This Week’s Headlines

the Chronicle publishes every Wednesday.  Here are some of the headlines from our May 22, 2013, edition:

Two named, but not charged, in Sheffield murder

by Bethany M. Dunbar
No one has been convicted, or even charged, in the murder of Mary Pat O’Hagan of Sheffield more than two years ago. Yet federal prosecutors will make a case for giving a Sheffield man a longer jail sentence in an unrelated child pornography case in federal court in Rutland next week — on the grounds that authorities are convinced this man was involved in her homicide.

 Caspian beach declared tax free

by Joseph Gresser

GREENSBORO — A simmering dispute that threatened to poison relations between Greensboro and Hardwick was resolved in the final days of this year’s legislative session. But the solution will not take effect until January 1, 2014.

In Glover — Schoolchildren meet their future lunch

by Tena Starr

WEST GOLVER — The first- and second-graders from Glover Community School oohed and aahed over the baby rabbits, the moth-old turkeys, the Jersey calves, the piglets, and the hundreds of chicks as they toured Tangletown Farm in West Glover last week.

Ward and Bailey keep their seats on VEC board

by Joseph Gresser

JEFFERSONVILLE — Two long-time directors were re-elected and chief executive David Hallquist announced that the Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) will not seek a rate increase this year, when the co-op held its seventy-fifth annual meeting Saturday.

Lake Region rocks at Parker Pie

by Chris Braithwaite

WEST GLOVER — Lake Region student musicians popped up in different combinations, with different instruments, as they performed Friday night at Parker Pie. Sometimes they teamed up with professionals.
Ahoy there!  Preschool art at COFEC

Jobless rate, labor force drop

Ray Griffen gets honorary degree from LSC

Editorial:  Vermont should be first to require GMO labeling

In Jay — Cost of transportation standards causes concern

In Troy — Students learn African dancing and drumming

Man charged with wrecking school bus, taking dog

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