by Leanne Day Harple GLOVER — The Bread and Puppet Theater performed a new show to a packed Dirt-Floor Cathedral Sunday. The show is called Idiots of the World Unite Against the Idiot System, and will be performed Saturday afternoons throughout this summer.... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Skylar Michael Thatcher-Bushey, 28, of Vernon, appeared in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court on June 29 and pled innocent to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a felony, reckless endangerment, unlawful m... More »
Donna Guillette and her horse Bandit steal the gold in the Runoff 2023 Open Adult Reserve and Championship in the Gymkhana held at the Barton Fairgrounds Saturday. In a tie breaker run, the two pushed for the fastest run at the course, finishing with a time o... More »
Robert C. Morse Robert “Bob” C. Morse, 88, died peacefully on June 28, 2023, at McClure Miller Respite House in Colchester, with his loving family by his side. Bob was born on August 6, 1934, the son of Howard Morse and Lillian (Doubleday) Morse. On a Vermo... More »
by Joseph Gresser DERBY LINE—What could be more charming than an evening spent with the characters from stories we heard as children? A lot of things, actually, especially when the stories come from pens belonging to the brothers Grimm or the French writer Ch... More »
by Joseph Gresser GREENSBORO—Lakeview Elementary School will stay open for at least another year while the Orleans Southwest Union Elementary School District (OSUESD) board and local residents consider options for the future. Lakeview’s enrollments have droppe... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — When Shayne Bessette, 52, of Lowell died when his Ford Ranger went off the Hazen Notch Road on May 18, the press release from Vermont State Police Sergeant Thomas Howard described it as a single-vehicle accident. At the same time, S... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT — Main Street was filled with rainbows on Sunday, as the city hosted its first Pride Parade. Several hundred people, members of the LGBTQ+ community and their supporters, marched through Newport’s downtown behind the event’s grand ma... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NEWPORT — The city has an interim manager and three candidates for the August 1 mayoral election. Karen Geraghty was offered an employment contract as interim city manager at Monday night’s meeting held at the Gateway Center. After her appoi... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NEWPORT – It was 84 degrees and sunny Thursday afternoon at Prouty Beach, but nobody was in the water or even on the sand at Lake Memphremagog. Signs warned people away due to cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae as it is commonly known, and t... More »
Derick Michael Ward Derick Michael Ward, 39, of Newport, died unexpectedly on June 16, 2023. He was born on May 11, 1984, in Newport. Derick loved being outdoors and spending time with his family and friends. He was an avid snowmobiler, boater, swimmer, and ca... More »
by Bonnie Kirn Donahue Extension master gardener, University of Vermont Much of landscape maintenance in summer is devoted to mowing lawns. Traditional lawns in the Northeast are typically made up of a mix of turfgrasses such as Kentucky bluegrass, perennial... More »
