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Non-stop rain taking its toll on farmers

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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 »

Outage created plenty of work for plumbers

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copyright the Chronicle February 17, 2016 by Tena Starr It was a perfect trifecta of bad luck – the coldest day of the year by far, not enough snow to insulate foundations, and an outage that left roughly 1,500 Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) members withou... More »

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How to play spring sports without spring

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copyright the Chronicle April 8, 2015  by David Dudley Each year around April 1, the weather plays its own April Fool’s prank on the Northeast Kingdom. For young athletes in the area, the first day that the temperature rises above 30 degrees engenders an irrep... More »

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Weather problems drive up beef prices sharply

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copyright the Chronicle May 7, 2014 by Natalie Hormilla BARTON — The price of beef in most stores is at a record high, and the price of locally raised beef is getting higher, too. The average price of a pound of ground beef in most U.S. states hit almost $3.70... More »

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Ask the weatherman: They call it thundersnow

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copyright the Chronicle February 19, 2014 Question:  At around 3:30 a.m. Friday, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a flash of lightning in the middle of a snowstorm.  I have since Googled it and now know it wasn’t an alien taking our photo (my other theory at... More »

Just how rare is thundersnow?

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copyright the Chronicle February 9, 2011 by Tena Starr It’s hard to say exactly how rare Saturday’s night’s winter thunderstorm was, says Chris Bouchard, a meteorologist at the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury. “I don’t have any numbers on its frequency,” he ... More »

Ice storm causes widespread power outages

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by Bethany M. Dunbar copyright the Chronicle 12-23-2013 An ice storm has knocked out power in northern Vermont and beyond.  Monday morning David Hallquist of Vermont Electric Cooperative said the storm is unprecedented in the amount of damage it’s done because... More »

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Sodden skies torment farmers

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by Tena Starr “It’s kind of a nightmare.” That’s how Brandon Tanner of Glover described this summer’s weather and his own efforts to put in hay for his dairy cows. “It’s one of those things where you’re forced this year to get what you can get when you can get... More »