copyright the Chronicle October 11, 2017 by Tena Starr BARTON — State Police are looking for information about the Monday afternoon fire that burned the landmark barn known as The Pines to the ground. Firefighters poured a steady stream of water on the far... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 4, 2017 by Tena Starr State officials and others are still hoping for good fall foliage color, but at the moment Vermont’s famous fall color isn’t too colorful. In many places, it’s still largely green, and some trees have s... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 4, 2017 by Tena Starr BARTON — Bleak as the picture for dairy so often is in Vermont, it’s the decline of the state’s forestry industry that people wanted to talk about Tuesday at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on fa... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 20, 2017 by Tena Starr EAST CHARLESTON — Eric Stevens was 67 years old last year in July when his son-in-law carried him out to the porch, where, surrounded by his immediate family, he ate a pudding-like mixture of Seconal... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 20, 2017 by Tena Starr BARTON — Randolph Cross of West Glover is looking for information about who stole two of his best apple trees. Mr. Cross, who lives on Parker Pond, also owns property on Route 16 in Barton, just nort... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 23, 2017 by Tena Starr VICTORY — In a town the size of Victory, whose population is about the size of a big extended family, a small number of votes can make a very big difference in a local election. In fact, former Victory... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 16, 2017 by Tena Starr Northeast Vision Center in Newport recently bought 100 pairs of special glasses to hand out to patients so they could safely watch the August 21 solar eclipse. They intended the glasses to be a gesture... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 2, 2017 by Tena Starr Nearly 50 years ago, a few weeks out of high school, Ken Davis had a tiff with his farmer father that set him on a new career course. Instead of a farmer, he became a logger. And for nearly half a centur... More »
copyright the Chronicle July 19, 201 by Tena Starr Farmers, who have been accused of complaining about the weather even more than most Vermonters, have good reason this year. It’s rained, and it’s rained some more, making it nearly impossible to get in dry... More »
copyright the Chronicle July 19, 2017 by Tena Starr Two former school board members from Franklin County have asked the federal Department of Justice to investigate the legality of Act 46, the Vermont law that requires school districts to consolidate. Jay ... More »
copyright the Chronicle July 12, 201 by Tena Starr BROWNINGTON — For the past ten years or so Peggy Day Gibson has turned her capable and enthusiastic hand to transforming the picturesque Brownington neighborhood that’s home to the Old Stone Museum into vi... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 28, 201 by Tena Starr Although maple sugaring in Vermont has grown at a startling rate in the past decade, it still hasn’t reached pre1935 levels, at least in terms of the number of trees tapped. That’s according to the U.S. De... More »
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