by Joseph Gresser Members of the Vermont State Police have their hands full investigating fatal shootings that occurred over the past two weeks. The first, the murder of retired college dean Honoree Fleming, took place on a trail in Castleton on October 5. ... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NEWPORT — A new guide has been created to help agricultural producers in Vermont navigate the dizzying array of grant opportunities available to them. The guide was created by the Franklin County Natural Resources Conservation District, and ... More »
The Costazuela brothers Manolo (left, Jon Comtois), and Jesus (Mic Hallinan) are puzzled by Olive Madison (Mary S. Hoadley) efforts a hospitality in the Border Players’ production of The Odd Couple, Female Versio n, now playing at the Haskell Opera House. Her... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NEWPORT — City council here Monday night voted to reject a counter-offer made by interim city manager Karen Geraghty and conclude contract negotiations with her, leaving next steps in the search for a permanent city manager uncertain. The mo... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Newport City Police Patrolman Davis Guyer said in an affidavit that he and Patrolman Jonathan Morin were sent on October 9 to look into a 911 call saying a kid was being harassed at a fishing hole on the Clyde River. The call came ... More »
With its changes to the city manager’s job description it appears Mayor Linda Joy Sullivan and the four other council members plan to take over the job of supervising city employees. This is a terrible idea. In the best of circumstances it would be a bad idea... More »
The Outside Story by Susan Shea On an October day years ago, my husband and I were canoeing on a pond in the Green Mountain National Forest. We heard crashing in the bushes along the shoreline just before a magnificent bull moose with large antlers appeared.... More »
Lee Marineau Whipple The family of Lee M. Whipple, 76, is saddened to announce his death on September 18, 2023, in Clearwater, Florida. Lee was born in Montpelier on May 10, 1947, to Ross and Lillian (Marineau) Whipple, and graduated from Sacred Heart High S... More »
The beginning of the fall season means that Halloween is on its way. Scary movies, spooky costumes, and pumpkin carving are all time-honored Halloween traditions, but trick or treating—and the accompanying appetite for candy—is perhaps the season’s most distin... More »
If the people of Newport aren’t fed up with their city council, they ought to be. Since Town Meeting the council has tied itself in knots, hiding as much as possible from public view, and failing to accomplish a single thing. As anyone spending time in the ci... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — After Phillip Pemberton Jr., 45, of Newport pled guilty to a felony charge of second-degree aggravated domestic assault by a person with a prior conviction for the offense, he was ordered to spend 20 months of an otherwise suspended... More »
The Outside Story by Declan McCabe In May of this year, when a cottonwood measuring over three feet in diameter and more than 100 feet tall fell across a trail in the Saint Michael’s College natural area, I saw the event less as a tragedy, and more as a circ... More »
