![by Maria Amador HARDWICK — On March 27 Vermonters traveled from all over the state to Hazen Union High School for a public education town hall. Its focus was Governor Phil Scott’s plan to transform the state’s education system. Participants included teachers, administrators, one state representative, and dozens of community members, many of whom seemed to agree that school budget cuts and consolidation aren’t silver bullets for tax relief. The gathering was held in the school library, and attendees enjoyed […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/education-meeting-southworth-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
![by Maria Amador MONTPELIER — The first confusion was over the town. Last week my friend Helen suggested I take my other friends from out of town on an easy hike up Greensboro’s Barr Hill. Naturally, I assumed the other Barr Hill, experts in gin, built its distillery in close proximity to its nature area. I have lived here for nearly a year and still I am grateful, if slightly shocked, for how often Google Maps is the vessel […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/barr-hill-ada-julian-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
![by Trisha Ingalls DERBY LINE — A unilateral decision to bar Canadians walking directly to the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, beginning in October has generated concern from people on both sides of the border, who have strolled up to the doors of the international building for more than 120 years without passing through customs either way. People from Stanstead, Quebec, this village’s sister community, held a press conference Friday, on the Canadian side of the border outside the […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/WEB-haskell-bigger.jpg)
Education bill questioned at meeting
by Maria Amador HARDWICK — On March 27 Vermonters traveled from all over the state to Hazen Union High School for a public education town hall. Its focus was Governor Phil Scott’s plan to transform the state’s education syst... More »
Senate considers tariff resolution
by Maria Amador MONTPELIER — On March 20, the Vermont Senate introduced a resolution supporting “warm and cooperative” relations on behalf of both the United States and Vermont with Canada. The resolution, which was sponsore... More »
Man charged with domestic assault jailed without bail
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — In an affidavit filed in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court, Newport City Police Detective James LeClair said he along with fellow Newport officers Sergeant Nicholas Rivers, and... More »
Barr Hill gone wrong
by Maria Amador MONTPELIER — The first confusion was over the town. Last week my friend Helen suggested I take my other friends from out of town on an easy hike up Greensboro’s Barr Hill. Naturally, I assumed the other Bar... More »
