VTDigger

Fairlee zoning rules would encourage clustering residents, keeping spaces undeveloped

Mount Moosilauke catches the last of the daylight as dusk falls on Lake Morey in Fairlee, Vt., on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. The Town of Fairlee is considering how it can use zoning to protect the ...
VTDigger

Fairlee residents at odds over seeing town forest for the trees, or not

Tom Henry of Fairlee makes his way uphill on a loop through the Fairlee Town Forest on Wednesday, June 30. Photo by James M. Patterson/Valley News Editor’s Note: This story by Claire Potter and Jim ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

A Fairlee developer is building lots of housing in small towns — and showing others how it's done

Jonah Richard, a developer and contractor in the Upper Valley, talks with crew members at a barn renovation project in Fairlee on Oct. 9, 2025. This story, by Report for America corps member Carly ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

As Fairlee takes over Lake Morey ice skating loop, a Vermont tradition lives on

Mark Avery spends three or four days a week on Lake Morey, riding his tricked-out golf course lawn mower. It has a rotating plastic brush roller that sweeps away the dry snow from the surface of the ...
Newport Dispatch

Two-vehicle crash in Fairlee

Two vehicles collided at the intersection of U.S. Route 5 and Lake Morey Road on May 30, 2026. Troopers from the St.
Heartland

Vermont Community Pushes State to Allow Aquatic Herbicides

Invasive Eurasian milfoil, a noxious weed that can choke out virtually all other life in infested lakes and ponds, is taking over Vermont’s Lake Morey, residents told state and local representatives ...