DERBY LINE — The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to reopen the public comment period related to the proposed construction of massive surveillance towers in Derby Line and North Troy. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced in February that they were planning to construct two new video surveillance towers 120 feet high along the…
DERBY LINE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is planning to construct two new video surveillance towers 120 feet high along the U.S.-Canadian border in Derby and North Troy. Through the use of these towers, they say they will be able to survey rural areas and classify illegal entries without committing numerous agents in…
NORTH TROY — Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the driver who fled the scene of an accident in North Troy yesterday. The two-vehicle crash took place on Vermont Route 105 at around 2:30 p.m. Kenneth Carriero told police that a black Ford truck with a Vermont temporary tag hit his vehicle. Carriero…
BARTON — A Barton man was sentenced for conspiracy to distribute illegal narcotics, and a North Troy man who pled guilty earlier this year will be sentenced this week. Luis Luna, 28, of Hartford, Connecticut, Edwin Martinez, aka “Pino”, 26, of Hartford, Connecticut, and Samuel Fuller, 34, of Barton, following guilty pleas to conspiracy to…
NORTH TROY — Emergency workers responded to a single-vehicle crash with injuries in North Troy on Saturday. The crash took place on Vermont Route 105 at around 7:15 p.m. Police say Lindsay Geoffrey was traveling east when she veered off the road, striking a steep embankment and mailbox. Amanda Roberge, a passenger inside the vehicle,…
NEWPORT — According to the latest GasBuddy survey, the average Vermont gasoline price was $1.95 per gallon as of Thursday. One year ago it was $2.75. The lowest recorded price in Vermont this week was $1.45 in Greensboro. Yesterday, the Troy Country Store offered the third-cheapest price per gallon in the state, at $1.67. The…
NORTH TROY — A North Troy man made it his mission during the current pandemic, to deliver Easter baskets to local children. Recently, Jason Griffith, with help from Maurissa Bunnell, spent eight hours delivering baskets across Orleans County. Griffith is a man who moves fast on an idea. “The idea came to me when getting…
TROY — A 54-year-old woman from Montpelier was injured during a snowmobile accident in Troy on Saturday. According to the report, Lynn Commo was headed south on a snowmobile trail near Routhier Road when she sustained an injury stemming from an impact with the snowmobile she was operating. Police say it occurred while she was…
NEWPORT — Samuel Fuller, 33, of Orleans, and James Bassett, 40, of North Troy, have each pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute illegal narcotics, including fentanyl and cocaine base. According to court records, Luis Luna, 28, and Edwin Martinez, 26, both of Hartford, Connecticut, have also pleaded guilty to the charges. Fuller will be sentenced…
NORTH TROY — Someone broke into a building in North Troy over the weekend. Police responded to the American Legion for a burglary reported at around 6:34 p.m.on Monday. According to the report, there was forced entry into the building sometime between noon on Sunday and Monday at noon. Anyone with information is asked to…
NORTH TROY — A 45-year-old man was arrested for domestic assault and unlawful mischief in North Troy yesterday. Police were notified of an incident at a home on Main Street at around 7:23 p.m. According to the report, during an argument at the residence, Billy Pecor threw some items in the home and then punched…
NEWPORT — A Newport man with an active arrest warrant led police on a pursuit through North Troy with two children inside the vehicle, police say. At 1:00 a.m. on Sunday, police attempted to stop a vehicle on Vermont Route 105 by East Hill Road for a registration violation. The vehicle accelerated and attempted to…
NORTH TROY — Diane Mansfield of North Troy was recently acknowledged with the “Caregiver Excellence Award.” Terry Collins, the director and general manager of the Northeast Kingdom Homecare, presented Mansfield with the award. Mansfield has worked as a caregiver since 1995 and has been employed by NEKHC since 2015. NEKHC says she has taken the…
NORTH TROY– A 25-year-old North Troy man’s boat trailer was stolen yesterday. Police say they received a report from Adrian Archambault that his 1977 boat trailer was stolen when he parked at a residence on Main Street in North Troy. Witnesses were able to provide police with a description of the vehicle that took it,…
NEWPORT — Local emergency workers rescued five lost hikers in the North Troy/Jay area on Sunday. Police were notified of the incident at around 8:30 p.m. when a friend of the hiking group reported that they were due to meet him at a Long Trail crossing in Richford, at approximately 4:00 p.m. He told police…
NORTH TROY — Police responded to an alarm at the Dollar General in North Troy early this morning. The call came in at around 1:00 a.m. When they arrived at the location on East Main Street, police say they discovered that the store had been forcefully entered and items inside were scattered around. The store…
NEWPORT — Police say a 21-year-old man from Jay was arrested in connection to a series of burglaries in the area, including one at the Jay Country Store. Joshua Furlow was arrested this week following an investigation into a burglary in North Troy. On Thursday, police responded to investigate the burglary at a residence on…
NORTH TROY — Police are looking for the driver of a stolen car that crashed in North Troy on Wednesday night. At around 10:40 p.m. police responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash on East Main Street. Police say the vehicle was headed east when it traveled left of center before going off the…
TROY — A 32-year-old man is facing numerous charges after an incident that took place in North Troy on Friday morning. Police say at around 9:40 a.m. they received a report of a suspicious vehicle with an unconscious operator parked in the caller’s driveway. The driver left when confronted and was followed to a vacant…
NORTH TROY — A driver from Connecticut was cited today after police say he snapped a utility pole in half during a hit-and-run in North Troy. At around 11:00 a.m. police received a report of a crash on VT Route 105. The Vermont Electric Company reported someone struck a utility pole, snapping it in half…
TROY — Annie and Irv Fellows of Troy have long sought to make a difference in the world. For more than 30 years, Irv and Annie worked for the government, attempting to bring their passion for helping people through that venue. “When I retired, Annie and I made a commitment that we would seek other…
NORTH TROY — Police say they are looking for a 28-year-old woman from North Troy. On Tuesday, the Vermont State Police were advised by family members that Kayla Delzio had not made contact with friends or family since December 21. Police responded to her residence and attempted to contact her by phone. As of 5:30…
NORTH TROY — Nobody wants to be alone on Christmas Day, and thanks to Donald St. Onge of North Troy, if you live around here, you don’t have to be. Donald started this great tradition many years ago to fill a void in the community. He is no longer able to take on an active…
NEWPORT — Police say two drivers are facing DUI charges after separate single-vehicle crashes that took place last night in Orleans County. At around 9:15 p.m. police received a call of a crash in the town of Troy. While speaking with the operator, Gilles Desjarlais, 71, of Troy, police say an odor of intoxicants was…
NEWPORT — A 32-year-old woman from St. Albans was in court on Tuesday to be sentenced again on two counts of gross negligence operation with death resulting, after a 2013 crash that claimed the lives of an elderly couple from Jay. The tragic accident took place in North Troy on Aug. 5, 2012. Art Moran,…