by Joseph Gresser GREENSBORO—The kids are coming home to take over the family business. Well, that’s not exactly the case, but Circus Smirkus is, for the first time, presenting a show directed by a former trouper. The Imaginarium, the company’s 2024 show, m... More »
by Matthew Wilson GLOVER — Several Shadow Lake Road residents showed up at the June 27 select board meeting here to ask when it will be paved. More than 20 people came out, but let Winston Harper do most of the talking for the group, on the subject of the ro... More »
BURLINGTON — On Friday, United States District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Clair Deslandes, 65, of Island Pond, to spend 30 months in prison. After that term he is to spend three years on supervised release. In a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, M... More »
by Leanne Harple DERBY LINE — The Borderline Players kicked off the summer with a light-hearted musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, a spoof on old Broadway musicals of the golden age. The show is narrated by the Man in the Chair, who in this case is actually a wom... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT—On Monday afternoon, the New Hampshire State Police arrested a suspect in that morning’s robbery of the Passumpsic Bank here. According to a press release from the Newport City Police Department, Barry A. English Jr., 38, of Nashua,... More »
by Matthew Wilson ISLAND POND — It’s said that time heals all wounds. For the members of the 12 Tribes who live in Island Pond, this couldn’t be more true. Looking back to a traumatic moment that would lead to the group’s expansion beyond the small town, membe... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT — The need for mental health services has been on the rise in the last few years. While it is easy to point a finger at the coronavirus pandemic as the main source of the increased need, there are a myriad of ways stress and uncertain... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — Brent Bapp, whose unpermitted junkyard was a thorn in the Barton Select Board’s side for nearly six years, has been fined almost $25,000 by Judge Thomas Walsh. Mr. Bapp’s property off Burton Hill Road here was strewn with old camper... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Police say three teenagers from Springfield, Massachusetts, beat up a pair of Coventry men Sunday and stole three rifles at gunpoint. According to the affidavit from Vermont State Police Trooper James Gallup, a 911 call came just... More »
by Kenzie Strange BARTON VILLAGE — Flooding is on people’s minds here, with some people cleaning up damage from last year, some seeing their property lines getting eaten away by the rising Barton River, and aware the state is entering flood season again. “I’ve... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Newport City Police Sergeant Nicholas Rivers said he was parked in front of an Orchard Street home known as a drug market around 12:25 p.m. on May 30 when he saw an SUV headed toward him. In his affidavit Sergeant Rivers said he re... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — The impending closure of the TD Bank branch here on July 12 may mean some inconvenience for those who will have to transfer accounts to different financial institutions or travel to Morrisville or St. Johnsbury if they prefer to st... More »
