Newport Daily Express

Newport, Vermont

Monday, February 8, 2010

News

Sports

Classifieds

Make Us Your Homepage

The Daily Express

About Us

Submit to Forum Page

Community Events

February 2010

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28

Search Archive

Poll

What will you do for Valentine's Day?

	Go on an elaborate date.
	Go out to dinner with your honey.
	Have a romantic evening at home.
	Do something as a family.
	None of the above.

Pete the Moose’s future remains uncertain

The bond between David Lawrence and Pete the Moose is obvious.
(Photo by Laura Carpenter)

By LAURA CARPENTER
Express Staff Writer
IRASBURG — The future of Pete the Moose and much of the wildlife that reside within a fence in here remains uncertain. A 700-acre wildlife hunting confine, Big Rack Ridge, owned by Doug Nelson, which began as a hunting ground with imported elk, has 200 whitetail deer and eight moose living within the “playground,” as Nelson calls it. The now famous Pete the Moose was brought to the confines after being nursed back to health following an attack when he was just a few days old. Seventy-four-year-old David Lawrence of Albany saved Pete after the dogs attacked it. The two have since formed an unlikely bond.

IROC ends year with surplus

Monday, 08 February 2010
By LAURA CARPENTER Express Staff Writer DERBY — IROC ended 2009 in the black for a second year in a row, and was able to pay off $800,000 in debt over the last 15 months, Phil White, chairman of the board of directors said in a written statement. But the facility remains $2-million in debt with an interest and lease payment in the amount of $125,000 per year. White made the announcement at IROC’s annual meeting on Thursday.
Read more...

Local Guides

Ballston Spa
Barre
Bennington
Brattleboro
Burlington
Essex Junction
Glens Falls
Gloversville
Laconia
Malone
Massena
Ogdensburg
Plattsburgh
Potsdam
Queensbury
Rutland
Saratoga Springs
South Burlington

Click for Hot Products

$250 Grocery Gift Card