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A Northeast Kingdom man is being held on 300-thousand dollars bail for allegedly shooting his daughter in the abdomen last night.  53-year-old David Holmes of Jay is being charged with attempted murder.  Police say Holmes assaulted and shot 24-year-old Heather Mayhew with a 30-06 rifle following an argument at Mayhew’s home on Route-242 in Troy.  [...]

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Yes, there’s a frost advisory for tonight and even the possibility of snow mixing in with rain showers before it all clears out, but it can’t last too much longer (can it???).
One of the signs of summer is the opening of Karting Orford in Magog, QC.  It’s NOT go-karting (although they have that too – [...]

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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is hosting a series of town meetings throughout the state this weekend, starting Saturday morning in Richmond  (the list is below.)
On Friday morning, the Senator phoned in; we discussed the economy, universal health insurance and…Dick Cheney.
Bernie Sanders May 29 2009
Here’s the schedule:
All meetings are free and open to [...]

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THE FATHER OF A WHEELOCK TEEN KILLED WHILE TURKEY HUNTING HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER. INVESTIGATORS SAY 44-YEAR-OLD KEVIN KADAMUS IS BEING CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HIS SON – 17-YEAR-OLD JACOB KADAMUS. POLICE SAY THE ELDER KADAMUS SHOT HIS SON WHILE THE TWO WERE TURKEY HUNTING IN WHEELOCK EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE [...]

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We Remember. We Honor.

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I am less startled every year by the caliber of the graduating class that comes out of our two local high schools, St. Johnsbury Academy and Lyndon Institute.  Certainly one of the main reasons that so many of us flatlanders come up to the Northeast Kingdom is the quality of education afforded our children.
Two students [...]

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No offense to my friend Anson Tebbitts… but this is a dark day for Vermont.
The news that Marselis Parsons is retiring as News Director and anchorman at WCAX Channel 3 cannot be taken as a simple note in the professional update section of your local newspaper, or even a Page One feature that crows about [...]

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For years I have watched the State of Vermont treat the Northeast Kingdom like the Carolina Hurricanes treated the Boston Bruins the other night. Whack an ankle late in the second period and sucker punch ’em in the third. Add injury to insult. Hit ’em going in and going out.

The Bruins actually won that game, [...]

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A LYNDON MAN IS ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS RICHER TODAY AFTER A SURPRISE VISIT BY THE PUBLISHERS’ CLEARING HOUSE PRIZE PATROL.  72-YEAR-OLD MERRILL MEYETTE OF MARBLE LANE GOT A GIANT CHECK, BALLOONS, ROSES AND A SPECIAL BOTTLE OF OFFICIAL PRIZE PATROL CHAMPAGNE.  MEYETTE SAYS HE’LL USE PART OF THAT MONEY TO HONOR HIS NEPHEW WHO RECENTLY [...]

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