by Joseph Gresser ALBANY — Years of community organizing, planning, and fund-raising are beginning to show tangible results here as construction crews start work on the Albany General Store. Workers from Kingdom Construction have torn off the front of the b... More »
by Tena Starr GLOVER — If it weren’t for the landscape, it would have been a sight reminiscent of the Midwest — a huge combine gobbling up acres of wheat and spitting out tidy windrows of straw in its wake. But the scene unfolded on a former hayfield on a ver... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A former State Police trooper who did time in prison after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of engaging in a prohibited act with a 14-year-old girl, then violating his conditi... More »
by Meghan Wayland NEWPORT — Amid calls to defund the police, Orleans County Sheriff Jennifer Harlow and Newport Police Chief Travis Bingham say they and their departments are focused on building trusting relationships with community members. In an interview... More »
by Joseph Gresser DERBY — The Derby Select Board was visited by a large portion of the Sunset Acres neighborhood who showed up to Monday’s meeting to complain about noise they said comes from the property of a new neighbor. Gingah Milnes said she and her hus... More »
by Meghan Wayland ORLEANS — When manager Sam Christoni first threw a ball to new shelter dog Jack, he cowered on the ground. She had raised her arm too fast, spooking the dog, who was likely abused before reaching Pope Memorial Frontier Animal Society two w... More »
by Meghan Wayland NEWPORT — State wildlife biologist Pete Emerson pointed toward a stretch of exposed, scraggy roots Saturday where the banks of the Black River had eroded. “This is one of the things we fight,” he said, addressing nearly 20 paddlers from acr... More »
by Meghan Wayland During privilege of the floor at the remote Lake Region Union Elementary-Middle School District (LRUEMSD) Monday night, five community members expressed concerns about flying the Black Lives Matter (BLM) flag at schools. The action was pro... More »
Jules and Effin Older, and their children, spent 14 years living in Albany, then 18 in San Francisco. Now, Ms. Older wrote to us, they have made the “momentous, spur-of the-moment decision to return to live in New Zealand. It was based on our fear of the c... More »
by Joseph Gresser BURLINGTON — An Enosburg Falls woman who admitted embezzling more than $125,000 from Jay Peak Resort, will remain free on conditions until she is sentenced on December 18. Sara L. Ovitt, who worked for the resort from 2014 to May 2019, appe... More »
by Joseph Gresser The criminal charges filed by the federal government against Ariel Quiros, the former owner of Jay Peak and Burke Mountain resorts, are nearing resolution. Mr. Quiros, 64, of Key Biscayne, Florida, pled guilty Friday to three of the 12 fel... More »
Senator John Rodgers will be a candidate for reelection in November, but only as an independent. His bid to get the Democratic nomination by the hard road of write-in votes failed Tuesday night, as Ron Horton claimed the second spot on the ticket next to incu... More »
