GLOVER — School cafeterias across Northern Vermont are closing the food cycle as they lead the way in diverting food scraps from landfills through composting. More than ten Northeast Kingdom elementary schools that work with Green Mountain Farm-to-School (GMFTS), a nonprofit in Newport that works with schools to plant schools gardens, provide nutrition and agriculture…
ORLEANS — A fire broke out at a garage on Water Street in Orleans on Tuesday. At around 12:30 p.m. firefighters were notified of the blaze. The garage belonged to Tony Mason. Mason lost a truck, tools, and an off-road vehicle in the fire. Crews from Orleans and Barton worked to contain the fire, keeping…
NEWPORT — Police are continuing to investigate the armed robbery that took place on Monday night at the Orleans One Stop. The images above were released by police on Tuesday afternoon. Police say there are no suspects at this time. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Vermont State Police, Derby barracks at 802-334-8881.
ORLEANS — An armed robbery took place at around the Orleans One Stop Monday night. The incident took place at around 10:00 p.m. The suspect entered the store waving a handgun and demanded that the store clerk turn over the money from the cash register. The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 5’6”…
ORLEANS — Northern Counties Health Care recently announced the expansion of their dental program in collaborative partnership with North Country Hospital and the Village of Orleans. Once operational, the new Orleans Dental Center will employ a dentist, hygienist, dental assistant, receptionist and office supervisor. The practice will have two Operatories and two hygiene rooms, and…
BROWNINGTON — A 22-year-old man from Orleans was injured in a rollover crash that took place in Brownington on Sunday. Police say Orion Ferland was transported from the scene of the crash, which took place at around 11:00 p.m. Ferland was the sole occupant of the 2005 Ford Focus. He was traveling down the Parker…
ORLEANS — Someone broke into the American Legion in Orleans early Saturday morning. Police say they were dispatched to the scene after an alarm went off at around 1:18 a.m. The Orleans Fire Department observed a window was broken when they arrived at the building. A witness told police that they saw a gold colored…
ORLEANS — One of the state’s premier wildlife watching opportunities is happening right now in Vermont. The steelhead rainbow trout have started their upstream migration, leaping up waterfalls in a spectacular display of determination on their way to their spawning grounds. The best place to spot steelhead is at Willoughby Falls just outside downtown Orleans…
BARTON — A home in Barton is still standing thanks to the work of local firefighters, after a garage fire broke out on Tuesday. The incident took place at around 2:30 p.m. at a home owned by Mark LaCoss on New Dublin Lane. Local firefighters responded to battle the blaze, working to keep the fire…
ORLEANS — A man and a woman from Orleans are facing a slew of charges after police say the man assaulted a 67-year-old security guard who tried to question them about shoplifting, then hit him with their car as he chased them into the parking lot of the Green Mountain Mall. Police say Amanda Gilbar,…
NEWPORT — While the Northeast Kingdom has been experiencing an unusually warm winter, replete with green grass and significant absence of snow and ice; there is one spot in Newport that you can glance the glaciers and feel the chill. The MAC Center for the Arts is proud to announce the exclusive exhibit, opening February…
ORLEANS — Police are saying that the man accused of vandalizing a church in Orleans has denied deliberately setting a small fire inside the building, and that fire investigators are still unable to determine if the fire was set deliberately or not. On December 14, Justin Roy, 20, of Orleans, was arrested after police responded…
ORLEANS — An Orleans man is facing numerous charges after St. Theresa’s Catholic Church was vandalized on Monday night. Police say that Justin Roy, 20, of Orleans, was arrested for burglary, unlawful mischief, and unlawful trespass, after a call came in at around 8 p.m. of a fire at the church, located at 44 East…
ORLEANS — Fire destroyed a home in Orleans on Tuesday, leaving a local family temporarily homeless. The fire broke out at around 1 p.m. on South Street, at a two-story home built on the edge of the Barton River, near the Ethan Allen plant. The home was owned by Jeremy Glodgett and Jessica Ortiz. There…
DERBY — Police say a 46-year-old man from Orleans is facing multiple charges, after they began an investigation several months ago regarding a vulnerable adult and a family member who they say was taking advantage of him. The arrest took place on Friday in Orleans. Police say Dennis Crawford, 46, is facing charges of financial…
NEWPORT — A 24-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder and domestic assault, after police say that he choked a woman in Newport. Alan Tanguay, of Orleans, was in court on Tuesday, where he pled innocent to the two charges. The incident happened at around 10 p.m. on Saturday, November 7, at an apartment…
ORLEANS — Police are looking for the driver involved in a hit-and-run that took place in Orleans on Wednesday afternoon. The crash happened on Vermont Route 58 in the Village of Orleans. Patrick Ferland, 69, of Barton, told police that while he and his young grandson were traveling west, a turquoise color older Honda sedan…
STANSTEAD, QC — Jacob Hochstrasser-Borsari of Holland was the major prize-winner at Saturday’s Baccalaureate and Prize-Giving Service for Stanstead College, held at Centenary United Church. In addition to winning the Grade 12 prizes for Chemistry, Physics and the highest Term 3 average, Jacob won the Choir Award, the Technology Prize, the Community Service Award, the…
IRASBURG — An Irasburg man was in court last week to face charges after being arrested for allegedly attempting to run a former girlfriend of his off the road back in April. Police said that Travis Columbia, 37, of Irasburg, was charged with first degree aggravated domestic assault and gross negligent operation, after a woman…
NEWPORT — Although there are over 30,000 American streets bearing the name of “elm,” the Dutch elm disease felled these majestic trees with their towering canopies. Around 77 million elms died by 1970 and no strains of the elm have been able to resist the disease. Christian Marks, an ecologist with The Nature Conservancy (TNC),…
BARTON — Three people were taken to the hospital after a crash in the town of Barton, early Sunday morning. The accident took place on I-91 South near mile marker 159, at around 3:30 a.m. According to a statement issued by police, Jordan Starr, 22, of Troy, was driving a 2004 Mini Cooper when he…
ORLEANS — A 78-year-old man from Orleans had $150 cash stolen from him on Thursday, after someone broke inside his home located on Tarbox Hill Road. Police are reporting that Paul Montague was the victim in the incident, and that the perpetrator gained access to the home by forcing their way through the front door,…
ORLEANS — The Vermont State Police are reporting that a dog, possibly a Pit Bull mix, was hit by a vehicle on I-91 last night. They are trying to identify the pet owner. Yesterday, October 3, at around 10 p.m. police received a call that a dog was running up and down I-91 near mile…
IRASBURG — Police are saying that speed appears to have been a factor in a single-vehicle crash that sent a car flipping across both travel lanes on Vermont Route 58 in Irasburg on Monday. At around 12:15 p.m., Brandon C. Mason, 19, of Orleans, was driving a black 1996 Honda Civic, headed east. He lost…
DERBY — An Orleans man was airlifted to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center following a single vehicle crash on Vermont Route 191 this morning that took place in Derby. Police are saying that the driver has been identified as Joshua McAllister, age 24, of Orleans. At 9:50 a.m., Vermont State Police arrived at the scene of…