St. Johnsbury

Local Jazz Band Prepares for Festival

Details: Created on Monday, 06 May 2019 20:22; Written by Branden King

SAINT JOHNSBURY- The saint J School jazz band is getting ready to show off their talent at the Discover Jazz festival in Burlington.

Trout Migration

Details: Created on Thursday, 02 May 2019 01:11; Written by Taylor Girard

Fish Thumbnail ST. JOHNSBURY-It is the beginning of trout migration and fishing season in Vermont. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department said the annual spring trout migration season started at the end of this April. Steel and Rainbow trout migration is expected to happen for the next two weeks of May, when the temperatures begin to rise.

Drug Take Back Day 2019

Details: Created on Tuesday, 30 April 2019 16:41; Written by Kiernan Brisson

ST. JOHNSBURY - Drug Take Back Day is not the oldest tradition in the state of Vermont, however it is one of the best events for managing the opiod and drug crisis within the state. The reasons behind the one day event that takes place twice a year is to get expired drugs and prescription medication out of houses and in the hands of law enforcement, who can properly dispose of the substances.

Eastern Avenue at Pearl Street Closed Down for Monday

Details: Created on Tuesday, 30 April 2019 02:29; Written by Nick Anastasi

ST. JOHNSBURY- Eastern Avenue at Pearl Street was closed to traffic on Monday. A 300 foot water main was being put in by the town on Pearl Street, beginning on Eastern Avenue.

Kitchen Counter Cafe Flooding

Details: Created on Friday, 26 April 2019 17:30; Written by Will Barrett

ST. JOHNSBURY - While many Northeast Kingdom business have fallen victim to the intense spring flooding we have encountered lately, The Kitchen Counter in St. Johnsbury is dealing with damage from the rain that helped cause that flooding.

Eastern Avenue and Pearl Street Intersection Closure Next Week

Details: Created on Friday, 26 April 2019 01:13; Written by Dylan Schlossberg

ST. JOHNSBURY - Part of Eastern Avenue in St. Johnsbury will be temporarily closed to traffic early next week while a contractor works on water system upgrades.

Tax Stabilization For New Distillery

Details: Created on Tuesday, 23 April 2019 12:51; Written by Kiernan Brisson

ST. JOHNSBURY - The town of St. Johnsbury will be seeing a new Distillery open its doors by the projected time period of the end of this summer. The building that they will be moving into for business was the old hardware shop just off of Pearl Street; however Celtic Marketing, the firm that owns the St. Johnsbury Distillery, is making major upgrades to the building.

Expanding Saint Johnsbury's Downtown District

Details: Created on Tuesday, 23 April 2019 03:16; Written by Nick Anastasi

ST. JOHNSBURY- The town of Saint Johnsbury is moving forward with efforts to revitalize their downtown district day by day. An announcement was made at Monday nights Select Board meeting, the town has been approved to make expansions to the area known as the downtown district.

How the Town of Saint Johnsbury Handled This Past Weekends Flooding Event

Details: Created on Tuesday, 23 April 2019 02:39; Written by Nick Anastasi

ST JOHNSBURY- This past weekend, thanks to warmer temperatures, rainfall, and snowmelt, the Passumpsic River and surrounding tributaries were overrun with excess water. Breaching its banks, the Passumpsic crested to 17 feet of raging rapids, the Passumpsic is considered to be "flooded" once it reaches 14 feet.

NEK Chamber of Commerce Giving Their Annual Plaque A Little Life

Details: Created on Thursday, 18 April 2019 20:33; Written by Nick Anastasi

ST. JOHNSBURY - The Northeast Kingdom Chamber of Commerce will once again be handing out their membership plaques to members within the next month. This year however, members can expect the plaques to look much different than they usually do.

National Healthcare Decisions Day at NVRH

Details: Created on Wednesday, 17 April 2019 01:15; Written by Nick Anastasi

ST. JOHNSBURY- Tuesday April 16th was National Healthcare Decisions Day and all across the State of Vermont, hospitals participated in spreading awareness about Advanced Healthcare planning.

Upgraded Water Main, Just In Time

Details: Created on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:47; Written by Kiernan Brisson

ST. JOHNSBURY - A water main pipe replacement project that has been a part of the town plan for multiple years now will finally be put into action. The replacement of an outdated six-inch water pipe that runs along Pearl Street in St. Johnsbury has been failing it's water pressure requirements for fire safety standards; this has pushed town governement to move the project to the top of this year's projects since it was postponed from last fall.

