by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Monday evening the city council met at the Gateway Center with more than 60 members of the public in attendance, all eager to get a look at the update of Newport’s master plan. David Laforce, one of the owners of Built by Newport an... More »
by Matthew Wilson GLOVER — Like most Orleans County towns Glover saw more than its fair share of water this year, but there’s still more to come over the dam. At the November 14 select board meeting a representative from the engineering firm hired to address ... More »
by Matthew Wilson BARTON — Few of the living really want to sleep in a graveyard, although the dead find the accommodations suitable to their needs. Such considerations called for private discussion at the Barton Select Board meeting Monday night. The board ... More »
by Maria Amador ORLEANS — On Friday night, people of all ages braved a chilly rain to watch Lake Region Union High School students perform songs on stage in the Municipal Building. By the time they made their way home, it was clear the event was about far m... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — After 45 minutes in executive session at a special meeting held on Friday, the city council emerged and without discussion or explanation voted by a three-to-one margin to fire City Manager Jonathan DeLaBruere. According to the mot... More »
Trooper Abigail Drew said in an affidavit that Taren Marckres , 32, of Wolcott, killed a woman’s cat after getting in a fight with her on October 19, 2019. Mr. Marckres pled guilty to a felony charge of cruelty to animals resulting in a fatality. Judge Thibau... More »
By Maria Amador GLOVER — At the select board meeting here on October 24, board members and town residents discussed the condition of Shadow Lake and the road that winds around it, following written and spoken complaints. Monday, two town officials spoke wit... More »
by Maria Amador COVENTRY — Friday, waves of students from the Coventry Village School walked from their classrooms to the town office to take part in a mock election — the first since COVID-19 broke out in 2020. Students from kindergarten through eighth grade... More »
At 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night many towns in Orleans County have yet to report election results, but those that have show Republican Sam Douglass will represent the county in the Vermont Senate when it reconvenes in January. With 14 of the 20 towns in the distri... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT — One’s life is a patchwork of memories and deeds, each accomplishment, endeavor, or instance one of many scraps stitched together to make up the whole we are. When a life is blessed with longevity, it forms a fine tapestry that defi... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A Barton woman denied charges that she defrauded Medicaid of around $18,000 by improperly billing Northeast Kingdom Human Services (NKHS) for care for a relative provided by someone who the state Attorney General’s office says was n... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT CENTER — Justin LeBlanc lives on Leadville Road here. He’s a hunter and outdoorsman and he placed a game camera on his property hoping to spot some big game. Instead he caught footage that was more disturbing than he expected. His c... More »
