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 »
Norah Demaine, a Glover seventh grader looks over an exhibit at the Museum of Everyday Life. Norah is one of of six pre-teen and teenage docents hired to give tours to museum visitors and assist with various chores. Photo by Leanne Harple …the full story a... More »
The Outside Story By Meghan McCarthy McPhaul Several years ago, I was awakened nearly every day of late spring by a recurring — and very loud — bird sound. I say “sound,” rather than “song” because this particular noise was not so melodious as the cheery whist... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT—Police say they chased down and arrested a man who unsuccessfully tried to burglarize three or four businesses here. Judge Lisa Warren set bail at $1,000 for William Slingerland, 28, of Newport after he pled innocent on July 19 to ... More »
by Trisha Ingalls WEST GLOVER — Noah Racine saw a need in his community and took steps to fill it. The 24-year-old Glover native started Up North Driving Academy in June, and he said demand is growing. He used his business degree to launch the drivers’ educ... More »
by Trisha Ingalls At the Lake Region Union High School Board meeting Monday, the issue of resignations in the Orleans Central Supervisory Union (OCSU) received attention, although the high school managed to retain all its staff members. While many teachers and... More »
