by Joseph Gresser Governor Phil Scott and other members of his Administration continued to press Vermonters to avoid unnecessary travel and to refrain from mingling with people from other households during the holiday season. At his press briefings on Friday... More »
by Joseph Gresser DERBY — Members of the Derby Select Board mourned the loss of their longest-serving member at their meeting Monday night. Board Chair Grant Spates said he heard of Beula-Jean Shattuck’s death just after the board’s meeting on November 2. Afte... More »
by Tena Starr COVID has struck in a third school in the North Country Supervisory Union (NCSU). Two students and one staff member at the Troy school have tested positive for the virus, NCSU Superintendent John Castle said in a letter to parents Monday. The sc... More »
by Leanne Harple Near the end of Monday’s Lake Region Union High School Board meeting Principal Andre Messier began preparing the school board for the probability that Lake Region will soon be going to remote learning. Because people are no longer supposed to... More »
by Tena Starr BROWNINGTON — A tiny herd of the rarest, and friendliest, animals in the world are corralled on a back road in Brownington. Or at least when they’re not traveling to the University of Illinois where they’re taking part in a program to perpetuat... More »
by Joseph Gresser Deer hunters, wondering if they might be dealing with summer weather when rifle season starts on November 14, may also find their heads spinning at the wholesale revision of deer rules announced earlier this year by the Department of Fish a... More »
by Amanda Camargo BARTON — When Parson’s Corner closed its doors locals were left without one of their favorite places to grab a bite to eat. This was a problem that Sue and Darcy Belding sought to rectify. They were running the WilloBarn Snack Barn in Brown... More »
by Chris Braithwaite Craftsbury Academy freshman Matthew Califano is this year’s winner of the high school category of the Dorset Theatre Festival’s young playwrights competition. His play, No More Worlds to Conquer, will be performed online on Friday, Novem... More »
Dan Pellerin recently participated in a project similar to one that places wreaths on veterans’ graves. This time the acknowledgement was a poppy, and the recipients were Canadian and British soldiers who fought in World War I and are buried in Vermont. The ... More »
Fred Dutton Pierce at approximately three years of age poses with a stuffed deer in the E.F. Dutton Pharmacy circa 1885. Mr. Pierce would go on to operate the Pierce Pharmacy in Barton for over 50 years. He was a well known Barton businessman. He died in Br... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON—Barton needs a solution to its truck problem before snow comes, the select board and road foreman Rick Knaggs told representatives of Advantage Truck Group (ATG) last Thursday morning. According to Mr. Knaggs and members of the selec... More »
Orleans and Essex counties declined to return Senator John Rodgers of Glover to the State House. Russ Ingalls of Newport will head to Montpelier in his place in January. Mr. Rodgers finished fifth in a five-person race. He lost his spot on the Democratic t... More »
