Traffic on Route 16 in and out of Glover is blocked as Vermont Electric Cooperative workers replace a utility pole this Tuesday morning. Not only were motorists brought to a stand-still for an hour or so, residents of Glover were also left without power while... More »
Alex Hanover, age 10, of Westmore caught this opossum eating the gingerbread cookies she threw out for the birds Friday evening. More »
Night-Rider Legacy, Weaponizing Race in the Irasburg Affair of 1968, by Gary Shattuck, published by the University of Vermont Center for Research on Vermont, 461 pages in paperback. Reviewed by Chris Braithwaite This is a badly written book that spends far too... More »
by Sylvia C. Dodge Two bills introduced for consideration by the Vermont Legislature could lead to the designation of Lake Memphremagog as a “Lake in Crisis.” Representative Woodman Page of Newport is the lead sponsor of H.601, a bill that seeks an immedia... More »
by Joseph Gresser What do you do when your boss asks you to do her a favor. A new scam assumes you will hop to it. The play begins with an email, apparently from the boss, pledging the victim to silence. “Do you have a moment?”it reads. “I have a request ... More »
by Luke Vidic NEWPORT — An unusually large crowd filled the city’s municipal meeting room for Monday’s city council meeting, as supporters of the Grandstand Preservation Association came for the presentation of its structural assessment of the Gardner Park ... More »
by Luke Vidic NEWPORT — Planned Parenthood of Newport will see patients for the last time on Wednesday, February 23. The care center will close shortly thereafter and relocate its resources to St. Johnsbury. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNN... More »
BARTON — Folks passing the long-closed Gulf station at the entrance of Barton Village, will have noticed signs of activity in the building that once housed a convenience store. If any wondered what might be taking place inside, that question got a partial answ... More »
The Outside Story Mushrooms in winter by Frank Kaczmarek Winter is a far cry from being prime mushroom hunting season. Most fungi stop producing mushrooms, or fruiting bodies, in early autumn, and their hyphae (filamentous structures that are the main part of ... More »
When COVID-19 precautions forced many towns to give up the floor meeting for 2021’s Town Meeting Day, many thought that would be an anomaly. But, a year later, the pandemic continues, and will again change the look of Town Meeting in some places, while sele... More »
Goodrich Memorial Library director Joanne Pariseau reads to children on Saturday during Newport’s first Hot Cocoa Saturday. Visitors to the city’s downtown could stop into businesses for special deals and take advantage of a lake of hot chocolate served by mu... More »
by Luke Vidic In the final months of 2020, members of the Lake Region Union High School (LRUHS) newspaper club created a series of questions to ask their peers. The topic at hand was bullying and harassment in Lake Region — in its hallways and cafeteria, an... More »
