Opinion: Trump is spilling real blood

It’s not just the ketchup on the wall now; it’s the blood on the ground and on the hands of this administration. Christy Alger Orwell  

Among its many flaws, the ordinance fails to reflect the numerous concerns that town residents have expressed to the selectboard.

Orwell residents will have the opportunity to ban this ill-advised local law by voting YES at the Orwell fire house at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 18.

Voters in four southern Addison County communities will soon head to the polls to field trimmed-down versions of fiscal year 2027 public school budgets that failed on Town Meeting Day.

Twenty-eight-year-old Michael Guess, who was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, was a passenger in the vehicle driven by Aron G. Therrien, 27.

OVUU and SVUSD leaders will spend the next three weeks crunching numbers in hopes of getting fiscal year 2027 spending plans approved by their respective residents, who on March 3 defeated both districts’ original budget asks.

Pat Stevenson has always been fond of nature — in its purest form. Originally hailing from urban Connecticut, she knew that pastureland, once paved, is gone forever.

ORWELL — There were no big surprises at Orwell’s town meeting on Tuesday, though there were surely a few people casually wondering where Mike Audet was — last year he wrapped more than four decades as moderator for Orwell Town Meeting, and Glen Cousineau … (read more)

Here’s what to expect this Town Meeting Day in Orwell.

District officials are trying to build understanding and support for the spending plan. SVUSD has, in recent years, failed to pass a budget on the first try.

“Coexisting with AI: Work, Love and Play in a Changing World,” a new book by Kay Firth-Butterfield, encourages people to use artificial intelligence with consideration and care.

The proposed SVUUSD budget is scheduled for school board approval on Jan. 12.

Red Sky Farm stocks locally grown produce, handmade gifts and pantry staples like milk and bread.

Local farmers met with U.S. Sen. Peter Welch in Orwell this past Friday to discuss how the drought has affected their operations.

Orwell’s Silver Heist Walk/Run is inspired by several historic robberies. It will benefit the Orwell Village School Booster Club and the Orwell Historical Museum.