DERBY LINE — A 40-year-old man from Pennsylvania was sentenced after pleading guilty to smuggling tropical birds into Vermont. Jafet Rodriguez, 40, of Hazleton, was sentenced to a two-year term of federal supervised release. Rodriguez previously pled guilty to unlawfully smuggling six tropical birds into Vermont from Canada, in violation of the Endangered Species Act…
DERBY LINE — A man wanted in connection with the killing of a woman in Connecticut was nabbed in Derby Line on Monday. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection notified the Vermont State Police at around 2:25 p.m. that a fugitive had been apprehended at the border by Canadian authorities after attempting to flee the…
DERBY LINE — A juvenile has been cited into court for burglary following an incident in Derby Line over the weekend. Police say they were notified on Sunday that someone entered a residence on Elm Street and stole four cats. Two baby kittens were recovered and returned to their owner on Monday, but police say…
DERBY LINE — A 42-year-old man was arrested after a manhunt in Stanstead, Quebec, drew heavy police presence in Derby Line and Beebe Plain. At around 8 p.m., the town of Stanstead posted on Facebook that residents should stay indoors as a precaution, as the search was underway. Law enforcement in Vermont that had been…
DERBY LINE — The Orleans County Sheriff’s Department is looking for information regarding damage to multiple properties in Derby Line. Employees from Derby Line village initially reported damage to Baxter Park on Monday afternoon. Sergeant Jacobs then observed additional damage at the Derby Line Elementary school property. Witnesses describe a younger male operating an older,…
DERBY LINE — Someone crashed through a fence at the Derby Line Cemetary, and police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the driver. Police say the vehicle was traveling east on Baxter Avenue when it left the road and drove through the fence. The vehicle caused significant damage to the fence and at…
NEWPORT — Starting on Wednesday, April 8, RCT says they will be implementing changes to its shuttle bus service in an effort to maintain the highest levels of safety for drivers and passengers during this time. The Jay-Lyn/Jay-Lyn Express and Highlander shuttle bus services will operate on a dial-a-ride basis for access to essential goods…
DERBY — Community National Bank CEO Kathy Austin recently announced the promotion of Nikole Brainard to the bank officer position of Asset Liability Manager. Brainard was born and raised in the Northeast Kingdom and is a graduate of North Country High School. She started her career with CNB in 1995 working as a Teller in…
DERBY LINE — Auditions for The Addams Family: The Musical will take place Saturday, March 7, from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. at the First Universalist Parish Hall in Derby Line. Borderline Players will present this production in the Haskell Opera House on August 7-8-9 and 14-15-16, 2020. In the kooky world of the Addams Family,…
DERBY LINE — Jafet Rodriguez, 39, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, has been charged with unlawfully smuggling tropical birds into Vermont from Canada, in violation of the Endangered Species Act and the federal anti-smuggling statute. Rodriguez appeared before United States Magistrate Judge John Conroy yesterday and was released on personal recognizance. According to court documents, on December…
DERBY — A 62-year-old man was from Derby Line hit a telephone pole after a snowmobile crossed his path yesterday. The crash took place on U.S. Route 5 near Beebe Road at around 5:22 p.m. Police say Richard Blais was headed north when Nicholas Adams, 34, of Colchester, was driving a snowmobile west along the…
DERBY LINE — A gun was stolen from a home in Derby Line last week. Police were notified of a theft that took place on Valentine Avenue on January 30. According to the report, a .40 caliber Smith and Wesson handgun was stolen sometime between 8:00 a.m and 10:30 a.m. An investigation into the theft…
DERBY LINE — Borderline Players will hold auditions for its spring and fall shows on Friday, January 3 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, January 4 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the First Universalist Parish Hall in Derby Line. The first production of the season will be the classic comedy Noises Off!…
DERBY LINE — Federal authorities say a major drug bust took place in Derby Line last Saturday, with almost 167 kilos of cocaine seized before being smuggled into Canada. Jason Nelson, a truck driver from Quebec, was picked up by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in Derby Line on December 7. A drug dog…
DERBY LINE — An active shooter scare in Derby Line this afternoon caused a local school to go on “lockout,” but police say that there is no danger to the public at this time. It started at around 1:09 p.m. when the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department received a call to their dispatch reporting a shooting…
STANSTEAD, QC – Eastern Townships writer Ross Murray will release his third collection of humor, A Jerk in Progress, at Black Cat Books in Lennoxville on Sunday, September 15 at 3:00 p.m. Subtitled “Various Nonsense,” the collection features more than 80 columns and essays that originally appeared in The Sherbrooke Record and Life in Quebec…
DERBY LINE — The crowd-pleasing musical Mamma Mia! comes to the Haskell Opera House in Stanstead and Derby Line, on August 9-11 and 16-18. Featuring over 20 songs by the Swedish pop phenomenon ABBA, the musical centers around Sophie, whose dream of a perfect wedding includes her father giving her away. The problem? Sophie doesn’t…
DERBY LINE — The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed that insects collected from ash trees in Derby Line are emerald ash borers (EAB). This is the first detection in Orleans County. Landowners and other residents of Derby and surrounding towns are urged to look for signs and symptoms of the insect…
DERBY LINE — The award-winning first-time feature film ‘Farmer of the Year,” by Vermonters Kathy Swanson and Vince O’Connell, will screen at the Haskell Opera House in Derby Line this Thursday, July 11. The film, ‘Farmer of the Year,’ written by Swanson and shot largely at the farm on which she grew up in her…
DERBY LINE — Six people who authorities say entered the U.S. illegally in Derby Line, and the driver who picked them up, were arrested on Wednesday. According to the criminal complaint, on the evening of May 1, agents at the Newport Border Patrol station learned that a group of people were entering the United States…
HOLLAND — Authorities say that an explosion and fire that took place at a home in Holland on Wednesday is currently being investigated. At around 2:45 p.m. the Derby Line Fire Department responded to a report of a home explosion and a fire located at 2896 Gore Road North. Fire personnel found that the residence…
DERBY LINE — Borderline Players is getting ready to present an original comedy by border humorist Ross Murray, All Together Now. The show promises to be a love letter to the Haskell Free Library, life on the line and a resilient local myth. Performances are set for May 10-12 and May 17-19. It’s Labor Day,…
HOLLAND — A 49-year-old man from Morgan was taken to the hospital after a snowmobile crash on Tuesday. At around 9:00 p.m. the incident was reported on VAST trail 105, in Holland. Members of the Derby Line Fire Department located the male and transported him down the trail to the ambulance. The operator of the…
DERBY LINE — A group of singers from Vermont and Quebec gathers every month to sing shape note or sacred harp music at the Unitarian Universalist Church Hall in Derby Line. The group sings from the songbook The Sacred Harp, and the sing is followed by a potluck. An upcoming sing will occur at 3…
DERBY LINE — After a highly successful debut season, Borderline Players will hold auditions for its spring and summer productions on Friday, January 4 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m and Saturday, January 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the First Universalist Parish Hall in Derby Line. The first show of the season will…