TROY — A 24-year-old woman from New Hampshire was involved in a single-vehicle crash in Troy yesterday. The crash took place on Vermont Route 100 at around 8:26 p.m. The driver was identified as Kelcey Glaude, of Hollis, NH. According to the report, Glaude was headed south when she failed to negotiate a corner, traveling…
TROY — A 71-year-old woman from Troy was injured during a farming accident today. At around 4:00 p.m. police, along with the Troy Fire Department and Missisquoi Valley Ambulance, responded to a residence on Bonneau Road. According to the report, Alice Randall had fallen from a farm tractor while moving feed and was run over…
TROY — Land along 3.4 miles of the Missisquoi River, which flows through farmland in Westfield and Troy owned by beef farmer Tony Brault, has been conserved for clean water. Brault worked with the Vermont Land Trust, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and The Nature Conservancy to establish a 79-acre ‘river corridor’ area. Within…
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…
DERBY — Community National Bank President Kathy Austin recently announced the promotion of Amanda Pepin to Credit Administration Officer. Pepin joined the bank’s Credit Administration Department in 2008 as a Credit Analyst, and in 2015, she was promoted to Senior Credit Analyst. She has continued her education by taking classes through the Center for Financial…
NEWPORT — Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms last night resulted in localized flooding in parts of Orleans and Essex counties, closing some roads. Rainfall in parts of the region exceeded 2-3 inches. The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for the Missisquoi River Near North Troy. This morning the river was 9.5 feet, with the…
NEWPORT — Police are looking for two suspects who went on a crime spree, attempting to steal local ATM machines. This morning at around 5:10 a.m. police received a report of a theft at Boutin’s Mini Mart in the town of Troy. According to police, at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Sunday night, two unknown subjects…
NORTH TROY — Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains will be hosting two free information sessions for girls and parents in Orleans County. The first will be on Wednesday, Jan. 30, from 6 to 7 p.m. at Troy School, located at 126 Main Street in North Troy. The second event will be on…
NEWPORT — Kendall Lambert is an independent candidate seeking to represent the residents in the towns of Coventry, Irasburg, Newport, Newport Center, and a portion of Troy in the Vermont House of Representatives. Lambert hosted a Meet the Candidate event last week at Kingdom Brewing in Newport. During the event, she talked politics and enjoyed…
TROY — Local police are seeking the public’s help in locating a vehicle stolen in Troy. On Thursday morning police responded to East Main Street to take the report of a stolen vehicle. The owner, identified as 26-year-old Anthony Mead, told police he noticed his car was missing at approximately 5:30 a.m. The car was…
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…
TROY — Three people were injured during a crash in Troy on Sunday. Police responded to the scene on VT Route 100, just north of Loop Road at around 5:35 p.m. The crash took place near the top of a hill and a sharp corner. The drivers were identified as Amos Cassidy, 20, of Newport,…
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…
NEWPORT — State police say they responded to a few car accidents on Sunday evening. At around 5:30 p.m. troopers were dispatched to a report of a single-vehicle rollover at the base of North Hill Road in Westfield. The vehicle was off the roadway and at rest upright in a snow bank. The driver was…
NEWPORT — The entire LSC men’s basketball team met with junior high students at Coventry Village School, Troy Elementary School, Brighton Elementary School and Charleston Elementary School last week. They met with over 263 students and talked about the transition to college, moving away from home, financial aid, scholarships, the recruitment process and the importance…
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…
TROY — A 44-year-old man from Derby racked up a list of charges after a drunken outburst at the Troy General Store on Thursday. At around 7:20 p.m. State Police and the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call that an intoxicated male was threatening patrons at the store. Police say their investigation revealed…
NEWPORT — Two men from Troy were arrested for DUI after a crash in Newport Center on Thursday. Police say they responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash into a utility pole near 1665 Cross Road at around 4:00 p.m., and that the driver had left the scene. Police identified the driver of the…
TROY — Community National Bank’s (CNB’s) Marketing Assistant Tia Drake recently presented Sandy Hilliker with the bank’s Community Service Award. The award was developed to recognize “unsung heroes” that make our communities better places to live, work and play. Hilliker has poured her heart and soul into helping the Newport Center Methodist Church thrive. She…
End of the road, picture-perfect 90 acre parcel. Town maintained to the brick house. No visible neighbors. Minutes to Jay Peak. Three separate houses including a 19th century brick home with attached garage. A three bedroom home that was a horse stable. Both with two baths. Huge swimming pond. Pastures and wood land. Some is…
TROY — Young dairy farmers Ben Moulton and Amanda Taylor worked with the Vermont Land Trust and the Department of Environmental Conservation to protect more than a mile of Missisquoi River frontage by selling conservation restrictions on 38 acres abutting the river. The strategy employed on their farm includes protection and restoration. The conservation restrictions…
COVENTRY — Two people were injured during a car crash in Coventry this afternoon. At around 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, police were dispatched to the two-vehicle crash on Vermont Route 105. Both drivers, Rose Blais, 75, of Troy, and Shirley Kasanoff, 67, of Troy, were headed east, when police say Kasanoff decreased her speed to…
NEWPORT — Community National Bank announced the promotion of Cindy LaGue, of Troy, to Senior Vice President of Retail Banking. LaGue started her banking career at the bank in 1989 as a part-time Teller in the Troy office, where she later assumed responsibilities as Head Teller. She worked at the Newport office from 1995 until…
DERBY — Community National Bank announced the recent promotions of Jennifer Daigle, of Troy, to Vice President and Credit Administration Officer, and Tracy Roberts, of North Troy, to Vice President and Marketing Director. Daigle joined the bank in February 2005 as a Commercial Credit Analyst, and in 2006 became Supervisor of the Commercial Credit department.…
IRASBURG — Judith Jackson, a member of the Irasburg Planning Commission, announced on Thursday her candidacy for the Vermont House of Representatives to represent the citizens of Irasburg, Coventry, Newport Town, Newport City, and Troy. Jackson, running as a Democrat, joins her neighbor and fellow Irasburg Ridge Alliance (IRA) organizer Dr. Ron Holland on the…