by Maria Amador HARDWICK — Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders invited hundreds of his constituents to the Hazen Union gym on Saturday for an evening of live music and dancing. The event, which was the second dance the senator has hosted this year, was attended by... More »
by Gabrielle Gervais BARTON — It was a packed house at Barton United Church Sunday evening, where friends, family, and community members alike came together to watch Lake Region Union High School students get in the groove. For the seniors, this performance m... More »
Random Life on the Mississippi by Tena Starr I had no sense of Missouri, but two things were clear pretty quickly: We were not in the South anymore, and Missourians are really, really proud of their state. Every person we talked to recommended something — tow... More »
by Joseph Gresser JAY PEAK — Rebecca Towne, the CEO of the Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC), began her talk at the co-op’s annual meeting here Saturday by recollecting a moment from her job interview seven years ago. “I still remember one of the board member... More »
by Maria Amador CRAFTSBURY — At its May 6 meeting the Craftsbury Select Board welcomed Cedar Hannan, vice chair of the town’s school board. He said that the Legislature is still debating H.454, a contentious education bill. If passed, it will significantly... More »
by Matthew Wilson GLOVER — An apparently abandoned property seems to be causing problems, both for the resident neighbors and as a parcel delinquent on taxes. At the select board meeting on May 8, a tax sale of the property was discussed. That conversation l... More »
by Tena Starr Okay, some trivia. Although neither Steve nor I are big on guided tours, we took a tour of the supposedly haunted McRaven House, an antebellum mansion in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where few such houses survived the Civil War. There, we learned a... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT CENTER — Cellular service along the northern border can be shoddy. Signals often struggle to reach up from the south or they bounce in from Canada, making a call from the top of Vermont a coin toss. That may change, at least for peo... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — At a special meeting held on April 30 to hear from two task forces, the council voted to approve a hefty increase in Newport’s water and sewer rates. Water rates will jump by 36 percent starting with September’s bill and sewer ... More »
During Search and Rescue Team training on Wednesday afternoon, April 30, 2025, near Lake Willoughby in Westmore, members of the Vermont State Police located a body believed to be that of missing hiker Sue Mi Ko, 51, of Craftsbury who was reported missing on Ja... More »
by Gabrielle Gervais ISLAND POND — On April 23, right in time for spring cleaning, Brighton began the process of refreshing its town plan for the next eight years. Around 30 community members and a generous array of sandwiches convened at the Town Hall gymnasi... More »
by Matthew Wilson DERBY — Derby’s garage has a repaired roof, but the town’s process for hiring contractors may have had a hole or two in it. Town Clerk Faye Morin found the company that did the work may have broken some rules. To make sure it doesn’t happ... More »
