by Meg Gibson Burke Mountain Resort hosted its first ever Enduro World Series (EWS) over the weekend, drawing athletes and spectators representing more than 20 countries to East Burke for two days of downhill mountain bike racing. An enduro is a type of race... More »
by Trisha Ingalls DERBY LINE — At the end of a hot and steamy Saturday in Orleans County, audience members from both sides of the U.S./Canada border filed into the Haskell Opera House theater to watch the new post-pandemic production by the Borderline Player... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON—A noise complaint sent Barton Select Board members Lenny Zenonos and Ryan Racine on separate investigative missions on August 3. Chamberlain Road resident Steve King told the two board members who were present at the morning meeting, ... More »
by Trisha Ingalls GLOVER — The issue of the Irasburg Village School’s extensive capital needs was raised by Dan Demaine, member from Glover, at Monday’s Lake Region Union Elementary-Middle School District (LRUEMSD) meeting. He brought up the question after ... More »
This year’s primary races offered little in the way of surprises. Governor Phil Scott easily won a chance to seek a third term in the Republican primary. Democratic U.S. Representative Peter Welch was given the opportunity to vie for retiring U.S. Senator Pa... More »
by Matthew Wilson GLOVER – The rain hammered down as the Glover Select Board honored the many years of service given the town by retired road foreman, Harvey Dunbar and discussed the process used in appointing a new town clerk. Board members also met with... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A Newport woman and a North Troy man pled innocent to charges related to the robbery of the Jimmy Kwik store here. Eric Lee Shatrau, 48, appeared in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court Thursday and entered innoc... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NORTH TROY — Megan Gaylor thought when she and her husband, Kevin, closed on their home in North Troy last fall, the hardest part of their home search was over. However, life changes and a hot real estate market have thrown them into a toug... More »
by Trisha Ingalls DERBY — What was once a hayfield with a spectacular view has been transformed through a labor of love into a thriving agritourism business in Derby Line. Michelle Capron, owner of Lavender Essentials with her husband, Pierre, said their bus... More »
by Trisha Ingalls ORLEANS — Orleans Central Supervisory Union Superintendent Penny Chamberlin presented the details of a highly anticipated staffing plan for the six schools of the Lake Region Union Elementary-Middle School District at a special meeting held... More »
by Matthew Wilson DERBY — Continuing its consideration of how to allocate their town’s American Recovery Plan Act money, the Derby Select Board discussed the expansion of high-speed internet Monday. Weighing a possible collaboration with the town of Holland, ... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT—Police say they chased down and arrested a man who unsuccessfully tried to burglarize three or four businesses here. Judge Lisa Warren set bail at $1,000 for William Slingerland, 28, of Newport after he pled innocent on July 19 to ... More »
