COLCHESTER, Vermont — A Vermont National Guard soldier has died in Afghanistan, the state’s Adjutant Gen. Michael Dubie said.Dubie said Specialist Ryan Grady, 25, of West Burke, Vt., was killed by an improvised explosive device near Bagram.Grady, who was the son of a guard members and the brother of a soldier currently serving in Afghanistan, [...]

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The Vermont State Fiddle Championship shared space with the 40th annual Burklyn Arts & Crafts Fair at Bandstand Park in Lyndonville on Saturday, and with another day of nothing but sunshine and warm temperatures, it featured fiddlers from age seven to well over seventy.  They covered it all, but it really was all about the [...]

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On Friday morning, the fog lifted and ushered in brilliantly blue skies, the cars with out of state (and out of province) license plates started arriving early in the morning and by Friday afternoon, the Northeast Kingdom was packed. The 2nd Annual Vermont Fourth Festival got underway with a strawberry dinner in East Burke Village [...]

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