Newport, VT

Mike Desmarais, who sells snow grooming equipment at a dealer in Newport, is planning to deliver three new vehicles to Canadian customers this month. The machines currently cost about $500,000 Canadian dollars each, he said—but soon, they could cost far more. Two of the machines were made in the U.S. If the tariffs Canada plans to impose next week take […] The post Renewed Trade War with Canada Has Vermont Companies Scrambling, Again first appeared on The White River Valley Herald.

by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders made what, for him, at least, was a flying visit to Newport Friday afternoon.  Vermont’s senior senator was at the Gateway Center for one of his annual visits with local seniors, but untypically, he spoke and answered questions for less than an hour. Senator Sanders explained he had been invited to speak at an event being held to mark the sixty-third anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington led by Martin […]

by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — If the charges filed against Lisa Gaylor, 40, of Barton stand up in court, her story may be one of a fox guarding the henhouse, according to the affidavit filed by Vermont State Police Detective Sergeant Joshua Mikkola.  Sergeant Mikkola’s affidavit says Thomas Howell, himself a former State Police Trooper and currently head of administration at Jay Peak Resort, called police on April 21 and said Ms. Gaylor, who worked as vault supervisor, had embezzled […]

by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — After the charge was amended from one of sexual assault on a person under 16 years of age, Justin D. Maloney, a 33-year-old man from St. Johnsbury, pled guilty to the lesser  charge of lewd and lascivious conduct.  That charge is still a felony. Judge Rory Thibault imposed a 45-month-to-60-month term on Mr. Maloney and ordered him to serve 36 months of that time behind bars. An affidavit from Vermont State Police Trooper Joshua Lewis […]

The vacant block is the most visible reminder of the EB-5 scandal that rocked the Northeast Kingdom. For years, the site in downtown Newport has been under the control of a court-appointed receiver.

by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT —  One of the three commissioners of the Westfield Fire District, which supplies water to houses in the town, called Vermont State Trooper James Gallup on December 3, 2024, and said he was concerned about the possibility of embezzlement.  That is, according to the affidavit filed by Trooper Kyle Fecher who was assigned the job of investigating the allegations ten days later. His affidavit says there were three trustees, each of whom was listed on a […]

by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Judge Lisa Warren ordered a man who reportedly threatened Barton residents with a machete to be held without bail.  Kyle J. Lowe, 41, whose address was given as Prouty Beach Campground in court records, underwent a mental health screening before pleading innocent to misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and simple assault on a protected professional with attempted bodily injury. Vermont State Police Trooper Anthony Rice said in an affidavit that he was called to

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