by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Samantha West, 38, of Newport Center appeared by video in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court Monday and pled innocent to a felony charge of impeding a public officer. Judge Lisa Warren noted Ms. West’s lengthy h... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Police say a man exposed himself to workers at both the Albany and Craftsbury branches of the Genny. According to the affidavit filed by Orleans Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Richard Wells, a woman called on March 22 and said a man... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NEWPORT— The NEK Rainbow Coalition will host a demonstration for the International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31 in Newport in front of the Emory Hebard State Office Building. The day is observed globally at 5 p.m. local time. ... More »
by Matthew Wilson When the weather warms but the nights are still cool, it’s the time of year for sugarmakers to ply their craft. This year, the season seems to be shaping up for a good year for maple producers, as the conditions in the Kingdom appear optim... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NEWPORT — Before the business portion of the North Country Supervisory Union’s annual meeting started on March 23, North Country Union High School art teacher Natalie Gaines presented the Memory Project, which evoked an emotional reaction f... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NEWPORT — At North Country Supervisory Union (NCSU), Superintendent Elaine Collins is worried that her supervisory union may be inadvertently spending public money in a way that discriminates against the LGBTQ+ community. The concern stems f... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON—Barton Village has most of a new set of trustees. In what appears to be continued fallout from last year’s attempt to sell the village electric department to the Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC), Nate Sicard, chair of the trustees, ... More »
by Matthew Wilson Hunters of every walk came out to Lake Region Union High School on Monday night, as officials with the state Fish and Wildlife Department held the first of a series of public hearings on deer and moose. The state’s large mammal specialist ga... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — On June 24, 2022, a jury convicted David Vaz, 33, of Springfield, Massachusetts, of charges related to the beating of a man suspected of being a police informant. On March 14 Judge Lisa Warren dismissed the charges in the case —... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NEWPORT — It was the first meeting of the newly constituted city council here Monday night and everything went off without a hitch, mostly. Newly elected Mayor Beth Barnes welcomed the crowd in English and French, and thanked the roughly 30... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NEWPORT — On Town Meeting Day, March 7, voters here elected a new mayor, a new city councilor, and returned an incumbent to take on the job of governing the city, and those three say they are ready for the challenge. “I’m over the moon,” ma... More »
by Trisha Ingalls In an effort to go beyond simply looking at the issues surrounding the teacher shortage at North Country Supervisory Union (NCSU) and beyond, Superintendent Elaine Collins hired a facilitator and hosted a series of five community forums to ... More »
