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 »
by Trisha Ingalls WEST GLOVER — Noah Racine saw a need in his community and took steps to fill it. The 24-year-old Glover native started Up North Driving Academy in June, and he said demand is growing. He used his business degree to launch the drivers’ educ... More »
by Trisha Ingalls At the Lake Region Union High School Board meeting Monday, the issue of resignations in the Orleans Central Supervisory Union (OCSU) received attention, although the high school managed to retain all its staff members. While many teachers and... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NEWPORT — The Bogner building is one step closer to a long-awaited transformation into a high-tech manufacturing center for electric powered trail groomers. A purchase and sale agreement was reached recently between the Northeast Kingdom Dev... More »
