by Joseph Gresser ESSEX JUNCTION — A few days before Christmas I sat alone in a small examining room waiting to receive an injection of either an experimental vaccine against COVID-19 or a small amount of salt water. The shot started my career as a Guinea pi... More »
by Joseph Gresser In addition to the other difficulties that have rocked Northeast Kingdom Human Services (NKHS) over the past few weeks, including a damning evaluation from state regulators and the resignation of CEO Tomasz Jankowski, the mental health serv... More »
by Emmett Avery CRAFTSBURY — The Craftsbury Community Care Center (CCCC) is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak, with 15 residents and 13 staff members testing positive for the virus. Two residents have died. The care center received its first positive coronav... More »
by Chris Braithwaite SHEFFIELD — The blades on two towers of the Sheffield wind project have been removed for routine maintenance, a project spokesman said Monday. The missing blades, which span the length of a football field in the air, and the crane that re... More »
by Joseph Gresser WESTMORE — Representatives of the state Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (DFPR) appeared before the Westmore Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) on December 16 to explain their proposal for changes on state property at the south en... More »
by Tena Starr The state’s Department of Mental Health (DMH) has put Northeast Kingdom Human Services (NKHS), which contracts with the state to provide mental health, disability, and substance abuse services in Orleans, Caledonia and Essex counties, on provis... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Dr. John Lippmann sat quietly in a homey little room at North Country Hospital Friday evening. Respiratory care practitioner Shaynea Shover was showing him literature laying out a short list of potential aftereffects from the vac... More »
by Tena Starr GLOVER – Ray Sweeney, owner of the C&C Market in Barton, is now also the owner of Currier’s Quality Market in Glover. He took ownership of the store last week, December 17, after several COVID-related delays in sealing the deal. The store was ... More »
by Kristin Anderson COVID has been a surprising boon to at least one sector of business — home improvement and construction. With more people staying home, and others moving to Vermont, those businesses have experienced an uptick in sales that no one could h... More »
Governor’s briefings by Joseph Gresser It appears Vermonters listened to state officials and skipped the big family Thanksgiving for a year. According to figures presented by Commissioner of Financial Regulation Michael Pieciak at Governor Phil Scott’s ... More »
by Tena Starr CRAFTSBURY – The reward for information about the person who shot a longtime family pet, apparently mistaking it for a coyote, was at more than $1,500 Saturday and still climbing. Alison Mcknight let Cassady, her 11-year-old Alaskan husky, ou... More »
by Tena Starr NEWPORT CENTER — Fred is about six feet tall with a rubbery face and wobbly legs. He’s not much of a dresser, and he has a small vial of placenta in one of his pockets. Yes, placenta. That was last week. On another day he might have a bit o... More »
