Archive - Mar 25, 2012
NEWPORT CITY – Judge Robert Bent held 30-year-old Adam Verge on $10,000 bail, Friday. Verge faces felony aggregated assault charges on a law enforcement officer and burglary of an occupied dwelling. He also faces misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and unlawful mischief. Verge entered not guilty pleas on all charges.
Verge, his attorney Gertrude Miller, and Essex County State’s Attorney Vince Illuzzi appeared in Orleans County Court Friday. Judge Robert Bent, who was out of town, heard the case on speakerphone.
DERBY - The record warm weather caused the maple sap to stop flowing early in the season, but many producers still participated in the annual Maple Open House Weekend event, which provides an opportunity for visitors to get an up-close tour of boiling sap into syrup.
DERBY, VT - The Elks Lodge in Derby has a new, fresh, and updated look.
Lodge members, and volunteers worked over the last several months to renovate the venue. Saturday afternoon, interested individuals were invited in for a reception to see the space.
Frances Dewing, the lodge secretary and purchasing and booking agent, said that the most popular visitors were brides to be.
EDEN, VT - A town meeting vote by residents in Eden and Lowell to reject super fund status for the former asbestos mine, which would have transferred control from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, puts DEC front and center to develop a plan to clean up the site.
SHEFFIELD, VT - A North Troy truck driver escaped with minor injuries when his Kenworth Tractor Trailer unit rolled over on I-91 in Sheffield last Thursday.
A truck operated by Randy Carpenter, 54, sustained moderate damage.
This incident remains under investigation and any witnesses or anyone with information about this crash is asked to call Trooper Winn at (802) 748-3111.
