Audrey H. Bickford Audrey Bickford, 92, died Monday, November 5, 2018, at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital. Audrey was the daughter of the late George and Mildred Saith (Sweet) Hutchins of Malone, New York. She grew up in Malone and graduated from Fra... More »
Chief Walter C. Gutzmann Jr. Chief Walter C. Gutzmann Jr., 77, of Craftsbury, well-known fire chief and schoolteacher for over 50 years, died suddenly at his home on November 5, 2018. He was born on May 12, 1941, in Arlington, Massachusetts, to Walter and Li... More »
Ruth E. Grimes Ruth E. Grimes, 77, of Albany, died on October 26, 2018, in Newport. She was born on April 10, 1941, in Plymouth, New Hampshire, to Kenneth and Frances (Foot) McKee. On August 22, 1959 she married Ronald Grimes, who predeceased her in 1988. Rut... More »
Robert John Carman The loss of Robert John Carman was felt by many after a brief, but valiant, fight with cancer. He died at his home in Naples, Florida, on October 5, 2018. Robert was born June 22, 1964, in Milan, Tennessee, to the late Herbert and Donna (... More »
New OCSU merger plan explained by Joseph Gresser About 15 people gathered at Lake Region Union High School on September 27 for the first of a series of public meetings designed to explain the proposed terms of consolidation for the school districts of the ... More »
By Xander Landen, VTDigger.org Minority Leader Don Turner, R-Milton, speaks to House Republicans during a caucus at the Statehouse on Wednesday, May 30. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger Seeking to maintain leverage in high-stakes budget negotiations, House Republi... More »
By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org Gov. Phil Scott made the latest move Thursday in what is expected to be a end-of-session showdown with legislators over education funding, saying that he is willing to use one-time money to plug the spending gap this year in exchang... More »
By Mike Faher Vermont saw a spike last year in deaths involving the powerful painkiller fentanyl, emphasizing the danger of a synthetic drug that is at least 50 times more potent than heroin. There were 68 fatal overdoses attributable at least in part to fenta... More »
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org Migrant Justice is planning a protest this week against the detention of a farmworker by immigration authorities near the Vermont-Canada border earlier this month. The group, which represents immigrant farmworkers, says that J... More »
Newport Police Investigating After Counterfeit Bills Passed at City Businesses NEWPORT — Chief Seth DiSanto reports that the Newport Police Department is investigating after counterfeit bills were passed at two city businesses this week. At approximately 6:20 ... More »
Roaring Brook Park Memorial Day events will be on Sunday, May 29. Gates open at 8 a.m., and events begin at 9 a.m. At 9 a.m., the American Legion Barton Post #76 will perform a ceremony, including the raising of the flag and the playing of “Taps.” The day incl... More »
