NORTHEAST KINGDOM – “In our service territory we have three of the four poorest [Vermont] counties and we see daily the impact of the digital divide,” said Tonya Ozone, director of sales and marketing at NEKCV, the organization resulting from a merger of Northeast Kingdom Broadband and CVFiber. She added,[Read More…]
Northeast Kingdom
Beck Proposes Education Foundation Formula Funding
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – Vermonters cited affordability as a top priority in the 2024 election, and last week, they voted to send more Republicans to Montpelier than in recent decades. Driving affordability concerns is the cost of education, which fueled this year’s average education property tax increase of 13.8%. The election results, which saw a[Read More…]
President Biden Approves Disaster Declaration
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for the late July storms that inundated Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. The declaration, announced late Thursday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, opens up aid for damage caused in Caledonia, Essex and Orleans counties from July 29 through July[Read More…]
UVM Summer Interns Live and Learn in the NEK
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – Lush vegetation, towering maples and pines, rolling hillsides, rivers, lakes and streams mark this corner of the Green Mountain State. Along with the Northeast Kingdom’s (NEK) abundant beauty come some very real challenges, including dangerous seasonal flooding that has increased with the effects of climate change. But[Read More…]
NEK Broadband and CV Fiber Merge
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – A merger of Vermont Communications Union Districts NEK Broadband and CVFiber became effective August 16, wrote the new Governing Board Chair Nick Anzalone, in a letter to town clerks that day. Anzalone said, “NEK Broadband and CVFiber have united resources, expertise and a shared commitment to deliver[Read More…]
August Rabies Vaccine Bait Drop Made in Area
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – During August, about 300,000 quarter-sized blister packs of rabies vaccine wrapped in sweet-scented bait attractive to raccoons and skunks will be dropped from low-flying aircraft in Vermont or placed out of sight by hand in densely populated areas. The rabies vaccine bait drop is an initiative of[Read More…]
In Purple Northeast Kingdom Senate districts, Candidates Focus on Affordability
Longtime incumbent Sens. Bobby Starr, D-Orleans, and Jane Kitchel, D-Caledonia, have left Senate vacancies in two swing districts. In the Northeast Kingdom, a single issue is defining hotly contested Senate races in two purple districts: affordability. Orleans County and Caledonia County will have new senators next year following the decisions[Read More…]
