The Outside Story ….Owls on the nest by Anna MorrisAmong the very earliest signs of spring are the strange caterwauls of the barred owls that haunt our woods: “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?” Their hooted conversations, thrown back and forth throu... More »
Karen Lee Whitcomb Karen Lee Whitcomb, 72, of Glover, died on March 24, 2023, in Glover. She was born on November 21, 1950, in Sherbrooke, Quebec, daughter to Allan and Pearl (Wallace) George. She is survived by her children: Hannah Ruth McNall and her husb... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NEWPORT — At North Country Supervisory Union (NCSU), Superintendent Elaine Collins is worried that her supervisory union may be inadvertently spending public money in a way that discriminates against the LGBTQ+ community. The concern stems f... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON—Barton Village has most of a new set of trustees. In what appears to be continued fallout from last year’s attempt to sell the village electric department to the Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC), Nate Sicard, chair of the trustees, ... More »
by Matthew Wilson Hunters of every walk came out to Lake Region Union High School on Monday night, as officials with the state Fish and Wildlife Department held the first of a series of public hearings on deer and moose. The state’s large mammal specialist ga... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — On June 24, 2022, a jury convicted David Vaz, 33, of Springfield, Massachusetts, of charges related to the beating of a man suspected of being a police informant. On March 14 Judge Lisa Warren dismissed the charges in the case —... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NEWPORT — It was the first meeting of the newly constituted city council here Monday night and everything went off without a hitch, mostly. Newly elected Mayor Beth Barnes welcomed the crowd in English and French, and thanked the roughly 30... More »
Perfecto Garnet, who, when not mystifying audiences is known as Charlie Lander, performs his magic on Saturday for the benefit of the Glover Public Library. Perfecto was among a host of talented citizens who donated their skills to raise money for the library... More »
Carl Taylor Oberg Carl Taylor Oberg, 27, died at his Albany home on February 22, 2023. He was born on July 17, 1995, in Morrisville, to his devoted family, Eric, Ruth, and Lee Oberg. Carl made their family complete with his kind, compassionate, competitive,... More »
On Monday, March 20, 2023, a report was received from Walt’s Sales and Service on US Route 5 in Derby that a customer’s snowmobile had been stolen at approximately 0108 hours on 03/19/2023. Investigation revealed a red 2022 Lynx Rave 850 bearing VT registrat... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NEWPORT — On Town Meeting Day, March 7, voters here elected a new mayor, a new city councilor, and returned an incumbent to take on the job of governing the city, and those three say they are ready for the challenge. “I’m over the moon,” ma... More »
by Trisha Ingalls In an effort to go beyond simply looking at the issues surrounding the teacher shortage at North Country Supervisory Union (NCSU) and beyond, Superintendent Elaine Collins hired a facilitator and hosted a series of five community forums to ... More »
