CORINTH—Filmmaker Brian Carroll is a collector of stories. Among his recent projects is “Endlessly an Observer,” a documentary short he produced on the life of photographer Suzanne Opton. The film will premiere at the Vermont Film Festival in Woodstock this week.
FAIRLEE—When the thermometer reads 90 degrees, it’s a good day to get ice cream. Jan’s Fairlee Diner is now serving hard and soft ice cream out of their new stand located next to the diner at the north end of the village on Main Street.
GROTON—A severe storm moved through the region on July 10, killing two men in the Northeast Kingdom, flooding rivers and streams, damaging roads and property, and knocking out power — all on the anniversary of the 2023 storm that devastated Vermont.
BRADFORD—As a line of cars wended its way along a narrow road for 1 mile, the sultry air hung heavier than the tree branches bending into the road. The bumper-to-bumper queue finally emerged onto the jam-packed Bear Ridge Speedway parking lot. A new event for the speedway, an honest-to-goodness rodeo, brought many from near and […]
BRADFORD—After opting not to move forward with a proposed addition to the town forest, the Bradford Selectboard could reverse course. In January, an estate which owns 61 acres along Route 25 and Wright’s Mountain Road approached town officials about selling the property to the town. The property is enrolled in the state’s current use program.
GROTON—In stifling, almost oppressive heat and humidity, a small troop of aged, sweaty volunteers waged war against an invasive pest proliferating across the landscape. On the eighth day of the campaign, total combat had reached its zenith. Thousands of victims had been scythed down in the primes of their lives. The fields of battle teemed […]
PIERMONT—A 58-year-old Bedford, New Hampshire, man died after his canoe capsized on Friday morning on Lake Tarleton in Piermont.
The I-91 closure has already caused changes to the usual summer events in Fairlee and Orford, most notably the cancellation of the Orford-Fairlee July Fourth parade and the Fairlee Fire Brigade’s chicken barbecue. Another annual event that has been affected is the July 13 Prouty fundraiser’s 50-mile bike route, which had to be cancelled.
YEGATE—Not everyone is on board with the Ryegate Selectboard’s plan to relinquish control of a public road. At a hearing on July 1, several residents pleaded with the board not to discontinue a portion of Stone Road that travels through a Blue Mountain gravel pit operated by McCullough Crushing.
WOODSVILLE—Tough questions about Haverhill’s municipal finances and leadership were directed at the town’s selectboard at its July 1 meeting. The questions — more than a dozen of them — sent via email by Woodsville Precinct Administrator Kevin Shelton to the board consumed the lion’s share of the session. And they come after a decisive town […]