AREA COUNTIES – A high bailiff is an elected public official whose office is unique to local government in Vermont. High bailiffs are elected in each of Vermont’s 14 counties to serve written legal orders, called writs, when the county sheriff is unable to serve them, and to temporarily succeed[Read More…]
Lamoille County
Candidate Interviews: Lamoille County Senate Candidates Westman and Heck Express Opinions
LAMOILLE COUNTY – Thirteen-year incumbent Senator Richard Westman from Cambridge won both the Democratic and Republican primaries. He is being challenged in this general election by Independent Maureen Heck from Hyde Park who gathered enough signatures to appear on the ballot. The candidates’ answers to seven questions are summarized below.[Read More…]
Candidate Interviews: Three Newcomers, Incumbent Vie for Two-seat Lamoille-2 House District
LAMOILLE, WASHINGTON COUNTY – Incumbent Rep. Dan Noyes (D) is running for reelection in the two-seat Lamoille-Washington House District where Rep. Melanie Carpenter (D) is not running for re-election. The district stretches from Belvidere in the northeast through Johnson and Hyde Park to Wolcott in the southeast. The field includes[Read More…]
Candidate Interviews: Representative Candidates for Lamoille-Washington House District Share Views
LAMOILLE, WASHINGTON COUNTY – In the Lamoille-Washington House District, served by two representatives, incumbent Democrat Saudia Lamont was joined by returning Democratic legislator David Yacovone in winning the primary election. Republicans Charles Burnham and Nick Lopez obtained enough write-in votes in the primary to be added to the ballot for[Read More…]
Orleans County Ranks No. 2 in Native Vermonters
VERMONT— Orleans, Lamoille, Washington and Caledonia rank second, fifth, sixth and seventh among Vermont counties in the number of native Vermonters living there. The combination of inflation and increased work-from-home opportunities brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic has shifted migration patterns across the United States, the effects of which are[Read More…]
