and
Go to the 0 slide
Go to the 1 slide
Go to the 2 slide
Go to the 3 slide
![by Kenzie Strange NEWPORT — Newport’s city manager position was vacant for about six months before Jonathan DeLaBruere was hired. With vetting help from the VLTC, the city council chose a Newport native with years of municipal management already under his belt. Mr. DeLaBruere fell in love with town administration while attending Champlain College. He started his Newport job March 11, coming from a multi-year post as Cambridge’s town manager. Mr. DeLaBruere just finished his seventh week on the job […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jonathan-delabruere-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
![by Kenzie Strange NEWPORT — Sailboats floated through the air and descended gracefully onto the waters of Lake Memphremagog Friday morning. A 50-foot tall crane at the public docks next to the Gateway and the Memphremagog Yacht Club lifted the boats from the back of the trailers that carried them and gently placed them into the lake. Sailboat owners chipped in to rent the crane for the very sunny morning, and Randy McGunnigle, the founder of the Newport Community Sailing […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sailing-center-photo-2-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
![by Tena Starr I’m a fan of James Lee Burke, who writes gritty crime novels based in New Orleans and the bayou country of Louisiana. Mr. Burke’s books are punctuated by alligator growls in the night, by the life of the bayous and the Atchafalaya, the biggest river swamp, about a million acres, in the U.S. We were about to see that country. There are a lot of bayou tours in Louisiana. Most are commercial and lure alligators by […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/random-la-atchafalaya-2-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
Bookmark?Remove?
Wardens say poached turkey led to bigger game
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A report of someone shooting a turkey from a car led to the discovery of a person who jacked at least ten deer, says an affidavit submitted by Senior Game Warden Cody Jackman. The affidavit says on... More »
Bookmark?Remove?
City Manager Jonathan DeLaBruere speaks
by Kenzie Strange NEWPORT — Newport’s city manager position was vacant for about six months before Jonathan DeLaBruere was hired. With vetting help from the VLTC, the city council chose a Newport native with years of municip... More »
Bookmark?Remove?
Summer sailing in Newport
by Kenzie Strange NEWPORT — Sailboats floated through the air and descended gracefully onto the waters of Lake Memphremagog Friday morning. A 50-foot tall crane at the public docks next to the Gateway and the Memphremagog Ya... More »
Bookmark?Remove?
Costs, not prices, up for sugarmakers
by Matthew Wilson It was a generally sweet season for sugarmakers. Many report that production was fair at minimum despite a chaotic season. Maple producers got more than one good run of sap between winter squalls, with som... More »
Load more posts
Loading more posts...
No more posts to load
