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Positive COVID-19 Cases Spike Throughout Central Vermont

By Dylan Kelley | November 19, 2020

After what the Vermont Health Department has dubbed the “Halloween Surge,” the number of new COVID-19 cases in Vermont—and central Vermont in particular—has grown exponentially...

OSSD Goes Remote—Again

By Zoë Newmarco | November 19, 2020

For the second time in less than a month COVID-19 cases linked to the Orange Southwest School District prompted a sudden shutdown of schools—but this...

Pandemic Cancels Holly Jolly Project

By Cecile Smith | November 19, 2020

Due to the pandemic, area gift drives for families in need look different this holiday season. Notably, the Holly Jolly Project has been canceled this...

Law School Pres. To Leave Next Year

By Dylan Kelley | November 19, 2020

According to a statement released earlier this week, Vermont Law School is once again on the hunt for a new president and dean. The joint...

Communities

Granville Resident Requests Town Cover Crash Costs

| November 19, 2020

During the November 9 meeting of the Granville Selectboard, Shawn Dougherty gave an update on the tanker and the board recommended that he speak with the town’s representative to the...

USFS Takes Xmas Tree Permit Process Online

| November 19, 2020

U.S. Forest Service officials in Vermont are welcoming the public to select and cut a Christmas tree on the Green Mountain National Forest (GMNF) with the purchase of a five-dollar...

Library Talk Focus: ‘Eccentric History of Food’

| November 19, 2020

The Roger Clark Memorial Library will host a remote talk by Rebecca Rupp on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. on “Soup to Nuts: An Eccentric History of Food.” This...

People

Local Births

| November 19, 2020

Friday, Oct. 30: A son, Lucas Alexander Roya, was born to Marina (Vitagliano) and Michael Roya of Barre. Monday, Nov....

Card of Thanks

| November 19, 2020

The family of Joyce Richardson would like to thank the many people who stopped by and shared a memory with...

Local Births

| November 12, 2020

Tuesday, Oct. 20: A son, Oliver Walter Marston, was born to Michelle Zimmer and Philip Marston of Northfield. Monday, Oct....

Opinion

Our Part To Kill COVID

| November 19, 2020

Someone somewhere on the Internet noted this week that if the more stringent rules being enacted now are going to dramatically alter your life, then you’re probably the reason we...

Masks Vital To Our Public Safety

| November 19, 2020

Let us discuss the value of the right of the individual to be safe and healthy. During this pandemic, this is a great challenge. If we all do our part,...

Community Should Rally for Health

| November 19, 2020

I keep thinking back to Tropical Storm Irene, the last time that our communities truly had to rally around devastation. As Vermonters, our state motto puts front and center the...

Sports

WRVHS XC State Awards

By Mary Waterman & Logan Burbank | November 19, 2020

The White River Valley High School freshman runner, Anita Miller finished an impressive fourth place overall in the girls Division-III 2020 Vermont high school cross-country state championships. Her time was...

VERMONT HUNTING SEASON

| November 19, 2020

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Area League Standings On Hold

| November 19, 2020

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