by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT — The North Country Union High School Falcons and Mount St. Joseph Green Wave faced off on the basketball court Friday night, a match that saw the teams go toe to toe up until the last quarter. Each battled hard to earn a trip to the... More »
by Trisha Ingalls At Monday night’s annual meeting of the Lake Region Union Elementary-Middle School District voters brought two new faces to the school boards and a better-than-requested capital budget. The meeting, moderated by Kristin Atwood with Shelia M... More »
A long row of tank cars sitting on a siding just outside of Orleans has generated a lot of interest, especially after the rail disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. Peter Young, general counsel for Vermont Rail, said Monday that there is no cause for alarm. Whil... More »
The Falcons celebrate a perfect season and a Division 2 championship Saturday afternoon. The women of North Country Union High School capped a run of 23 straight victories with a 47-42 win over the Spaulding High School Crimson Tide, the team they lost to in ... More »
Maya Auger lofts one of her long bombs during the North Country Union High School’s semi-final win over the Harwood Union High School Highlanders. Auger was the second highest scorer for the Falcons with a total of 17 points, 15 of them on three-point shots. ... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT—Randall Swartz appeared in Orleans County Superior Court on February 21 and pled guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife, Thea Swartz. He also admitted two charges violating conditions placed on him by con... More »
by Trisha Ingalls ALBANY – Something is going right at Albany Community School. Recently it received a letter of congratulations from Secretary of Education Dan French on its “impressive efforts… to support students and families by maintaining [its] Positive... More »
by Trisha Ingalls The budgets were passed and a controversial discussion remained civil at the Lake Region Union High School District Annual Meeting on February 15. Roughly 60 voters turned out to warm up their democratic muscles in advance of Town Meeting D... More »
by Joseph Gresser GREENSBORO — Boats that make a wake high enough for surfers to ride are making waves in communities based around Vermont’s lakes. The boats are a recent arrival in Vermont’s waters and are, as yet unregulated. The Department of Environment... More »
The Outside Story by Jen Weimer A winter walk in the forest reveals a flurry of wildlife activity that often goes unnoticed during other times of year. Often among the many tracks in the snow are the nearly heart-shaped prints of deer. The white-tailed deer (O... More »
by Tena Starr TROY — Jacques Royer has been a dairy farmer all his life, but those days are now numbered. After many long conversations and some tears, his wife, Roberta, said, the couple has decided it’s time to move on. The economics of small or mid-size... More »
