by Gabrielle Gervais In conjunction with an art show and spaghetti dinner, the Lake Region Union High School Music Department put on its annual Modern Band concert on Friday evening. As usual, the talented cohort truly rocked — with musical tributes to late le... More »
by Joseph Gresser Ethan Allen Interiors shareholders meet on November 4 for the company’s annual meeting and shareholders are being asked by activist investor Doug G. Bergeron to oust the current board and replace all five members with his nominees. While the... More »
by Gabrielle Gervais DERBY LINE — Ah, coincidences. Some feel serendipitous; others feel like a cruel joke from the universe. In Two Tents, Stanstead-based writer and director Ross Murray leans into the latter. At a campsite, aptly named Painted Scenery Ca... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — The Elm Street Bridge, which has been closed for more than a month, won’t be replaced before 2029, but it will be partly reopened in the next few weeks. That was the report Gina Lyon, who chairs the Barton Trustees and serves as vil... More »
by Gabrielle Gervais NEWPORT — As part of a statewide tour, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amanda Janoo both asked and answered questions to a full house at the Gateway Center here on Monday. More than a hundred people attended the town-hall-style event,... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON—What is the job of lieutenant governor? According to Vermont’s Constitution, the person who holds the office acts as the head of the executive branch when the Governor is out of the state, or that office is vacant. The lieutenant gov... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Despite concerns expressed by Northeast Kingdom residents at hearings held to discuss it, the board of the Northeast Vermont Development Association (NVDA) approved the organization’s regional plan. The board met at Le Belvedere on... More »
by Gabrielle Gervais ORLEANS — On October 2, game wardens and a representative from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department hosted an open discussion at the Orleans Municipal Building on the new hunting regulations to take effect in the 2026 season. The Fish... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — Town animal control officer Renee Falconer attended the select board’s October 7 meeting and brought a large bill for boarding stray dogs with her. Ms. Falconer said she customarily asks to be paid for taking care of dogs every six ... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Board members representing districts in the North Country and Orleans Central (OCSU) Supervisory Unions met here on October 8, to begin merger discussions mandated under Act 170. While the law, passed in the last legislative sessio... More »
by Joseph Gresser DERBY — When Derby’s Civil War memorial was raised in 1866, not much more than a year after the conflict ended, it was the first of its kind in Vermont. Some say it was the first Civil War memorial in the nation, Ken Lawson told a crowd of o... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — Tim Ashe has worked as a staffer for Senator Bernie Sanders, served on the Burlington City Council, and, as a member of the Vermont Senate, headed that chamber’s finance committee and served as President Pro Tem. For the past five y... More »
