by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT CENTER — A school is big part of any community. Schools often sit at the heart of smaller towns and located along the most traveled roadways or near town centers. That is exactly the case with the Newport Town School. The building ... More »
Twenty members of the Newport Volunteer Fire Department swim toward a buoy in Lake Memphremagog during water rescue training that took place over the weekend. Photo by Kenzie Strange More »
by Joseph Gresser GREENSBORO BEND — The village of Greensboro Bend has been seen as the poor cousin of the town up the hill since the Lamoille Valley Railroad stopped running regular service some seventy years ago. Before that it was a bustling community wit... More »
by Joseph Gresser DERBY—The design review board (DRB) here gave its okay last week to a plan to convert the Derby Green Nursing Home to a sober living residence. The nursing home, which is off Route 5, has been closed since 2020. On Friday Lila Bennett, who d... More »
by Matthew Wilson BARTON – You can always count on the annual demolition derby to leave local motorists in a heaping wreck. On Sunday, the event went off without a hitch as new and returning drivers came out to test their mettle and metal in the automotive a... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT — Time is the great test and one the Goodrich Memorial Library has certainly passed. On Saturday the city’s premier cultural institution celebrated its one-hundred-twenty-fifth birthday. A small crowd gathered to observe the anni... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Police say a West Glover woman fired a volley of shots at the pickup truck driven by a departing caller. Alaina Bouchard, 35, of West Glover was brought into the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court here Monday and pl... More »
by Matthew Wilson BARTON — Was that a distant rumble? Did the ground shake? It could have been the monster trucks returning to the Orleans County Fairgrounds Friday. The lineup was a little thinner this year, but that didn’t deter the crowd from coming out ... More »
by Kenzie Strange GLOVER — Ziggy Bird has never been in a derby before, you know, the kind where cars smash into each other and try to be the last one standing. When she saw the Orleans County Fair Demo Derby in 2021 though, she knew she had to be in one some... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT — The Falcons met stiff competition on August 28 as they began their defense of last year’s Division 2 football championship. The U-32 Raiders showed up with something to prove, and demonstrated that to North Country Union High Schoo... More »
by Matthew Wilson DERBY — There once was a dog named Chuck who had some miserable luck. He wandered away, and to his dismay, on his head a bucket was stuck. Well, it wasn’t a bucket. It was actually the top of an automatic food dispenser. Many people may ha... More »
The Orleans Lions Club surprises Betsy Day and Randy Williams with the Citizen of the Year Award at Parker Pie on August 21. Ms. Day and Mr. Williams were honored for contributing their time, energy and talents to the community for over 35 years. They’ve wor... More »
