by Matthew Wilson GLOVER — The select board here discussed the coming eclipse at its March 28 meeting. Members made preparations and looked over the what-ifs and the worst-ofs that could come from the increased activity around the event. The board also talke... More »
by Matthew Wilson DERBY — The select board had a few properties to talk about at their meeting on Monday night, one of them a major land preservation initiative moving into its final phase. The board also had to make a decision about other properties that m... More »
by Trisha Ingalls TROY — The daily routine in the Racicot household in Troy looks a little different from a typical young family’s. Two-year-old daughter Aurora was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) when she was only six days old. Cystic fibrosis is a progr... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Police say a Winooski man held several people hostage and put a gun to the head of one of them. Forty-one-year-old Donald S. Perry appeared in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court on March 28 to plead innocent to t... More »
by Joseph Gresser A federal grand jury handed up an indictment charging a Connecticut man with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute drugs including fentanyl. The man, 29-year-old Marvin Byrd Jr. of Hartford, Connecticut, appeared in ... More »
by Joseph Gresser An unusually high number of people attended the Lake Region Union High School Annual Meeting on a stormy night and voted 97 to 51 to approve a budget of $9,907,398 for the 2024-2025 school year. At the March 20 meeting, voters were led throu... More »
by Matthew Wilson On April 8, the moon will pass between the Earth and the sun causing an eclipse visible along a 113-mile-wide path stretching through 13 states. Northern Vermont is on the path of totality, the area where the moon passing between the Earth... More »
by Matthew Wilson BARTON — While some are making maple syrup, the family behind Kingdom Kind is working on another concentrated product meant to please. Just as sap is taken from one form to another in pursuit of a pure, viscous, and appealing syrup around ... More »
by Matthew Wilson BARTON – Voters turned down the highway budget proposed by trustees and lowered the water department budget at the Barton Village Annual Meeting on March 12. The 35 village residents who turned out for the meeting wanted explanations for the... More »
by Leanne Day Harple GREENSBORO — With a little more than two weeks to go until the big day, pre-festivities celebrating the highly anticipated upcoming solar eclipse on April 8 are officially getting under way in the Northeast Kingdom. Because Vermont lies... More »
by Kenzie Strange As is usual at its first meeting after Town Meeting Day the city council, Monday evening, reappointed officials and filled empty posts. The biggest change was the choice of a city council president to succeed John Wilson, who decided not to ... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — On the evening of March 12, two people were apparently bludgeoned and stabbed to death in their Orleans apartment. A neighbor noticed what was happening and reported what she was seeing to police. When police arrived they found Pau... More »
