The Outside Story by Meghan McCarthy McPhaul Whenever I spy a pileated woodpecker traversing the sky, I pause to watch its weird undulating flight. The jerky rise-and-drop movement of this large woodpecker is endearingly gawky — like a mini pterodactyl visiti... More »
In a letter to the commission dated January 15, the company said it was acting because of opposition to the project from the Derby Line Trustees, the Derby Line Cemetery Associations, and Derby Line resident Karen Jenne. …this story and more in the full editio... More »
by Meghan Wayland NEWPORT — A shortage of affordable housing and lack of transportation are two of the major obstacles to recovering from addiction, Congressman Peter Welch was told Monday at a roundtable here held to discuss opioid and other addictions in the... More »
by Joseph Gresser Ariel Quiros, Bill Stenger, and William Kelley will face trial in Vermont. U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford denied the three men’s motion to move the proceedings out of state in a 25-page opinion issued on January 28. Judge Crawford als... More »
Softball players and Glover eighth graders (from left) Brooke Breitmeyer, Tyra Scelza, and Maya Auger in Irasburg Monday night. The students asked the board to support a district-wide softball team by approving a budget that would also requested for them to s... More »
MONTPELIER — Around 150 Northeast Kingdom Residents traveled south to the State House here Tuesday to highlight the wonders of their home and to bring legislators up to date on issues affecting Orleans, Essex, and Caledonia counties. The second annual Northea... More »
by Joseph Gresser Governor Phil Scott tucked a little something into his 2020 budget address that may have a long-lasting impact on Newport. While he did not say it in so many words, the state plans to build a new courthouse somewhere in the city, and hopes t... More »
by Joseph Gresser After a 30-year run as a member of the Barton Select Board, Bob Croteau is calling it quits. Newport City Council President Julie Raboin, who has served in elective office for about a tenth of that time, also has decided not to seek re-elect... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — The city council labored for over two hours Monday night, mostly in executive session, before delivering a new fire chief — John Harlamert. Council members spent the remaining hour of their three-and-a-half hour meeting hearing abou... More »
by Meghan Wayland ORLEANS — Orleans is a richer place, thanks to the humanities students at Orleans Elementary School. As part of a year-long initiative to address poverty and hunger in their community, middle school students organized and serveda free meal t... More »
by Tena Starr CRAFTSBURY — If, at 83 years old, Everett Demeritt of Craftsbury was asked how best to make America great again, he’d probably say that everyone should have an upbringing like his — on a farm. “We was probably the most fortunate kids to ever g... More »
by Tena Starr A Greensboro man is in Australia fighting the massive fires there. When she most recently heard from her partner, Evan Karp, he was at the Mount Buffalo fire in central Victoria, Emily Maclure said on Tuesday. He left on January 5 and will be b... More »
