I watched the City Council meeting when they had to make a very hard decision and terminate the City Manager. It is one of the hardest decisions any council has to make.
There have been many new and exciting happenings to report to our community since my last update several months ago. We have been using Newport Police Department to supplement our dispatching services
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This letter was submitted by Barbara Morrow, the executive director of Orleans County Restorative Justice Center. Our housing needs are based on complex – and simple – issues that have painfully hounded
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The idea that Vermont would use Lake Memphremagog as a sewer for landfill effluent, “treated” or otherwise, shows just how little our government thinks of us and our neighbors. The warm fuzzy
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This letter was submitted by Peggy Stevens of East Charleston. Standing room-only attendance at the 8-24-21 public meeting with Agency of Natural Resources Secretary Moore, on the health of Lake Memphremagog and
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This letter was submitted by Scott Warthin, of Derby. High-quality bocce courts might invite an older (and more diverse, amore international, a less “active”) population to participate inNewport life. The vast bulk
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Orleans and N. Essex counties have a good deal of community strength and collaborative values, and we worked hard to make it through the pandemic in relatively safe shape. We demonstrated our
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The Members of Parliament for Brome-Missisquoi, Sherbrooke and Compton-Stanstead, the Members of the National Assembly for Orford and Sherbrooke, the Reeve of the Memphremagog MRC, the Mayor of Magog, and the Mayor
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All efforts to improve the water quality of the Memphremagog Watershed and consequently, beautiful Lake Memphremagog should be applauded. Everyone enjoying, using, and admiring the Lake and the surrounding watershed has the
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This letter was submitted by Phil White, Director of Kingdom Games. I love and hate this border with Canada. Living in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont on Lake Memphremagog often feels like
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My name is Carl P. King and I am announcing my candidacy for mayor of Newport. I and other community members strongly feel that it is time for a change in mayoral
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