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How I blew my chance to be a millionaire

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  by Tena Starr I’d been puzzling about the recent lack of scammers to mess with when I got a call last week from a robot that was trying hard to sound like a reasonable person. Congratulations, it said.  I’d won second place in Powerball, and was about to be ... More »

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In search of Superior

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    Part II by Tena Starr I once had an editor, at a different paper, who believed a reporter could find a good story in any random person — a mini-mart clerk, a housewife, a construction worker — that we all have something to tell. Traveling this country ofte... More »

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Stay in your lane

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With its changes to the city manager’s job description it appears Mayor Linda Joy Sullivan and the four other council members plan to take over the job of supervising city employees.  This is a terrible idea. In the best of circumstances it would be a bad idea... More »

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Council, do your job

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If the people of Newport aren’t fed up with their city council, they ought to be.  Since Town Meeting the council has tied itself in knots, hiding as much as possible from public view, and failing to accomplish a single thing. As anyone spending time in the ci... More »

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Clear as mud

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Transparency was the watchword in Newport’s mayoral campaign and the victor, Linda Joy Sullivan, before the first session of the city council she chaired, pointed out that council meetings are meant “to promote transparency and accountability in government.” I... More »

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Vermont couple are blown off course

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    by Tena Starr Maybe it’s because I grew up on the Missisquoi, which routinely flooded fields on our farm, the road and bridge as well, so we were sometimes stranded with the road under water on both sides.  Maybe it was because Dad didn’t seem particularly... More »

Progressing backwards

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  by Tena Starr This is a comment on progress — because it seems to me that either we’re not making much, or we’ve come to a grave misunderstanding of the word. I don’t know about you, but I’m having a hard time remembering that I have to dial 1 802  525 to ca... More »

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Scammer

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by Tena Starr I retired as the Chronicle’s editor about a month ago, and, apparently, I’ve become a lot dumber since. They say one must keep busy or the brain, and body, atrophy. I felt busy enough — watching grandchildren, hanging out with parents, friends, S... More »

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Keep criminal trials in Orleans County

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Editorial When people who are paid to disagree find common ground, we pay attention. Orleans County State’s Attorney Jennifer Barrett and defense lawyer David Sleigh both say plans by the Vermont Judiciary to hold Orleans County criminal trials in Barre should... More »

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the Chronicle changes and remains the same

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  by Joseph Gresser Extremely thorough readers of the Chronicle probably noticed a change this week in one of the most obscure areas of the paper — the masthead.  After working here for four decades — with occasional breaks to pursue other interests — Tena  St... More »

State PFAS legislation is not nearly enough

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  by Marguerite Adelman, Vermont Military Poisons Coalition In 1935, Dupont came out with the saying “Better things for better living … through chemistry.”  The slogan had little to do with chemistry and more to do with promoting big business as a force for mo... More »

Maybe there’s a silver lining

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Editorial Maybe there’s a silver lining   The giant experiment of opening schools in the midst of a pandemic started this week.  While Orleans County has only 17 known cases of COVID to date, asymptomatic people who have not been tested can spread the disease.... More »