News and Citizen

09/11/2026

Twenty-five years after Sept. 11, 2001, the images from that day are still burned in our collective brains: the planes, the towers, the smoke, the crowds glued to their television screens in disbelief.

But in the days and weeks that followed, local newspapers told thousands of smaller stories far from the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Twenty-five years after Sept. 11, 2001, the images from that day are still burned in our collective brains: the planes, the towers, the smoke, the crowds glued to their television

09/10/2026

Rev. Becca Girrell, pastor at the United Community Church of Morrisville, was arrested for trespassing by Vermont State Police, along with six other Vermont faith leaders, at the National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center, situated in the White Cap Business Park on Industrial Avenue.

A Morristown pastor was arrested for protesting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Williston last week.

09/09/2026

The fight isn’t over for a proposed quarry operation that would be part of a large industrial park off Route 100 in Morristown.

The business putting forward the plan has appealed the Act 250 denial of the proposal to the state’s environmental court, starting another chapter in the multi-year story.

The fight isn’t over for a proposed quarry operation that would be part of a large industrial park off Route 100 in Morristown.

09/08/2026

Scott Johnstone, manager of Morrisville Water & Light, has been a busy man over the last year.

In addition to overseeing the utility in the county’s most populous town, he’s also been tapped to helm the neighboring utility in Hardwick and clean up a messy financial situation at Hyde Park Electric.

Now, he is looking ahead at preliminary plans for a two-year operating agreement between the three utility services.

Scott Johnstone, manager of Morrisville Water & Light, has been a busy man over the last year.

09/06/2026

Photos: Both of Vermont’s senators were in Lamoille County Tuesday, visiting two very different sets of constituents.

Both of Vermont’s senators were in Lamoille County Tuesday, visiting two very different sets of constituents.

09/05/2026

At least three people were detained Friday after an immigration raid at a roofing job site in Morristown, according to a lengthy statement by the company.

09/04/2026

“There’s a perception that gardening is a quiet, solace activity,” Kelli Millick, programs director for Stowe Parks and Recreation, said. “But the garden really brings out the social aspect of it. You might see the same people at the same time every day and ask for feedback or inquire about what they’re growing. Knowledge sharing is definitely a focal point of the space.”

For Lamoille County’s largest community gardens, success this season was measured not only by the harvest’s bounty, or radiance of the flowers, but also by new relationships forged, moments shared

09/03/2026

“These publications have a solid foundation from which a stronger future can be built,” National Trust CEO Tom Wiley said. “They are vital local news sources for northern Vermont, led by an experienced team that has trusted relationships with readers, advertisers and a wide range of community partners.”

A Colorado-based nonprofit organization founded five years ago with the mission to acquire newspapers and avoid creating “news deserts” will purchase the five weekly publications under the Vermont Community Newspaper

09/02/2026

Morristown officials this week held their first public hearing on a potential two-year moratorium on data centers and other facilities with similar characteristics.

The selectboard and village trustees will hold a secondary meeting on Aug. 31 to hear more input from residents before possibly voting on the subject.

Morristown officials this week held their first public hearing on a potential two-year moratorium on data centers and other facilities with similar characteristics.

08/31/2026

The Lamoille County Players board of directors is undecided about how to handle a board member who was caught manufacturing online threats against himself and a show he was directing for a separate theater company in Essex.

The Lamoille County Players board of directors is undecided about how to handle a board member who was caught manufacturing online threats against himself and a show he was directing