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Laughter and food brighten Orleans lives

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by Kenzie Strange   ORLEANS — Monday mornings are busy for Judy Tinker and Chris Reed, two parishioners of the Orleans Federated Church who run the church’s community food shelf.  People with food insecurity come from all over the county to pick up bags of foo... More »

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Avian flu found in Orleans County backyard flock

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The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as avian influenza, in ... More »

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Truckloads of love

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About 100 trucks and other vehicles line up on Route 5A in South Barton on Sunday in preparation for a show of admiration, and support for Carl Simino, a long-time local personality and timber harvester who has terminal lung and liver cancer. Participants drov... More »

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Island Pond buck

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Steve Leroux of Newington, Connecticut, shot this 211-pound, 8-point buck at his camp in Island Pond on Sunday, November 12. Photo courtesy of Daniel Sawrun More »

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Turkeys play chicken with oncoming traffic

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This flock of wild turkeys stopped traffic near the sharp corner of Rte. 16 in Barton on Wednesday, September 13.   And, if motorists stopped long enough, they would come right up to the window of the vehicle as they did to mine. Apparently they didn’t take ki... More »

John Young stands at a table on which are placed a collection of round wooden boxes of his making.
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John Young: From tuner to turner

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by Leanne Day Harple   GLOVER — John Young, a multi-talented artisan from Glover, has spent the last four decades tuning pianos throughout the Northeast Kingdom.  Now, as he transitions to retirement, he has found a unique way to create a second life for his c... More »

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Hinterland Market hides in South Albany

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by Leanne Day Harple SOUTH ALBANY — Out along the dirt roads of South Albany, through fields and forest, and just down one end of Hartwell Pond, is one of the Northeast Kingdom’s best-kept secrets of international cuisine:  The Hinterland Market. Unbeknownst t... More »

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Lighting strikes close to home

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  Last Friday’s violent thunder and lightening storms hit a little too close to home at Vern and Beverly Devereux’s property off Rte. 16 in Barton. Mrs. Devereux was on the phone with her husband when she heard a bang so loud that it startled her causing her t... More »

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Nelsons seek farming’s future

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by Trisha Ingalls IRASBURG — Milking time is play time for the Holsteins at Nelson Dairy Farm on Route 14 in Irasburg.  That’s because the Nelson family has made major investments to upgrade their dairy farm — including the addition of a massive rotating milki... More »