BURLINGTON — On Friday, United States District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Clair Deslandes, 65, of Island Pond, to spend 30 months in prison. After that term he is to spend three years on supervised release. In a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, M... More »
Jack Patrick “Pat” Sloan Jack Patrick “Pat” Sloan died at his home in Coventry on June 24, 2024. He was born in Newport, the son of Jack Burton Sloan and Gloria (Smith) Sloan of East Charleston on July 2, 1952. Pat attended school in Charleston, then a year ... More »
On Sunday, June 30 at approximately 7:57 p.m. , troopers from the Vermont State Police – St. Johnsbury Barracks received reports of a vehicle traveling the wrong-way on I-91 North. Callers advised that a Subaru was traveling southbound in northbound lanes on I... More »
This bear was captured on video this Saturday morning, June 29 in South Barton. More »
by Leanne Harple DERBY LINE — The Borderline Players kicked off the summer with a light-hearted musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, a spoof on old Broadway musicals of the golden age. The show is narrated by the Man in the Chair, who in this case is actually a wom... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT—On Monday afternoon, the New Hampshire State Police arrested a suspect in that morning’s robbery of the Passumpsic Bank here. According to a press release from the Newport City Police Department, Barry A. English Jr., 38, of Nashua,... More »
