by Matthew Wilson WESTMORE — Every community has its own challenges and needs. For those who live near Lake Willoughby, those challenges have a lot to do with the culture of outdoor recreation. The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD), through its com... More »
The Orleans Lions Club surprises Betsy Day and Randy Williams with the Citizen of the Year Award at Parker Pie on August 21. Ms. Day and Mr. Williams were honored for contributing their time, energy and talents to the community for over 35 years. They’ve wor... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — On August 20 two men appeared remotely in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court to deny murder charges in two different killings. Brownswell Cedano, 29, currently incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution... More »
by Matthew Wilson CHARLESTON—Improvements needed to keep the Barton Village Hydroelectric Station here from springing a huge leak come with a pretty hefty price tag. Saturday’s open house at the station gave village trustees a chance to let the public in on... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Classes start for North Country Union High School ninth-graders on September 3, and many will find classes to be in tents. The remaining grades will start the 2024-2025 school year the following day, September 4. After testing in... More »
by Joseph Gresser GREENSBORO — Monday evening Moderator Tim Nesbit asked the more than 100 people gathered in the Greensboro United Church’s Fellowship Hall to be civil in discussing plans to put 20 affordable housing units in the town’s old high school buildi... More »
reviewed by David K. Rodgers GREENSBORO — Friday evening a new circus came to the Highland Center for the Arts here. We’ve had Bread and Puppet in Glover for some 50 years, the Robert’s traveling tent circus decades ago in Hardwick, Circus Smirkus in Greensbo... More »
by Kenzie Strange BARTON – Merriness was in the air during Barton Celebrates, a weeklong mini-festival that showcased the history and resilience of the village. Families and people of all ages came together to enjoy food, music, and good times, learn more ab... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Two people appeared in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court to plead innocent to obstruction of justice, a felony, and giving false information to a law enforcement officer to implicate another. After they entered ... More »
by Kenzie Strange Two young children peer eerily at the viewer, surrounded by jellyfish and fossil motifs. An old woman with a straw, broad-brimmed hat gives a mysterious smile in another room. Four months of Vermont weather hang in perfect symmetry, from Ma... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — North Country Union High School administrators are waiting for test results to decide when and how school will open. Those tests aren’t measures of academic achievement, but measurements of the levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (... More »
by Matthew Wilson BROWNINGTON — The Lake Region Union Elementary-Middle School District board met Monday for a special meeting and board retreat. Members gathered in the old Grammar School at the Old Stone House Museum here for a get-together to foster clos... More »
