A local group of women is planning the area’s first-ever Filipino cultural festival in Newport on Sunday, August 28. The all-day event will take place at the Prouty Beach Campground pavilion, beginning at 10 a.m., and will showcase Filipino food, dancing, musi... More »
Old Stone House Museum Director Molly Veysey told the crowd about a berry pie at the annual pie auction. Travis Hall then took over and used his high-speed spiel to coax ever-higher bids from the crowd. More »
by Tena Starr Entrepreneurial farmer Seth Johnson’s latest venture is attracting uncommon public attention. He’s got 16 acres of sunflowers, now in full bloom, planted between Barton and Orleans. It’s a stunning show, a big roadside field crammed with tall ... More »
by Trisha Ingalls Mr. and Ms. L began building their new home in Orleans County in May. For them, it will be a place to spend their retirement, have their grandchildren to stay, and an opportunity to have a smaller space than their previous homes. Though ea... More »
by Meg Gibson Burke Mountain Resort hosted its first ever Enduro World Series (EWS) over the weekend, drawing athletes and spectators representing more than 20 countries to East Burke for two days of downhill mountain bike racing. An enduro is a type of race... More »
The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (FPR) is working on expanding the parking area at the south end of Lake Willoughby in Westmore. The department’s efforts to eliminate congestion along Route 5A and make Willoughby State Forest more acce... More »
by Matthew Wilson GLOVER — At Saturday’s Glover talent show, some residents put their skills and passions on display, while many more showed up to enjoy the show and perhaps walk away with treasure gained at the silent auction that was part of the evening. ... More »
by Trisha Ingalls DERBY LINE — At the end of a hot and steamy Saturday in Orleans County, audience members from both sides of the U.S./Canada border filed into the Haskell Opera House theater to watch the new post-pandemic production by the Borderline Player... More »
by Matthew Wilson GLOVER – The rain hammered down as the Glover Select Board honored the many years of service given the town by retired road foreman, Harvey Dunbar and discussed the process used in appointing a new town clerk. Board members also met with... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A Newport woman and a North Troy man pled innocent to charges related to the robbery of the Jimmy Kwik store here. Eric Lee Shatrau, 48, appeared in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court Thursday and entered innoc... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NORTH TROY — Megan Gaylor thought when she and her husband, Kevin, closed on their home in North Troy last fall, the hardest part of their home search was over. However, life changes and a hot real estate market have thrown them into a toug... More »
by Trisha Ingalls DERBY — What was once a hayfield with a spectacular view has been transformed through a labor of love into a thriving agritourism business in Derby Line. Michelle Capron, owner of Lavender Essentials with her husband, Pierre, said their bus... More »
