by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — At the July 8 city council meeting Newport resident Anne Chiarello asked if Newport has had its municipal water supply tested for PFAS, a group of chemicals with potential health risks. She noted that a new state law requires testi... More »
by Joseph Gresser HARDWICK — Last fall Ryan Andrus, his wife, Annie Rowden, and their daughter Louella made the long drive from California to Vermont. He was leaving behind 15 years of raising goats whose milk would go to corporate processing facilities, and ... More »
by Tena Starr The emerald ash borer has been found in Orleans County. Last week the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed that, indeed, insects collected from an ash tree in Derby Line are emerald ash borers. This... More »
“Mr. Clarke went behind the saloon, where he began offering fruit to people. He then sat down on the ground, and began praying and chanting” by David Dudley NEWPORT — Police said an East Haven man assaulted a bouncer before being thrown out of the Lake House ... More »
by Joseph Gresser Voting members of the St. Albans Cooperative Creamery will meet July 29 to decide whether or not to merge with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national milk co-op made up of 13,000 farmers. The 1.9 billion pounds of milk produced by St. Alb... More »
Newport City Council by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Despite a three-week gap in meetings, Newport council members showed up Monday evening with a light agenda. As sometimes happens, there were more issues to deal with than what appeared on the menu. …To read the... More »
by Tena Starr The origins of the Glover Historical Society’s fascinating new book, The 1911 Diary of Rose Sherburne, are nearly a decade old. Years ago, Roland Woodard and his wife built a new house on the former Sherburne/Wilbur farm, once known as Glenhurst.... More »
by Tena Starr BARTON — The new head of RuralEdge, the housing and community development organization that owns Barton’s Pierce Block, says the historic building needs a structural engineering study and probably extensive repairs. “We’re looking to bring in a ... More »
Local softball champions Julie Tanguay of Derby, Rileigh Fortin of Derby, and Jenna Laramie of Newport tell the story of their team’s regional win and their upcoming trip to the Babe Ruth Softball World Series. Photo by Elizabeth Cope by Elizabeth Cope The No... More »
by Tena Starr WEST GLOVER — Orleans County can expect to see more of a weather pattern that’s already in place — drought, despite more summer precipitation, though less snow in the winter. (Last winter was an anomaly.) …To read the rest of this article, and ... More »
by David Dudley ORLEANS — Bernard “Bernie” Matthews has a rich store of memories. Mr. Matthews, who will turn 100 on July 8, was born in 1919. However, there was some confusion about where. “I was born on a little farm, on a 140-acre farm, on the road from I... More »
by Elizabeth Cope DERBY — On Saturday, June 29, a crowd of almost 100 people rallied in front of the Route 5 entrance to Walmart in Derby in support of three local dairy farmworkers who were stopped and then arrested by Border Patrol agents after going into th... More »
