by Susie Spikol I have always admired nature’s mutineers: animals and plants that thwart the recognized system and do their own thing. As a child I was the sole member of my own duck-billed platypus club, endeared to this creature with the bird-like bill, be... More »
The first event of the Northeast Kingdom Winter Swim Festival Saturday combines swift swimming with aesthetic millenary. Amy Craigen of Salem, Massachusetts, tried to get in good with the judges by wearing a photo of Kingdom Swim founder Phil White as a chapea... More »
by Leanne Harple BARTON — The annual Barton Town Meeting on Tuesday evening marked the end of an era, when select board member Robert Croteau presided over his last Town Meeting after 30 years of service. His retirement was recognized with a round of applause... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Some things never change, or at least that’s what people say. A group of sixth graders at Newport City Elementary School believe in change and have proved themselves willing to work hard to make it happen. “A lot of people felt peo... More »
by Joseph Gresser ISLAND POND — If Governor Phil Scott had a soothsayer on staff he might have scheduled this year’s trip to Essex County for Tuesday rather than Monday. Had he made that choice, he would have seen the first boil of the season at the Sweet Tre... More »
Sam Young, who has represented the Orleans-Caledonia District in the Vermont House for ten years, is not seeking re-election. The district includes the towns of Albany, Barton, Craftsbury, Greensboro, Glover, Sheffield and Wheelock. Mr. Young grew up in Glove... More »
Photo by Joseph Gresser. Oliver Lantagne (left) gives his younger brother Colby a bit of assistance as they and David Sicard pose with their catch at the weigh-in of the fifteenth annual Northeast Kingdom Ice Fishing Derby Saturday afternoon. David’s bass tip... More »
by Tena Starr A Pennsylvania man has been arrested and accused of smuggling parrots into Vermont from Canada in violation of the Endangered Species Act and federal anti-smuggling laws. Newport Border Patrol agents were notified on December 30, 2019, that there... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A Brownington couple is facing charges that allege they burned a house in an attempt to collect the insurance on the building. Roger G. Guay, 58, and his wife, Teresa M. Guay, 56, appeared Tuesday in the Criminal Division of Orlean... More »
by Meghan Wayland GREENSBORO — Evan Karp arrived in Australia to applause. As he and fellow U.S. firefighters stepped off the plane, an Australian fire crew was there to thank them for joining their effort to fight the most catastrophic fire in Australian his... More »
by Tena Starr ORLEANS — Ben Roberts is a businessman. As sole proprietor of Ben’s Snow Removal, he travels around the county shoveling driveways, walkways, cars, decks, porches, and roofs. He has a stack of handsome business cards and a collection of sophist... More »
NEWPORT — In the wake of a house fire here earlier in the month, the Division of Fire Safety is reminding people to avoid using torches to thaw frozen pipes. The fire at a Lake Road home, owned by Mike and Kristen Anderson, was reported about 9:30 a.m. on Febr... More »
