NEWPORT — Local police are searching for a man who fled the scene after a high-speed chase and crash that began in Newport Center on Friday. Police say they initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle after it was seen traveling at around 100 miles-per-hour along Route 105. The vehicle overtook a patrol car while…
DERBY — There is no school today for students at Derby Elementary School after a member of the school has tested positive for COVID-19. The school says they have met with the Vermont Department of Health to plan their response, and have started identifying and contacting those who may have been exposed to the virus.…
IRASBURG — A 37-year-old man from Barton is facing multiple charges following an incident in Irasburg earlier this week. On Monday, police were notified that a truck had driven onto the lawn of a residence along Vermont Route 58 at around 8:45 p.m, and hit their house along with other items. The driver was identified…
NEWPORT — The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation has awarded the local justice center in Newport with a $7,500 grant to create change. This is the second award they have made to the center for this work. The Orleans County Restorative Justice Center has been working for about a year to raise awareness about the experiences…
ST. JOHNSBURY — An officer at the Northeast Correctional Complex in St. Johnsbury has tested positive for COVID-19. Records show the officer was last in the facility on October 12. Vermont Department of Corrections and Vermont Department of Health officials say NECC went on full lockdown on Thursday pending the outcome of contact tracing and…
NEWPORT — The Memphremagog Watershed Association (MWA) recently announced the completion of the design for a largescale stormwater remediation project. Located on Lake Road on what is now known as the Numia property adjacent to the Newport Marine Services, the project is designed to reduce the amount of phosphorus and sediment entering the lake. During…
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…
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…
GREENSBORO — Come meet live falcons, hawks, and owls from the Vermont Institute of Natural Science in Greensboro this Sunday. The Highland Center for the Arts (HCA) will be hosting “Raptor Encounters: Who Eats Whom” on October 18 at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on the patio and lawn. Participants will learn more about food…
ALBANY — The Green Mountain Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation has awarded a $5,000 grant to Green Mountain Farm-to-School (GMFTS) to support the purchase and delivery of local food for the Craftsbury and Albany food share program. The deliveries will be facilitated by GMFTS’s local food hub, Green Mountain Farm Direct, that partners with…
NEWPORT — Newport city officials gathered last week at the home of longtime Newport resident Polly Dagasse to accept a very unique donation, her retired golf cart. Dagasse is an avid golfer who was looking to sell her golf cart earlier in the year. “I finally decided to switch to a rental cart so I…
NEWPORT — The North Country Hospital Flu Clinic task force didn’t let the pandemic stop them from creating an ideal venue for providing the flu vaccine to community members of all ages. Over the course of three separate clinics, at various times of the day, more than 1,100 people took advantage of the opportunity at…
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…
ALBANY — A 59-year-old woman from Glover was seriously injured following a crash in Albany on Saturday. The single-vehicle crash took place on LaFont Road at around 1:07 p.m. The driver was identified as Karin Musso, who was headed north before crossing into the southbound lane and striking a tree on the west side of…
NEWPORT — The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) recently announced that North Country Hospital has earned the 2020 CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired recognition as a certified level 7 again for the fifth consecutive year. The Most Wired program conducts an annual survey to assess how effectively healthcare organizations apply core and advanced technologies…
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…
DERBY — Community National Bank held a blood drive that brought in 60 donors providing 65 pints at the Elks Club in Derby yesterday. Based on information shared by the Red Cross, each pint can save up to three lives. “We want to thank all the volunteers and donors for coming together to save 195…
WEST GLOVER — Kingdom Games wound down its revamped 2020 season of small group socially distanced running, biking, and swimming events at the eighth annual Fly to Pie. Winning the marathon run was 21-year-old Ed Coleman, of Somerville, MA, with a time of 3:39:27, and 44-year-old Deborah Downs, of Watertown, MA, who was not far…
NEWPORT — Catamount Arts and Burke Mountain Resort have teamed up to pilot a new live concert model this fall. Vermont’s first-ever “Vertical Concert,” inspired by a similar live music model in Ukraine, will situate Catamount’s mobile hydraulic stage where it can be viewed by patrons in Burke Mountain Resort’s balcony rooms. Patrons can reserve…
NEWPORT — Orleans County Restorative Justice Center board chair Steven Mason recently announced that Cindy Swanson, of East Charleston, has joined the board. Swanson is the Coordinator of Teaching and Learning at Newport’s Community College of Vermont. One of her responsibilities there is to build programmatic partnerships with businesses, employers, and other community partners. She…
NEWPORT — The Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles announced today that three more branch offices, in Bennington, Newport, and Springfield, are re-opening to the public by appointment only using the new online scheduling system. DMV Commissioner Wanda Minoli says the late August re-opening to the public in Montpelier, South Burlington, and Rutland offices went very…
ORLEANS — Police are looking for a man who assaulted someone at the Maplefields in Orleans on Tuesday. George Leland told police that at around 9:00 a.m. he was assaulted by an unknown man while at the gas station. The suspect pushed Leland and punched him, causing injury to his face. The man also broke…
GRANBY — Police say they located a 57-year-old man who went missing in Granby. Yesterday, Northeast Kingdom Human Services reported that Yvon Quirion had not been seen since Sunday at around 9:00 a.m. He was also missing last week for nearly 20 hours. State police requested assistance from Vermont Fish and Game Wardens to start…
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,…
DERBY — Last Wednesday, North Country Hospital conducted the first of three community flu clinics at the Elks Lodge in Derby. With many restrictions still in place surrounding the pandemic, the hospital says the decision to move the clinics off the hospital campus made sense. “The Elks facility allowed the parking and social distancing necessary…