Firefighters late yesterday battled a barn fire in Barre, Orleans County. Members of the Barre Fire Department were called to 4526 Kans Road just before 11 p.m., according to Orleans County sheriff's deputies.

Rob Mermin, founder of Circus Smirkus, has been named the recipient of the 2008 Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts.

GREENSBORO, Vt. - Fourteen-year-old Thula Martin knows exactly what she'll say if her teacher asks the class what they did this summer: "I ran away and joined the circus." She did, sort of: Thula, a ninth ...