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Broadband project planned for Groton

GROTON—Slow or even absent high-speed internet has been the norm for folks living in rural Vermont. That is due to change for some in Groton after a $2,847,276 Community Connect Grant through NEK Broadband was announced last week. Over 290 households and businesses in Groton and parts of South Ryegate are on track to connect […]

Small EMS service needs more funding to survive

WARREN—The board of directors of Warren Wentworth Ambulance Service spoke with over 40 local residents on Oct. 28 at the Warren Village School to provide an update on how WWAS is doing and to propose an increase in funding to be voted on at the next town meeting in March.

Feds indict Reynolds on weapons possession

BURLINGTON—The U.S. Attorney in Vermont said on Oct. 31 that a federal grand jury indicted Douglas Reynolds, 36, recently of New Hampshire, with one count of possessing a firearm while being an unlawful user of a controlled substance, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Wanted man fired on U.S. marshals

EAST RYEGATE—A wanted felon, who authorities say opened fire on federal deputy marshals during a chase in the Northeast Kingdom last week, was wounded and taken to a New Hampshire hospital for treatment, officials said. Douglas Reynolds, 36, who has had multiple addresses in the area, was being sought as a fugitive from justice on […]

Office hours ruffle some feathers

HAVERHILL—Ahead of the election, many Haverhill residents were caught off-guard last week when the Town Clerk reduced the number of hours the office will be open to the public. Effective Oct. 21, the Town Clerk’s office is open to the public on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and “closed to the […]

Two seats filled on Bradford board

BRADFORD—The Bradford Selectboard went with experience in filling two vacancies on the five-member board at the conclusion of its regular meeting on Oct. 24. Former board members Randy Moore and Carole Taylor were appointed to succeed Ryan Lockwood and Nikki Stevens, who both resigned on Oct. 10.

Strategies emerge to combat wildlife trafficking

Part Two: The recent arrest of an alleged wildlife trafficker in Vermont has placed a spotlight on the devastating effect of poaching on vulnerable turtle species. On Oct. 11, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Burlington accepted a guilty plea from Wan Yee Ng, a 41-year-old Chinese national arrested by border patrol officers in Canaan in […]

Man arrested in grand larcenies

BRADFORD—David Gilmore, 46, who has previously lived in Corinth and Newbury, is facing several charges including four counts of grand larceny, leaving the scene of an accident, and methamphetamine possession, after a rampant weekend of theft from four local businesses.