Orleans, VT

by Joseph Gresser ORLEANS — Vermont parades almost invariably save fire engines, with their lights flashing and sirens blaring, for the final act, finishing up the lineup. Not so on Saturday, when a parade wound its way through Orleans.  It had shiny red engines in front, in the middle and at the end of the procession. That was fitting, as the parade was held to honor the one-hundred-and-fiftieth birthday of the Orleans Fire Department.  Much of that department’s origins are […]

by Joseph Gresser DANBURY, Connecticut — The management of Ethan Allen Interiors, which avoided being ousted by an “activist investor” 11 years ago, is again under the gun.  Ethan Allen is an important element of the Kingdom’s economy.  It operates a furniture plant in Orleans and a sawmill in Beecher Falls. Doug Bergeron, whose business, DBG Investments Inc., is headquartered in Indonesia, released a letter on August 5, saying he owns a 5 percent share of the furniture company, and [&

Friday, 8/7/26, approximately 8:45, Vermont State Police took Kyle Lowe, 41 of Newport into custody on the following violations:   Aggravated Assault, Disorderly Conduct, Criminal Threatening, Assault on LEO, Resisting Arrest SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: VSP Derby Troopers were dispatched to several reports of a male brandishing a machete and threatening passers-by in the area of Main Street in Barton Village.  Officers from the Newport Police Department and Orleans County Sheriff’s Office respo