by Joseph Gresser The Vermont Legislature has closed up shop until late August, but before recessing it passed and sent to Governor Phil Scott a quartet of bills distributing most of the $1.25-billion in COVID relief Congress allocated to the state. While it... More »
by Joseph Gresser In a 25-page report issued in mid-June, the Agency of Education (AOE) outlined measures to protect the health of students and staff when schools open for in-person education this fall. Educators around the state have been left to figure ou... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Police arrested a West Virginia man for breaking into the C&C Supermarket in Barton Saturday. In his affidavit State Police Trooper James Gallup said he spotted the out-of-town visitor on the store’s surveillance video. He said h... More »
by Meghan Wayland NEWPORT CITY — The Walgreens in Newport’s Waterfront Plaza closed last Wednesday, June 17, for deep cleaning when a staff member was suspected of having COVID-19. According to company officials, the staff member later tested negative and... More »
by Meghan Wayland CRAFTSBURY — A 20-year-old West Glover man is in critical but stable condition following what Vermont State Police said was a “possible fatal” car crash on June 17. The driver, Hunter Lanphere, is expected to make a full recovery thanks to... More »
by Meghan Wayland Vermont has broken its own single-year maple record by producing approximately 2.2 million gallons of syrup in 2020 — more than half the country’s total crop, according to data released by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) ... More »
by Meghan Wayland CRAFTSBURY —A Craftsbury resident called State Police Last Thursday at approximately 9:30 p.m., to report that a “dark-colored, full-sized pickup” had defaced the Craftsbury Common’s new anti-racist mural by burning out tire marks over the ... More »
by Joseph Gresser During its 2018 session the Legislature passed a law creating the post of Executive Director of Racial Equity. Governor Phil Scott first vetoed the bill saying it didn’t allow him to fire whoever took the job. That, he maintained, was an ... More »
by Meghan Wayland For weeks, Orleans County held steady at ten confirmed COVID-19 cases — until just over one week ago, when three cases, a 25 percent increase, registered on the Department of Health’s data map. The number of new cases in the county now total... More »
by Joseph Gresser CRAFTSBURY COMMON — The 17 members of the class of 2020 stood in front of the Craftsbury Academy building just before 6 p.m. Friday. Across the road, on the common, about 50 cars were parked in a rough semicircle facing the bandstand. Memb... More »
by Meghan Wayland IRASBURG — Eric Dupre and his father, Raymond, addressed the Irasburg Select Board for over an hour Wednesday, June 10, about damage to their farmland that has resulted from years of failed repairs on a Class Four road that runs through the... More »
by Meghan Wayland BARTON — This marks the fifth season the Orleans County Fair will be closed in its 153-year history. “We’re talking about ’21 and in the meantime keeping our ears open,” Art LaPlant, vice-president of the fair board, said in a phone intervi... More »
