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April 2014

All posts published in April 2014

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Vermont sugarmakers turn to birch syrup

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by Tena Starr copyright the Chronicle April 30, 2014 GLOVER — A pair of Glover men may have found a new way to get money from trees — birch trees. Longtime maple sugarmaker Bucky Shelton and a friend, Darrell Bussino, have teamed up and are making birch syrup.... More »

Obituaries April 30, 2014

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Wilma Marilyn Wallace Allen Wilma Marilyn Wallace Allen, 93, of Newport died on April 25, 2014, in Newport, surrounded by her loving family members. She was born on December 2, 1920, in Newport, to Earle and Elsie (Unwin) Wallace. On September 5, 1943, she mar... More »

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A history of Vermont through architecture

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copyright the Chronicle April 23, 2014 Buildings of Vermont, by Glenn M. Andres and Curtis B. Johnson. Published by University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville and London, 2014.  504 pages. Hardbound.  $85. Reviewed by Joseph Gresser Buildings of Vermont mee... More »

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Rasputitsa cyclists brave chilly weather and mud season

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copyright the Chronicle April 23, 2014 by Richard Creaser NEWPORT — Mud season is typically a time of year that Vermont residents have come to dread. For the 350 riders in Saturday’s Rasputitsa cycling event, however, mud season represented a challenge that be... More »

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Railroad car derails in Barton

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copyright the Chronicle April 23, 2014  by Joseph Gresser BARTON — Faulty bearings caused a railroad car loaded with pulp logs to leave the tracks as it crossed May Farm Road here on Friday evening. The northbound train that it was attached to continued on for... More »

Obituaries April 23, 2014

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Leopold Donat Campbell Leopold Donat Campbell, 88, of Newport died on Friday April 18, 2014, in Newport. He was born in Irasburg on September 24, 1925, to Donat and Jeanne (Stewart) Campbell. In 1947 he married Rachel Gaboriault, who predeceased him on Februar... More »

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Nelsons and GMP reach settlement

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copyright the Chronicle April 16, 2014 by Bethany M. Dunbar LOWELL — Don and Shirley Nelson have reached a settlement with Green Mountain Power that says the power company will pay them $1.3-million for their home and 540 acres of their farm. The couple has up... More »

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Book review: Bird seeks truth about God

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copyright the Chronicle April 16, 2014 The Starling God, by Tanya Sousa.  Paperback.  265 pages.  Published by forestrypress.com.  $12.50 Reviewed by Tena Starr Tanya Sousa’s The Starling God is part allegory, part adventure story, part coming of age tale, and... More »

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Surviving the Bataan Death March: one POW’s story

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copyright the Chronicle April 2, 2014  by Tena Starr Karen Zale of Newport grew up knowing that her father, John Zale (born John Zubrzyck), was a veteran of World War II.  What she didn’t know, until very late in his life, was that he was a survivor of the Ba... More »

Obituaries April 16, 2014

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Rodney V. Beal Rodney V. Beal, 64, of Glover, died on April 4, 2014, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, from a short illness. He was born in Milbridge, Maine, to Nehemiah and Esther (Standwood) Beal. He loved lobster fishing with his bro... More »