Scenes from Saturday morning’s Independence Day parade in North Troy
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Breakfast on the Farm at Maxwell’s Neighborhood Farm
by Tracy Davis Pierce Maxwell’s Neighborhood Farm in Coventry is well known for growing vegetables for the local school, and for their methane digester that converts cow manure to enough electricity to supply 400 homes. Today my family and I enjoyed Breakfast ... More »
Barton planned power outage
Barton Electric is planning a system wide outage to work on a transmission line. It is scheduled for Tuesday, June 18, from 10 p.m. to Wednesday, June 19, at 5 a.m. This will be a planned seven- hour outage for crucial system upgrades. More »
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VEC Community Fund Supports Rebirth of Albany General Store
Johnson, Vt – The Albany General Store will be getting a second chance six years after a devastating fire severely damaged the community landmark. Thanks in part to support from the Vermont Electric Co-op’s Community Fund, the Albany Community Trust has plans ... More »
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Orleans County Student Wins Award at 38th Annual Congressional Art Competition
North Country Career Center’s Monica Caffrey Takes Award for Her Art MONTPELIER, Vt. – At the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier today, Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced the winners of the 38th Annual Congressional Art Competition. Winning a “Congre... More »
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Confessions of an ice-climbing junkie
by Alden Pellett Most of my heroes are dead. I have been ice climbing for over 25 years. Climbing is a dangerous game, but ice climbing and Alpinism are even more so. Well-known climbers like Guy Lacelle, Ueli Steck, Craig Luebben, Alex Lowe, Sue Nott, ... More »
Farmers and foresters to receive cash patronage from Yankee Farm Credit
The Yankee Farm Credit Board of Directors recently approved the distribution of a mid-year patronage dividend of $1.8 million to their more than 1,400 members who are involved in farming and forestry. This special patronage payment is possible because 2018 net... More »
Willoughby swim wrap-up
At the ninth annual Willoughby Swim on Saturday, August 18, Stephen Rouch, 38, of Indianapolis, Indiana, won the five-mile event with a time of 1:55:22. And he set the record for a ten-mile double cross with a time of 4:24:21, handling head winds and waves wit... More »
Vermont Afterschool receives community foundation grant
The Vermont Community Foundation has entered into a Cornerstone Partnership with Vermont Afterschool, a statewide nonprofit working to ensure that all Vermont youth have access to high quality out-of-school learning opportunities. As part of that partnership, ... More »
