by Luke Vidic DERBY — Members of Orleans County’s Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Chapter 22 visited the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday with an envelope in hand. Inside was a small check worth a large amount of money. How much, exactly? The... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT—What does a dark musical about a popularity craving high school student and her psychopathic boyfriend have to offer students at North Country Union High School? According to some cast members of Heathers: The Musical, an opportun... More »
One broken compressor results in dozens of empty shelves by Luke Vidic DEBRY — A broken refrigeration component was reponsible for the strange sight of empty shelves in the grocery section at Walmart. Shoppers who visited the store Friday were startled to s... More »
by Luke Vidic NEWPORT — Across the nation, hospital workers are experiencing high levels of burnout. Nurses’ and physicians’ workloads have skyrocketed due to COVID, and many have turned to the next generation of caretakers to ease the burden. In Vermont, ... More »
by Brian Carroll NEWPORT — After the abrupt departure of its executive director, Tomaz Jankowski in December of 2020, Northeast Kingdom Human Services (NKHS) was without a permanent leader for most of 2021. Over the past summer, its board recruited and hire... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Orleans County has the highest rate of COVID cases in Vermont. Not coincidently it also has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the state, according to Governor Phil Scott. Governor Scott showed up on the front lawn of North Cou... More »
by Leanne Harple GLOVER — Nathan Borland, a local paramedic from Glover, recently returned from a month-long shift in Shreveport, Louisiana. In his regular life, Mr. Borland is CEO of 45th Parallel Emergency Medical Services, a nonprofit ambulance corps tha... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Police say Darryl Johnson, 51, of Greensboro, shot Robert Chaplin, 27, of Hardwick on the night of October 20. Mr. Chaplin, they say, showed up in Mr. Johnson’s drive after the two had a minor altercation at a convenience store. ... More »
by Joseph Gresser The number of COVID cases in Vermont declined a bit over the past week, according to figures provided at Governor Phil Scott’s Tuesday briefing, but Orleans County remains a hot spot. According to Commissioner of Financial Regulation Michael ... More »
by Sylvia C. Dodge LOWELL — If the COVID-19 pandemic teaches nothing else, it teaches that things inevitably change. For students at Lowell Graded School, a plan that started with a goal to build a skating rink has morphed over time to a project to regenera... More »
by Sylvia C. Dodge Amidst news that Orleans County criminal cases for some incarcerated defendants have recently been scheduled — but not in Newport — Vermont’s commissioner of Buildings and General Services (BGS) has said that work is underway to keep crim... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — At their meeting Thursday morning, select board members dealt with a mishap on Hollow Road. A road crew member was working on a ditch and clipped a waterline belonging to Pat Russell. The damage was not great. Road Forman Rick Knag... More »
