by David Dudley NEWPORT — The Tamarack Program —targeted at repeat offenders who may be driven by addiction — was rolled out statewide in July of 2017. Two years later, though, it’s hard to say exactly how well it’s working because the impact it has on offend... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Several schools in the North Country Supervisory Union that provided free breakfasts and lunches to all students no longer qualify for the program that paid for the meals, said Superintendent John Castle, Friday. But he is working ... More »
by Amanda K. Camargo NEWPORT — When people think of a business on wheels, often they imagine cantinas and trendy food trucks. But one Newport woman is peddling yarn. Lucille LaPlume, who is 72 and retired, a former stitcher at Bogner, is opening a yarn store n... More »
by Tena Starr BARTON — A petition is circulating here calling for a special Town Meeting to see if people want to increase the number of select board members from three to five. It needs 97 signatures. Those who initiated it said they’d hoped to present it ... More »
By Joe Rankin Last February you might have seen news stories about an impending insect apocalypse. ‘Huge global extinction risk.” “Plummeting insect numbers threaten collapse of nature” …this story and more in the full edition of this week’s paper. Subscribe n... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — New board member Doug Swanson and a small crowd of citizens had to wait for an hour to get into Barton’s municipal office building last week for the regularly scheduled select board meeting. Board Chair Robert Croteau showed up at ex... More »
by Tena Starr The Diocese of Burlington last week published a list of 40 priests, from 1950, who a seven-member lay committee found had credible accusations of sexual abuse of minors made against them. Sixteen of them worked in Orleans or Essex counties. …thi... More »
A propane gas leak in the basement of a Brownington home caused an explosion and fire there Friday, the state Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit says. …this story and more in the full edition of this week’s paper. Subscribe now to access our e-version or to... More »
Ten Orleans County residents were arrested in a statewide Vermont Drug Task force sweep last week. The multi-week investigation concluded with the arrests of 59 people for dealing drugs, State Police said in a press release. The investigation resulted in 53 ... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — The city council here began Monday’s meeting at Gardner Park where they met two members of the Newport City Police Department who really love their work. One was Patrolman Joshua Lillis; the other was his partner, K-9 Ozzy. Ozzy, wh... More »
by June Pichel Cook GREENSBORO — When biologist Christine Schadler from Project Coyote asked the 140 or so people at the Highland Arts Center here recently if they had ever seen a coyote, over half raised their hands. When she asked how many felt good a... More »
by David Dudley BARTON — For those wondering why people willingly — often gleefully — get behind the wheel of a car that still runs, and smash it into other cars that still run, the victory speeches of this year’s Demolition Derby are telling. “I’m going to us... More »
