PIERMONT—One of Piermont’s longest-standing businesses has closed. Piermont Plant Pantry shut its doors last month after founder and owner Abby Metcalf died on Jan. 4. The business had celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024.
PIERMONT—Approx-imately 30 people turned out for a hearing on Saturday morning at Piermont Village School. The hearing was held in advance of town meeting next month when Piermonters will vote whether to authorize a $950,000 bond to build a new building to house the town offices and the police department.
As Burke enters 2025, the mountain truly does stand alone, and its survival is being tested like never before by a prominent lawyer 1,500 miles away in Fort Lauderdale, Florida — Michael I. Goldberg, who controls Burke’s fate.
BATH—Hopes for a new town garage in Bath have been percolating for several years. Last year, a plan to replace the aging town garage was in the works, but ultimately no warrant article was brought forward to voters. This year, there will be a vote on funding a new town garage building after a committee […]
CHELSEA—Spending by Orange County government in 2025 will be at its lowest levels in years. This year’s operating budget, which came into effect on Feb. 1, is $685,886.74. That is down 24% from $955,380 in 2024.
FAIRLEE—Authorities in Vermont briefly shut down Route 5 in Fairlee Village and placed Samuel Morey Elementary School on lockdown on the morning of Jan. 24 as part of an investigation into an assault at a short-term rental property.
BRADFORD—After officially appointing an Interim Town Administrator earlier this month, the Bradford Selectboard voted last week to delegate its authority on a dozen tasks to the newly formed office.
WELLS RIVER—The Blue Mountain Union School Board signed off on its annual warning on Jan. 22 ahead of a budget vote in March. BMU Board Chair Kelsey Root-Winchester said the $12,054,049 budget essentially preserves the status quo.
HAVERHILL—“My name is Mike Thomas and I’m a volunteer. That sums it up.” Accepting the Cohase Chamber of Commerce’s 2024 Citizen of the Year Award, Thomas of Wells River.The North Haverhill Fair Association, which is celebrating its 80th year, was chosen as the 2024 Business of the Year and the award was received by David […]
Outgoing President Joe Biden has agreed to provide last-minute clemency for the 15-year federal prison sentence imposed on a man linked to a drug-related homicide in the Northeast Kingdom in October 2018 — apparently without checking with prosecutors. Vermont News First has been told Michael Anthony Hayes, 42, was one of nearly 2,500 federal inmates […]