by Joseph Gresser CRAFTSBURY COMMON — The 17 members of the class of 2020 stood in front of the Craftsbury Academy building just before 6 p.m. Friday. Across the road, on the common, about 50 cars were parked in a rough semicircle facing the bandstand. Memb... More »
by Meghan Wayland IRASBURG — Eric Dupre and his father, Raymond, addressed the Irasburg Select Board for over an hour Wednesday, June 10, about damage to their farmland that has resulted from years of failed repairs on a Class Four road that runs through the... More »
by Meghan Wayland BARTON — This marks the fifth season the Orleans County Fair will be closed in its 153-year history. “We’re talking about ’21 and in the meantime keeping our ears open,” Art LaPlant, vice-president of the fair board, said in a phone intervi... More »
by Tena Starr TROY — A much loved and notoriously hardworking farm woman died last week in a tractor accident. Alice Randall of Troy was killed when the tractor she was driving to push silage fell into a hole, and she fell off, the tractor running over her. Mi... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — With emergency COVID regulations still in place, North Country Union High School’s 171 seniors were honored Saturday with a graduation unlike the school’s 52 previous commencement exercises and likely one that will never be repeat... More »
Car parade and virtual ceremony for Lake Region grads by Meghan Wayland ORLEANS — Seniors at Lake Region Union High School wanted three things from their graduation Sunday. “They wanted to walk across a stage, they wanted their families to be in attendance, ... More »
Balloons and pictures of graduates lined the parking areas at North Country. Photo by Tena Starr More »
North Country Union High School’s graduating seniors paraded from the Eastside Restaurant in Newport to the high school, and then around the city Friday afternoon. Graduation will be held June 6 at the school. Photo by Tena Starr More »
by Meghan Wayland Barton Boy Scout Troop #862 has been making American flags out of salvaged wood, pine, and balsam fir to fund a summer trip to the Florida Keys. Despite COVID-19, the troop is driving to Monroe County, Florida, on June 13 in a motorhome don... More »
by Meghan Wayland COVENTRY — Petitioners have gathered enough signatures to suspend an ordinance passed by the Coventry Select Board April 20 that would have opened town roads to all-terrain vehicles starting June 15. Now the select board has 60 days to war... More »
Pictured is Dowser, Doug Easter by Meghan Wayland Marcel Masse started dowsing when he was only five years old. He’s now in his late seventies. “I remember it very well,” the Craftsbury farmer said. “I found a water pipe underground. People used to get a ... More »
