In Orwell, the general store has lived at 499 Main St. since 1910. It hit its stride in 1967, when Dick and Thelma Buxton acquired the property and built a reputation for stellar customer service that has followed the enterprise to this day. Unfortunately, a good reputation won’t pay the bills.
Rep. Joe Andriano, D-Orwell, has taken on some weighty challenges during his brief time in office, ranging from affordable housing to property taxes. His latest cause célèbre won’t be a piece of cake either.
Rep. Joe Andriano has launched a noble cause to raise funds for a nonprofit community center in Orwell to follow in the footsteps of Buxton’s Store, which has served as that town’s de facto community center for decades.
Orwell Fortnightly Club has met every other week for over 125 years.
The Revolutionary War experience is brought to life at the annual “Soldiers Atop the Mount” living history weekend on Saturday, Aug. 31 and Sunday, Sept. 1, at the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell.
Join mushroom expert Meg Madden on Sunday, Aug. 18, for her mushroom exploration walk at the Mount Independence State Historic Site. The program runs from 1 to 3 p.m. She’ll provide an orientation first, and then lead you out to look for and learn about t … (read more)
Bradley Schott loves the fun and challenge of outdoor sport and he has taken his interest in disc golf to another level by becoming a professional in the sport.
District that serves Orwell students needed to pass spending plan before July 1 or else borrowing limit would be imposed.
On Saturday, June 15, Friederike Baer, author of “Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War,” will give a talk about the subject of her book at the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell.
Students from Orwell are among those affected as the district plans for the coming school year.
President Joe Biden plans to nominate Mary Kay Lanthier, the supervising attorney in the Rutland County Public Defender’s Office, to be the next federal judge for Vermont, the White House announced on Thursday, May 23.
President Biden on Thursday appointed Mary Kay Lanthier, a public defender in Rutland with a history in Addison County, to the U.S. District Court of Vermont.
If you want to see a Memorial Day parade, you can get start early and head out to Orwell for the community’s annual Sunday before Memorial Day festivities.
We are maintaining the same spending figure because we believe that this is the absolute minimum amount of money needed to run our educational programs, keep our facilities from falling into further disrepair, and maintain a safe learning environment.
The absence of an approved FY’25 spending plan pushes SVUUSD closer to the prospect of having to borrow funds to at least begin the next budget cycle, which begins July 1.
