Photos by Kathy Royer Holbrook A couple of bald eagles made a memorable appearance at Willoughby Lake’s north beach this past Monday and Tuesday, August 10 & 11, in Westmore. Flying low enough so that many got an up-close look at these raptors. A video sub... More »
Jules and Effin Older, and their children, spent 14 years living in Albany, then 18 in San Francisco. Now, Ms. Older wrote to us, they have made the “momentous, spur-of the-moment decision to return to live in New Zealand. It was based on our fear of the c... More »
by Joseph Gresser The criminal charges filed by the federal government against Ariel Quiros, the former owner of Jay Peak and Burke Mountain resorts, are nearing resolution. Mr. Quiros, 64, of Key Biscayne, Florida, pled guilty Friday to three of the 12 fel... More »
Senator John Rodgers will be a candidate for reelection in November, but only as an independent. His bid to get the Democratic nomination by the hard road of write-in votes failed Tuesday night, as Ron Horton claimed the second spot on the ticket next to incu... More »
by Emmett Avery GREENSBORO — Empty liquor bottles spill out of a bin in front of the old barn in downtown Greensboro. At first glance, you might think the residents of the property have a drinking problem. But if you look a little closer, you’ll see that t... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Donovan Steele held his hands out as Orleans County Sheriff’s Deputy Doug Morrill fitted handcuffs to his wrists Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Steele, 27, and a resident of Kapaa, Hawaii, stood in the smaller of the two courtrooms in Orlea... More »
Currier’s Quality Market in Glover closed on Friday, July 31. Jim Currier bought the store 53 years ago and has operated it, along with family members, ever since. The store has a buyer, and it will reopen but not for two or three months while renovations ar... More »
by Joseph Gresser When voters from the Essex-Orleans state Senate district cast their votes in the August 11 Primary, whether they go to the polls or mail in their ballots, they will have an unusual array of choices. Incumbent senators Bobby Starr of North T... More »
