by Matthew Wilson DERBY — The Northeast Kingdom may not seem like the kind of place where a new age healing center can thrive, but that has never stopped Esme West. Despite her own fears and doubts over how she’d make the business work she has strived to he... More »
by Leanne Harple WALDEN — Down a country road in Walden, just over the line from Greensboro Bend, through fields of farmland and up a green hill, miles from the nearest coastline, lies Vermont’s first seafood processing facility. The smell of the docks hits... More »
by Trisha Ingalls BRIGHTON – Just outside of Island Pond there’s a new farmstand offering more than traditional farm products. Krystie Wood, owner of By the Bay Farm, said she is excited for the grand opening of her new stand on June 10. Ms. Wood, who is or... More »
Students from Lake Region Union High School participated in a Green-Up Day field trip on Friday, May 5, as a community service activity in collaboration with their physical education class. Thirty-six students helped clean up 41 bags of garbage, 43 tires, and ... More »
The town of Glover, the Glover Energy Committee, and the Glover library are happy to announce the purchase of two electric bikes that will be loaned out through the Glover library. Borrowers will be able to keep the bikes for six days. In person sign-ups for t... More »
by Ginger Nickerson Forest pest education coordinator University of Vermont The week of May 22 to 28 has been designated National Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week to help increase public awareness of this tree-killing beetle and the damage it can cause t... More »
We can assume one or more large Picidae, likely Pileated Woodpeckers, are responsible for the large sawdust piles at the base of trees along Rte. 5, at the beginning of High Bridge Hill in Barton. They’ve mined into the trees for some time now, creating a uniq... More »
by Trisha Ingalls ALBANY – for its April episode featuring thriving general stores, CBS Sunday Morning Correspondent Conor Knighton settled into the Albany general store, the Genny, to interview the owners, managers, and patrons. “I can anticipate the ques... More »
by Matthew Wilson BARTON — It’s been a long time coming, but the owners of Kingdom Kind have finally reached the goal they set when they began their agricultural endeavors. The purveyors of hemp products recently began offering cannabis to the public after ... More »
by Fiona Bock Fiona Bock is a middle school student at Glover Community School. GLOVER — On October 22, with the midterm elections on November 8 drawing near, this reporter stood outside Currier’s Market to ask people their opinions on democracy and voting; no... More »
Fifteen-year-old Garrett Perron shows off the deer he bagged during youth hunting weekend. The Barton youth shot the 149-pound doe in Glover. His uncle Shawn Perron accompanied Garrett and was clearly proud of his nephew’s accomplishment. Photo courtesy o... More »
Kaylee Curtis, age 14, from Charleston shows off the 123.6-pound doe she took while hunting in Barton with her dad, Cory Curtis, Sunday morning. After walking hunting for almost five miles on Saturday and having a couple mishaps, she was more than happy to ge... More »
