BARTON — Police responded to a tractor-trailer rollover crash on I-91 in Barton early this morning. The crash took place at around 1:30 a.m. on the exit 26 northbound off-ramp. According to the report, Nicolas Paris-Goble, 28, of Vernal, Utah, took the exit at a high rate of speed causing his tractor and trailer, carrying…
BARTON — Community National Bank CEO Kathy Austin has confirmed that an employee at the bank’s Barton office has tested positive for the Coronavirus. “The Barton office has been thoroughly cleaned and sanitized based on the CDC’s enhanced cleaning and disinfecting guidelines for workplaces with confirmed COVID-19 positive individuals, and we are continuing to follow…
BARTON — A 36-year-old man from Georgia was charged with DUI-drugs following an early morning crash in Barton yesterday. Police were notified that a single-vehicle crash took place on I-91 north at around 12:48 a.m. According to the report, the tractor-trailer unit collided with and drove along 750 feet of guard rail, coming to rest…
BARTON — State police are investigating a vandalism incident that took place at a home in Barton last week. Maria Morris, 60, of Barton, originally thought that someone was attempting to break into her home on Breezy Hill Road at around 12:45 a.m. on September 13. There was no burglary, however, when police arrived they…
BARTON — A woman from Albany is in critical condition after a crash in Barton this morning. Emergency workers responded to a head-on crash on the Hollow Road at around 11:00 a.m. The section of Hollow Road where the crash occurred is a narrow dirt road. Stacey Williams, 55, had been left of center while…
BARTON — Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that took place in Barton on Saturday. The two-vehicle crash happened north on Interstate 91 at around 9:13 a.m. The victim told police that a gray pickup truck with a lifted suspension attempted to pass her in the passing lane. The driver cut back in and collided…
BARTON — A Barton man was sentenced for conspiracy to distribute illegal narcotics, and a North Troy man who pled guilty earlier this year will be sentenced this week. Luis Luna, 28, of Hartford, Connecticut, Edwin Martinez, aka “Pino”, 26, of Hartford, Connecticut, and Samuel Fuller, 34, of Barton, following guilty pleas to conspiracy to…
BARTON — A 55-year-old woman from New Hampshire was injured during a crash in Barton today. Police, fire, and EMS responded to Barton Orleans Road for a motorcycle crash at around 2:30 p.m. The operator was identified as Brandy Alfieri, of Gilmator, NH. Police say Alfieri was traveling south when she drove over a patch…
GLOVER — Ten-year-old Girl Scout Abbygail Warriner of Glover has become a Bronze Award Girl Scout for her project, “Shooting Star Sewing.” Warriner stepped up in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic to sew masks. She made over 100 masks for her community, including a local supermarket, and donated more to people in Oklahoma. She…
BARTON — Police say a 56-year-old man from West Virginia was arrested for breaking into the C&C Supermarket just days after being arrested for DUI in the parking lot of the store. An alarm was activated at the store in Barton at around 1 a.m. this morning. The front glass doors were broken, and troopers…
BARTON — Since 2005, the Vermont Land Trust has recognized outstanding high school juniors and seniors who are dedicated to agriculture and forestry. This year, William Johnson, of Barton, received one of nine Land Stewards Awards presented by the land trust, along with a check for $250. Johnson was nominated for the award by Sam…
NEWPORT — Green Mountain Farm-to-School will once again be participating in the Summer Food Service Program. The Lunchbox truck recently came out of winter hibernation and is ready for an action-packed summer delivering free meals to kids 18 and under in the Northeast Kingdom Meals will be provided to all children without charge and will…
NEWPORT — The Newport Police Department says they arrested the man accused of breaking into a business in Barton over the weekend, after he was alleged to have unlawfully entered a home early Tuesday morning in Newport, and was caught going through a vehicle in Newport Center. Devin Pratt, 31, of Barton, was arrested and…
BARTON — Police have made an arrest following a break-in at Nick’s Snack Shack in Barton on Sunday. Devin Pratt, 31, has been arrested for the incident and was arraigned in court today. Police say Pratt was caught on surveillance cameras going through the store after forcing his way inside. Several items, as well as…
BARTON — Police are investigating a burglary that took place in Barton yesterday. Sometime overnight Nick’s Snack Shack on Main Street was broken into. Forced entry was used to gain access to the building. Several items were stolen once the subject was inside. The store owners posted on Facebook that money from the drawer, as…
BARTON — Police say a woman from Orleans was robbed at gunpoint in Barton on Tuesday. The incident took place at around 11:00 p.m. inside a parking lot at a store on Main Street. Police say they received a call from an employee at the store notifying them that the victim had run inside asking…
BARTON — Police want to speak with the driver of a truck after it was seen racing through Barton and caused a pedestrian to fall down. The incident took place on Tuesday at around 4:00 p.m. Police say a pedestrian was walking south on Route 16 near Stoney Lane when a light gray truck was…
BARTON — Police responded to a two-vehicle crash in Barton yesterday. The crash took place on I-91 south at around 11:43 a.m. Police say while attempting to move into the passing lane, Jesse Elliott, 53, of Newport, hit the passenger side of a vehicle driven by Kent Hall, 64, of Lyndonville. Elliott’s vehicle sustained damage…
BARTON — Police say someone broke into a home in Barton and stole several collectibles. The burglary was reported in the area of Pageant Park Road at around 10:19 a.m. on Wednesday. Forced entry was made into the home and numerous collectible model cars were stolen, police say. Police are asking anyone coming into contact…
WEST GLOVER — Lady Liberty has returned to West Glover for the second annual Glover Ambulance Ice Out fundraiser, and tickets are on sale just in time for Christmas. Last year, the Glover Ambulance began the event as a way to help fundraise while honoring a fun piece of local lore. This year, the fun…
BARTON — Authorities are looking for a 17-year-old boy from Barton who they say ran away from his home early this morning. Police were notified at around 12:11 a.m. that a 17-year-old male, identified as Matthew Champagne, was missing from his home on Willoughby Lake Road in Barton. Champagne is approximately 5’07”, 140 lbs. with…
BARTON — A 21-year-old woman from Barton was charged yesterday for stealing a vehicle earlier this month. Police say they were originally notified that a car was stolen from a home on Washington Street in Barton, back on November 1. The stolen vehicle was recovered in Saint Albans the next day. According to the police…
BARTON — Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying an individual who fled the scene of an accident in Barton last Thursday. Police say they responded to a crash reported on Hollow Road at around 10:50 p.m. Christopher Friend told police that his mailbox, as well as shrubbery on his property, had been hit…
BARTON — WCAX-TV News anchor and reporter Darren Perron will receive the Broadcaster of the Year award from the Vermont Association of Broadcasters. Though anchoring takes much of his time and energy, Perron remains one of the top investigative journalists in the state. His ground-breaking investigation into military burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan this…
BARTON — A 37-year-old man from Glover involved in a car accident in Barton last Saturday has died. Richard Poginy died at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center today, police say. Poginy was transported to Dartmouth after the crash and had remained at the hospital since then. The single-vehicle crash took place on Hollow Road at around…