Flooding Roads, Towns, and Byways

Details: Created on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:30; Written by Kiernan Brisson

ST. JOHNSBURY - A flood warning was issued to the Northeast Kingdom on April 15th, 2019. The river corridor that allows the Passumpsic River to flow through St. Johnsbury had water up to the edge of the banks in some parts of town, and the water had completely overtaken parts of the byway leading out of St. Johnsbury.

Opiate Education Workshop

Details: Created on Thursday, 04 April 2019 19:25; Written by Nick Anastasi

ST. JOHNSBURY- Each and every day, more than 130 people in the United States die from overdosing on opiate substances, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Here in the Northeast Kingdom, we unfortunately are no stranger to the toxicity that surrounds opioids and opioid addiction.

Distillery Recognized

Details: Created on Thursday, 04 April 2019 16:57; Written by Taylor Girard

St. Johnsbury-Duncan Holaday of Dunc's Mill and St. Johnsbury Distillery were honored with an award from a national distillery organization.

15th Annual SJA Fashion Show to Premier

Details: Created on Wednesday, 03 April 2019 22:50; Written by Emma Quinn

ST. JOHNSBURY- This year marks the 15th annual fashion show for the design students at the St. Johnsbury Academy. Designers have been hard at work putting the finishing touches on their garments for the big night happening on Thursday. Design teacher Emma Charrow says the design program started 20 years ago when then teacher Mrs. Wallace was in charge.

Vegan Cooking Demonstration

Details: Created on Wednesday, 03 April 2019 20:55; Written by Taylor Girard

ST. JOHNSBURY-This past sunday a vegan cooking demonstration was given at the Caledonia Christian School.

Thrift Store Giving Back

Details: Created on Wednesday, 03 April 2019 02:23; Written by Taylor Girard

St. Johnsbury-A local thrift store KSC Thrifts of St. Johnsbury is giving back to the community by having a spring sale.

The Shooter and the Wounded

Details: Created on Tuesday, 02 April 2019 20:11; Written by Kiernan Brisson

ST. JOHNSBURY - The St. Johnsbury Police Department responded to a report of gun shots on Elm Street early in the morning on Tuesday, April 2nd. The shots were heard at 12:50 AM and Calex ambulance was on scene to transport twenty-four year old Brandon Delude to NVRH medical center for two gunshot wounds to the lower back. However, Delude would not spend much time there, for he was quickly airlifted and brought to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center so that he could be treated for his injuries and given a psych evaluation from their trauma department when his wounds were treated.

Vacation Art Classes

Details: Created on Friday, 29 March 2019 21:00; Written by Kayla Hebert

ST.JOHNSBURY - The Catamount Arts will be hosting several art classes for children ranging from ages 4 to 14 years old.

Bears Are Here

Details: Created on Friday, 29 March 2019 20:48; Written by Kayla Hebert

ST.JOHNSBURY - Spring has officially sprung and we are not the only ones coming out for the warmer weather. Black bears are starting to leave their dens. Which is why The Vermont Fish and Wildlife is advising that people remove their bird feeders.

New Funeral Home proposed for Industrial Zone

Details: Created on Tuesday, 26 March 2019 16:28; Written by Branden King

Funeral Home

ST.JOHNSBURY- St.Johnsbury may soon be seeing a new funeral home, but it would be in a place that may seem uncommon. The St.Johnsbury select-board met Monday night and one of the topics brought to the select-board was from St.Johnsbury planning commissioner, Jim Brown.

Legislative Breakfast Has Big Announcements

Details: Created on Tuesday, 26 March 2019 01:49; Written by Emma Quinn

ST. JOHNSBURY- State legislators from the Northeast Kingdom made some announcements at this mornings monthly breakfast that will greatly impact residents in the town of Barnet and St. Johnsbury and both announcements will greatly impact the well-being of the residents in these towns.

St. Johnsbury Tobacco Ban

Details: Created on Thursday, 21 March 2019 21:02; Written by Will Barrett

ST. JOHNSBURY-The selectboard in St. Johnsbury is faced with the decision of continuing a tobacco ordinance for the town after a non-binding resolution was voted on during town meeting day.

Brain Injury Support Group

Details: Created on Thursday, 21 March 2019 02:01; Written by Taylor Girard

ST. JOHNSBURY-March is brain injury awareness month and a new brain injury support group started up at a local church.