COVENTRY — The Orleans County Sheriff’s Department today released information relating to an incident in Coventry back in December of 2020, where a driver is alleged to have taken off through a cornfield to avoid arrest. Deputy Gonyaw says that while on duty on December 18, he witnessed a man known to him as 31-year-old…
LYNDON — Police responded to a two-vehicle crash with injuries in Lyndon on Saturday. The crash took place on US Route 5, near Calendar Brook Road at around 3:30 p.m. According to the report, Jaden Willey, 18, of Coventry, was headed north before turning onto Calendar Brook Road. While turning he collided with Paul Nedobity,…
COVENTRY — A driver was injured after a tractor-trailer crash shut down a section of Route 5 in Coventry today. Emergency workers were notified of the crash near the intersection of Airport Road at around 9:30 a.m. State police, along with Newport EMS, Newport Fire, the Newport Police Department, and the Orleans Country Sheriff’s Department…
COVENTRY — A 21-year-old man from Charleston was arrested on multiple charges following an incident in Coventry on Monday. Police were notified of a dispute at a home on Pine Hill Road at around 10:22 p.m. The caller told police that Briar Niles had a gun and discharged it. Niles was arrested by police when…
COVENTRY — A pair of local men are being recognized for their work in helping authorities safely locate and rescue a missing elderly man last Friday. The Orleans County Sheriff’s Department, Vermont State Police, and Vermont Fish and Wildlife were investigating a missing person case in Coventry on July 24. A family member alerted police…
COVENTRY — Police say they are still investigating a vandalism that took place last Friday in Coventry. Janine Lamarche notified police that someone had vandalized her paved driveway on Coventry Heights Road. The incident took place sometime between 3:00 p.m and 7:45 p.m. According to the report, the damage appears to have been caused by…
COVENTRY — A 47-year-old woman from Irasburg is facing DUI charges following a two-vehicle crash in Coventry on Friday. Police and EMS responded to the crash which took place on Route 5 at around 10:00 p.m. The road was temporarily closed as both vehicles were in the roadway with heavy front end damage. The investigation,…
COVENTRY — Police are investigating after an erosion control project in Coventry was sabotaged for the fourth time. Last Friday a crew completed the project to the north side of Vermont 14 at the intersection of Spencer Hill Road. Work included installing a shallow drainage ditch, seeding the area with grass seed, and placing grass…
COVENTRY — Four people were cited for stealing a custom sign from the Maxwell Neighborhood Farm in Coventry. William Whitehouse, 18, Brandon Croteau, 22, Michael Leaker, 20, all of Coventry, as well as Gabriel Lowell, 19, of Irasburg, were issued a citation into court for the theft. Police say they were notified on Monday that…
COVENTRY — A 28-year-old man from St. Johnsbury was arrested early this morning after a police chase in Coventry. A trooper with the Vermont State Police says he was monitoring traffic on US Route 5 when he observed a white truck traveling at 80 miles-per-hour in a posted 50 miles-per-hour zone. The trooper attempted to…
COVENTRY — A crash in Coventry early Friday morning sent one person to the hospital and left a tanker compromised and leaking fluids and leachate near the Black River. Police were alerted at around 3:00 a.m. of a crash on US Route 5 near the intersection of Route 14. Jean Paul Lamoureux, 64, of Newport,…
COVENTRY — Local environmental group Don’t Undermine Memphremagog’s Purity (DUMP) say they will dismiss their appeal of state permits in Environmental Court after reaching an agreement with New England Waste Services of Vermont. The agreement will allow N. E. Waste Services of Vermont, a subsidiary of Casella Waste Management, to move forward with the planned…
COVENTRY — Police say a 71-year-old Coventry man was arrested yesterday. According to the report, Raymond Gadreault is facing charges of aggravated domestic assault, abuse of a vulnerable adult, and cruelty by a person having custody of another. State police say they conducted a search warrant at Gadreault’s residence on Community Farm Road in Coventry…
COVENTRY — White Mountain Auto in Coventry was burglarized in August, and today police have released surveillance footage in an attempt to identify the suspect. According to state police, on August 8, they received a report from the business that it had been broken into overnight. The business owner reported a missing safe, documents, and…
COVENTRY — Two roads in Coventry will be closed this week, one starting tomorrow. Coventry Station Road will be closed for road maintenance from Route 5 to Cotnoir Road, starting Monday, August 19, through Friday, August 23. In addition, Glen Road will be closed to all thru traffic for culvert replacement starting Wednesday, August 21,…
COVENTRY — Police say they arrested a Coventry woman on several active arrest warrants, and are still looking for a 26-year-old man following an incident on Thursday. At around 4:40 p.m. a Sheriff’s Department deputy attempted to conduct a motor vehicle stop on Coventry Street in Newport, after identifying the operator as Tharen Amidon. Police…
NEWPORT — The Vermont Drug Task Force announced a multi-week arrest sweep that has concluded with the arrests of numerous people accused of dealing drugs throughout Vermont, including six Orleans county residents. According to police: Monica Capron, 40, of Newport is charged with sale of fentanyl x2, Meagan Blake, 31, of Coventry, is charged with sale of crack cocaine x5, sale of…
COVENTRY — Authorities say that a tractor fire last night in Coventry does not appear to be suspicious at this time. At around 11:30 p.m. the Irasburg Fire Department responded to a report that a tractor parked in a cornfield was fully engulfed with flames. The cornfield was in the area of the intersection of…
COVENTRY — The Newport City Fire Department responded to a structure fire in Coventry this morning. A large, two-story barn at 862 Heermanville Road was fully engulfed in flames at around 9:20 a.m. The barn was no longer in use as a dairy barn and used primarily for storage. It was completely destroyed by the…
COVENTRY — A section of Vermont Route 14 in Coventry was closed down yesterday while police investigated a report of gunshots being fired near a residence. At around 7:15 p.m. police received a 911 report of several shots fired in the vicinity of 84 Blake Road. Several law enforcement agencies including the U.S. Border Patrol…
COVENTRY — A 22-year-old woman from Connecticut was transported to North Country Hospital after a two-vehicle crash in Coventry this morning. The police were notified at around 7:00 a.m. that a vehicle headed south on Vermont Route 14, sild through the intersection of Route 5 and collided with an unloaded tanker trailer. The driver was…
IRASBURG — Police say that they have arrested a group of people who occupied a camp in the town of Irasburg owned by a 54-year-old man from Coventry, without his permission. As officers approached the camp, they say the occupants fled the scene on foot. One accused, John Regan, 27, of Philadelphia, was taken into…
After the September 10th forum in Newport with a panel presenting opinions on the expansion of the Coventry landfill, I’ve been asking myself and others a lot of questions. As a member of DUMP, Don’t Undermine Memphremagog’s Purity, I’ve met concerned citizens working hard to investigate the issues surrounding our local landfill, unfortunately, the only…
COVENTRY — A woman was injured during a head-on crash in Coventry on Sunday that closed Alderbrook Road for over an hour. The accident took place at around 4:10 p.m. near the intersection of Vermont Route 14. According to police, Cory Valentine, 26, of Coventry, had been traveling south on Alderbrook Road when he crossed…
WEST GLOVER — Runners, bikers, and hikers are rolling into the roster for another “Fly to Pie,” this coming Sunday. Fly to Pie is a road race for individuals and families across the beautiful dirt roads through “the gut” of the Northeast Kingdom. The 10km race and walk will start off in Irasburg Common. The…