by Joseph Gresser BARTON — At their meeting Thursday morning, select board members dealt with a mishap on Hollow Road. A road crew member was working on a ditch and clipped a waterline belonging to Pat Russell. The damage was not great. Road Forman Rick Knag... More »
This is the first installment of a story about a place, a family, and a cousin that will appear consecutively in the paper over the next few weeks. by Paul Lefebvre During a lifetime of trapping beaver, the most successful season my cousin had was the year he ... More »
by Luke Vidic IRASBURG — Peter Limon, chairman of the prudential committee of Irasburg Fire District #1, approached the Irasburg Select Board with a written request to build a new town well, along with other upgrades. He proposed paying for the improvements wi... More »
by Leanne Harple GREENSBORO — What does it take to live a happy life? Not much according to Jason Crane, the somewhat nomadic office manager of the Greensboro United Church of Christ. Mr. Crane has been living happily, and by choice, in a van since Decembe... More »
by Sylvia C. Dodge For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all the fun, a group of enthusiasts took to the rails in their restored “motor cars” — railroad track inspection cars also known as speeders, section cars, putt-putts, jiggers, trikes,... More »
by Joseph Gresser On Tuesday evening, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced land borders with Canada and Mexico will be reopened to non-essential travelers some time next month. In his announcement, Secretary Mayorkas said potentia... More »
Patricia A. Dumont Patricia A. Dumont, 74, of North Troy, died on October 9, 2021, in Newport. She was born on October 23, 1946, in Newport to the late Roland and Avis (Archer) Cadieux. On April 16, 1966, she married Albert Dumont who predeceased her on Jun... More »
by Tena Starr GLOVER — The presence of a tiny hummingbird rarely seen in Vermont has birders flocking to a Shadow Lake home and bed and breakfast here. The rufous hummingbird is native to the Southwest and Pacific Northwest. Sightings of it in Vermont have ... More »
by Joseph Gresser The Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) is serious about its offer to buy the Barton Electric Department and thinks it has a lot to offer the utility’s present users. That was one of the messages offered by Rebecca Towne in a telephone inte... More »
The Outside Story American mountain ash: a rosaceae by any other name by Laurie D. Morrissey There’s a giant living in northern Coös County, New Hampshire. It’s a 61-foot tall tree, the country’s largest known American mountain ash. At last measurement, it ... More »
by Sylvia C. Dodge BARTON — Good news for anglers — next spring May Pond in Barton will be stocked with two-year-old “trophy” brook trout for the first time in a decade. Long Pond in Westmore, Center Pond in Newark, and Martin’s Pond in Peacham are other No... More »
by Luke Vidic JAY — While Jay Peak approaches another challenging season, fraught with labor shortages and travel restrictions, pre-pandemic talks of a sale have resumed. While the upcoming ski season may prove more predictable than last year’s, and a sale mor... More »
