Archive - 2013
March 13th
By
Mike Olmstead, Sports Editor
BURLINGTON – With the first girls hockey state tittle in both program's history on the line, the North Country Falcons and the Harwood Highlanders stood at their respective goal lines, ready to do battle for Division Two's ultimate prize.
A little over two hours later it was over.
A game filled with great saves, excellent scoring chances, hard hits and cagey coaching ended with Hayley Martini defeating Mikaella Doran 3:40 into overtime to give Harwood a 1-0 win and the program's first state title.
March 12th
DERBY – A Springfield, VT, truck driver walked away from a crash on Interstate 91 Monday night after his rig slid into the median and collided with some trees.
A Peterbuilt truck cab and trailer twisted and flipped over, leaving gullies dug into the dirt and its large wheels in the air. The cab was severely buckled on impact and both sections were declared totaled.
For more of this story, read Wednesday's edition of The Newport Daily Express for March 13, 2013.
DERBY - The Derby Planning Commission is preparing for the future, especially in light of all the proposed development.
Monday evening, David Snedeker, of the Northern Vermont Development Association (NVDA), was present at the planning commission meeting. He said NVDA is required to look over town plans when new ones are developed. Snedeker pointed out what he thought was good in Derby’s plan, what he thought was missing, and where information should be expanded.
NEWPORT CITY - Area third grade students will have the opportunity to take a one-hour cruise on Lake Memphremagog in May and June. Chris Johansen, president of the Memphremagog Navigational Company, and Burlington developer Tony Pomerleau are working together to make the cruise possible.
Johansen is in the process of getting his newest boat, the Northern Star, ready for its maiden voyage in May. He purchased the boat from Green Mountain Boat Lines last year.
For more of this story, see Wednesday's edition of The Newport Daily Express for March 13, 2013.
Schubert–– David Curtis, 43, of Windsor, CO, formally of Newport, VT died March 8, 2013 at Northern Colorado Hospice, Greeley, CO.
For the full obituary see Tuesday's Express.
March 11th
DERBY – Paul Letourneau is the epitome of a hearty Northeast Kingdom man. He is 86 years old and continues to successfully run his maple sugar bush and event hall after 40 years. Not only is sugar making his livelihood, but his passion and hobby as well.
Letourneau moved to Derby from Holland in 1965 and bought 75 acres of maples trees. Over the years, the net sap results go up and down, but this year is record setting for earliest sap flow. Letourneau started boiling Feb. 27 and has already made over 300 gallons.
IRASBURG – It's the perfect scenario for creating maple syrup. Cold nights in the twenties backed by warm days in the forties.
That recipe for success is letting local maple syrup producers get out and make one of the world's best foods: Vermont maple syrup. The Smith brothers in Irasburg have been busy doing just that.
NEWPORT CITY - North Country Hospital went into lockdown Sunday night while police, firefighters, and hospital staff searched the entire campus for a bomb.
The search included going to each patient's room. It's not clear if the searchers revealed what they were looking for to the patients. Police Chief Seth DiSanto said they didn't, but hospital CEO Claudio Fort said they did.
For more of this story, see page 1 of Tuesday's edition of The Newport Daily Express for March 12, 2013.
Thayer–– Merton N., 94, of St. Johnsbury, VT formerly of Newport Center, VT passed away March 6, 2013 in St. Johnsbury.
For the full obituary see Monday's Express.
Marr–– Sue Bushfield, a woman of remarkable strength and kindness, died in her daughter’s home in Newport Center, Vermont on March 3, 2013, at the age of 95 years.
For the full obituary see Monday's Express.
