ORLEANS COUNTY – Residents at the southern tip of Orleans County are taking the housing crisis into their own hands. As established organizations pursue housing projects in the region, Northeast Kingdom locals are developing their own initiatives aimed at easing the shortage. In one of the latest efforts, a group[Read More…]
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Organic Farmer, Freshman Senator-to-be, Douglass Plans to Make a Difference
ORLEANS COUNTY – A small family farmer, raising goats, chickens, ducks and bees, with more than 15 four- by 25-foot beds where he and his wife raise flowers, plant starts and have herb and tea gardens, Samuel Doulass, newly elected to represent Orleans County in the Vermont Senate, seems not[Read More…]
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Orleans County Horse Tests Positive for EEE
ORLEANS COUNTY – The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets received confirmation this week of a positive Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) test in a horse. This case is in Orleans County, a location in Vermont that had not previously been identified as having any mosquitoes testing positive for EEE. It is the[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…]
Candidate Interviews: Orleans-4 House Candidates Respond
ORLEANS COUNTY – The Orleans-4 Vermont House District of Greensboro, Craftsbury, Albany and Glover is currently represented by Katherine Sims of Craftsbury who is not running for reelection. Candidates running for the seat this year are Anthony “Tony” Daniels, a Republican from Albany; Leanne Harple, a Democrat from Glover and[Read More…]
Candidate Interviews: Orleans County Senate Candidates Respond
ORLEANS COUNTY – The Caledonia Senate seat is currently held by Bobby Starr who is retiring at the end of this term. Candidates running for the seat this year are Aime Conrad Bellavance, a Republican from Newport Town; Samuel A. Douglass, a Republican from Troy and Katherine Sims, a Democrat[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…]
