BROWNINGTON — On Monday, the Brownington School House was hauled with the help of 40 oxen, one-third of a mile up the road to its original location. Messier House Moving from East Montpelier managed the move, which melded new methods with more traditional ways. The building was transported on wheeled carriages, not rolled on logs.…
BROWNINGTON — On Monday morning, August 8, 20 teams of oxen will be hitched to the 30 by 40 foot two-story building that served as the first secondary school in Orleans County, to help pull it back up the road 1/3 mile to the site where it was built in 1823. Spectators are welcome to…
BROWNINGTON — After years of leasing land in the Northeast Kingdom while establishing an organic dairy operation, Adam and Heather Moulton bought a farm of their own through the Vermont Land Trust’s Farmland Access Program. The couple has strong roots in the region, with Heather originally from Derby and Adam from East Charleston. For years,…
BROWNINGTON — A 45-year-old man from Brownington was arrested on Sunday after police say he assaulted a woman by throwing things at her and chasing her with a fryer full of hot grease. Police responded to the report of a domestic assault in the town of Brownington at around 8:30 p.m. When they arrived, they…
BROWNINGTON — The death of a 38-year-old man from Brownington back in March has been ruled a homicide. Today, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner updated the findings in regard to Kevin Smith’s death. They ruled the manner of Smith’s death as a homicide, the cause of death being a stab wound to the…
NEWPORT — Five residents of Orleans County are behind bars and charged with conspiracy for manufacturing methamphetamine after police carried out a series of arrests this week. On May 20, 2016, a joint investigation in Barton resulted in the arrest of Terry Parson Jr, of Jackson, Michigan. On May 21, the execution of a search…
BROWNINGTON — A 22-year-old man from Orleans was injured in a rollover crash that took place in Brownington on Sunday. Police say Orion Ferland was transported from the scene of the crash, which took place at around 11:00 p.m. Ferland was the sole occupant of the 2005 Ford Focus. He was traveling down the Parker…
BROWNINGTON — A 44-year-old woman from Brownington is facing numerous charges following a car accident in Georgia over the weekend. Police were dispatched to a crash on Route 104 at around midnight on April 16. After a brief investigation, they say they learned that Jennifer Simard, of Brownington, was operating the vehicle involved in the…
BROWNINGTON — Police say that the death of a 38-year-old man from Brownington was the result of a “incised injury to the chest.” On Monday, at around 8:30 a.m., police responded to a 911 report of an unresponsive male at a residence on Evansville road in the town of Brownington. Troopers and Orleans Rescue arrived…
BROWNINGTON — Lawrence Hundersmarck, professor of religion and philosophy at Pace University in New York and seasonal resident of Barton, will speak on the mind and values of Alexander Twilight as revealed through his sermons on Sunday, September 27 at 3 p.m. in the Brownington Church, in Brownington. His talk immediately follows the The Old…
SUTTON — Three people are facing charges after a fight that took place in Sutton on Sunday. Police issued a statement that at around 5:30 p.m. they responded to 94 Rocky Road for a reported assault. They say their initial investigation revealed that Joseph Nagle, 33, of Sutton, was involved in a physical altercation with…
WESTMORE — A 29-year-old Brownington man was pronounced dead shortly before 6 p.m. on Thursday, after an apparent drowning at Lake Willoughby. Police say that at approximately 4:41 p.m. they responded to a call at the North Beach at Lake Willoughby in Westmore, after a report of a possible drowning. When they arrived, local EMS…
NEWPORT — Police affidavits used to obtain a search warrant for Jeffrey Ray’s property sheds new light on the Memorial Day murder in Brownington. Ray is accused of first degree murder in the shooting death of his ex-wife’s husband, Rick Vreeland. The documents show that while Ray was being treated for his injuries at North…
Jeffrey Ray, 51, of Brownington was in court on Tuesday. He plead not guilty to the charge of first degree homicide for the shooting death of Rick Vreeland on Memorial Day. Ray was ordered held without bail. This video is from a press conference given by Orleans County State’s Attorney Jennifer Barrett.
BROWNINGTON — Vermont State Police detectives say they have charged Jeffrey Ray, 51, of Brownington with first degree homicide for the shooting death of Rick Vreeland. Ray was ordered held without bail by Judge Kathleen Manley. Police say that on Monday, at approximately 10:19 a.m. they received a call about a shooting at 3003 Pepin…
UPDATE: Vermont State Police detectives are identifying Rick Vreeland, 53, of Brownington, as the deceased victim in the homicide at 3003 Pepin Road this morning. BROWNINGTON — Police say that at approximately 10:19 a.m. they received a call about a shooting victim at 3003 Pepin Road in Brownington. Troopers were dispatched and discovered one victim…
DERBY — Police announced that on Monday, a 29-year-old woman with ties to Orleans County was arrested in Danville, following a 6 month investigation into her activities. The woman is facing numerous charges, some of which relate to her activities within Orleans County, going back to August of 2014. Police say that Laura E. Duffy,…
NEWPORT — This Saturday at Parker Pie Wings, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., a fundraiser is taking place to help a local family who have been struggling to start over after a kitchen fire left them losing a family pet, and their home needing a complete overhaul. John Snyder and his wife Wendy Little…
BROWNINGTON — On Wednesday police reported a stolen vehicle crashed near the town line of Barton and Brownington early last week. Police say that on February 15, at around 7:26 a.m., the Derby barracks received a call advising them that a truck was off the road, crashed into a sign along Route 58 in Barton.…
BROWNINGTON — What should have been a reasonably quick and easy trailside fix for the Orleans SnowStormers Snowmobile Club of Orleans, has turned into a downtime of up to several weeks and several thousand dollars worth of damage to one of their trail groomers. On Sunday night the group was operating their trail groomer on…
COVENTRY — Rusty DeWees, aka The Logger, and Cindy Pierce, well-known comic storyteller, will bring their humor and wisdom to local schools over the next few days. DeWees is a household name to Vermonters, celebrating all that makes rural Vermont and its people so cherished. The Stowe High School graduate earned a degree from Champlain…
NEWPORT — Ben Luna, an Independent running for Orleans County State’s Attorney, took his message to the streets of Newport on Friday, welcoming motorists, and talking to people as they passed by. Talking with people about the role of State’s Attorney, as well as listening to the concerns of the community, as Luna did on…
NEWPORT — In the heated primary race for Orleans County State’s Attorney, Jennifer Barrett has defeated incumbent Alan Franklin. With 17 of 20 precincts reporting, Barrett has 56 percent of the vote: Alan Franklin (i) — 42% — 714 votes Jennifer Barrett — 56% — 947 votes Barrett has served in the Bennington County State’s…
BROWNINGTON — A huge bear taken in the 2013 hunting season by Kevin Lamere of Brownington, is now the heaviest bear taken in Vermont by bow and arrow since 1898. It is also a new record according to skull measurements. Lamere shot the bear on October 5, 2013 with a bow and arrow in Orleans…
BROWNINGTON — Police are reporting that a Brownington man was cited for Grand Larceny on Monday, after being accused of taking someone else’s property to a scrap yard. On Monday, at 9:05 a.m., police received a call from Michel Vanasse, of Brownington, reporting that between 7/21 and 7/25, Dana Davis, 31, also of Brownington, had…