At the heart of the plan is an effort to tackle a major eyesore that has plagued the downtown for nearly a decade. On the shimmering shores of Lake Memphremaggog, the city of Newport -- population ...

At 2:56 p.m., Mathis said that the Waterville Dam suffered a catastrophic failure and ordered all of downtown Newport to evacuate. At 3:24 p.m., he officially declared a State of Emergency for ...