by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A Brownington couple is facing charges that allege they burned a house in an attempt to collect the insurance on the building. Roger G. Guay, 58, and his wife, Teresa M. Guay, 56, appeared Tuesday in the Criminal Division of Orlean... More »
by Meghan Wayland GREENSBORO — Evan Karp arrived in Australia to applause. As he and fellow U.S. firefighters stepped off the plane, an Australian fire crew was there to thank them for joining their effort to fight the most catastrophic fire in Australian his... More »
by Tena Starr ORLEANS — Ben Roberts is a businessman. As sole proprietor of Ben’s Snow Removal, he travels around the county shoveling driveways, walkways, cars, decks, porches, and roofs. He has a stack of handsome business cards and a collection of sophist... More »
NEWPORT — In the wake of a house fire here earlier in the month, the Division of Fire Safety is reminding people to avoid using torches to thaw frozen pipes. The fire at a Lake Road home, owned by Mike and Kristen Anderson, was reported about 9:30 a.m. on Febr... More »
by Peggy Stevens Thursday February 5, was a day to remember for NCUJHS (North Country Union Junior High School) students — Career Fair! Every other year at this time, the doors of the school open wide to community volunteers from a multitude of diverse career... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — The Barton Select Board followed a long, winding trail to resolve a couple of sticky issues — how much to pay the town’s zoning administrator, and what to do about bids on a town bridge project. On February 4, at the end of a content... More »
by Meghan Wayland ISLAND POND — Despite the heavy snow and bitter cold, downtown businesses thrived during the thirteenth annual winter carnival in Island Pond last weekend. For three days, the historic railroad hub boomed with activity. Downtown boasted a va... More »
The Outside Story by Meghan McCarthy McPhaul Whenever I spy a pileated woodpecker traversing the sky, I pause to watch its weird undulating flight. The jerky rise-and-drop movement of this large woodpecker is endearingly gawky — like a mini pterodactyl visiti... More »
In a letter to the commission dated January 15, the company said it was acting because of opposition to the project from the Derby Line Trustees, the Derby Line Cemetery Associations, and Derby Line resident Karen Jenne. …this story and more in the full editio... More »
by Meghan Wayland NEWPORT — A shortage of affordable housing and lack of transportation are two of the major obstacles to recovering from addiction, Congressman Peter Welch was told Monday at a roundtable here held to discuss opioid and other addictions in the... More »
by Joseph Gresser Ariel Quiros, Bill Stenger, and William Kelley will face trial in Vermont. U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford denied the three men’s motion to move the proceedings out of state in a 25-page opinion issued on January 28. Judge Crawford als... More »
Softball players and Glover eighth graders (from left) Brooke Breitmeyer, Tyra Scelza, and Maya Auger in Irasburg Monday night. The students asked the board to support a district-wide softball team by approving a budget that would also requested for them to s... More »
