by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — At his arraignment on May 12, Judge Lisa Warren ordered Parker Clark, 20, of Craftsbury, held without bail after he pled innocent to four felonies in connection with an accident that left a 19-year-old man in critical condition. A... More »
by Matthew Wilson DERBY — Summer is coming, and the recent warm weather has been pitch perfect for baseball and soccer. At North Country Union Junior High School, the playing season is just beginning, and the school’s young athletes can look forward to comp... More »
by Trisha Ingalls ALBANY — The select board’s administrative assistant Terri Campbell called in to its May 3 meeting to discuss the process for hiring a new Town Clerk and Treasurer. Albany voters gave the board authority to choose a successor to Debra Ann ... More »
LOWELL — Cameron King, Ephraim Elmer, and Cedar Decker, three eighth-graders from Lowell Graded School, decided in December 2021 to participate in the Greenway Institute’s Sustainable Engineering Challenge for the 2021-2022 school year. This year’s challeng... More »
by Matthew Wilson BARTON – People have looked to horses as a symbol of strength for longer than humanity can recall. Ridden and worked, these beasts once took center stage as engines to perform feats that manpower alone could not accomplish. A good draft h... More »
BARTON—By a vote of 48 to 100 Barton Village turned down the proposed sale of their electric department to the Vermont Electric Cooperative. Barton’s trustees had urged the sale, saying it would relieve the village of the burden of serving customers in Brow... More »
by Trisha Ingalls BROWNINGTON — Brownington residents have a great sense of humor and a unique community. For Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) CEO Brian Lowe, those were some of the key takeaways from last Thursday’s community visit. According to... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT CENTER — If someone were to picture what it’s like to be a professional musician, they’d likely imagine themselves performing live in front of an excited audience. No matter the genre, it is the most iconic feat of a musical perfor... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON—Nate Sicard, the chair of the Barton Village Trustees started Sunday’s information meeting on the two Articles that will be voted by Australian ballot on May 10 with a small joke. He suggested that the 40 or so village residents showe... More »
by Joseph Gresser BURLINGTON — The last of three men federal authorities say were responsible for the AnC Bio fraud will spend five years in a federal prison. Ariel Quiros Sr., who pled guilty to three charges related to the bio-medical facility that was to... More »
Spectators, including students from Orleans Elementary School, crowd the banks at Willoughby Falls Monday to watch steelhead trout make their annual run. The fish make the journey upstream on their own schedule and the spectacle lasts only a short while, so... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — About 34,000 people graduate from law school in the U.S. each year. Presumably almost all then take the notoriously difficult bar examination, the gateway to a license to practice law. In almost every state a law degree is a necessi... More »
