![by Gabrielle Gervais ORLEANS — On October 2, game wardens and a representative from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department hosted an open discussion at the Orleans Municipal Building on the new hunting regulations to take effect in the 2026 season. The Fish and Wildlife website says the changes are intended to provide additional hunting opportunity and allow for more effective management. Paul Noel, representative of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department for Orleans County, said the biggest change involves […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/hunters-on-road.png)
![by Joseph Gresser BARTON — Town animal control officer Renee Falconer attended the select board’s October 7 meeting and brought a large bill for boarding stray dogs with her. Ms. Falconer said she customarily asks to be paid for taking care of dogs every six months or so, but there have been so many recently that she found the size of her invoice almost embarrassing. “In the last three months or so I have had four dogs in my care […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/barton-select-renee-cmyk-dpi-72-e1791985883253-1400x912.jpg)
![by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Board members representing districts in the North Country and Orleans Central (OCSU) Supervisory Unions met here on October 8, to begin merger discussions mandated under Act 170. While the law, passed in the last legislative session, does not require districts to combine, it does require serious “good faith” consideration of a merger plan. Heather Boucher, former interim Secretary of Education during the time of the forced mergers under Act 26, was named by the state […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/act-170-merger-meeting-castle-cmyk-dpi-72-1400x912.jpg)
![by Joseph Gresser DERBY — When Derby’s Civil War memorial was raised in 1866, not much more than a year after the conflict ended, it was the first of its kind in Vermont. Some say it was the first Civil War memorial in the nation, Ken Lawson told a crowd of over 100 people who showed up Saturday for the rededication of what has become, over the years, Derby’s veterans memorial park. Mr. Lawson, who retired from the U.S. Army […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/derby-dedication-mexican-american-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
New hunting regulations introduced
by Gabrielle Gervais ORLEANS — On October 2, game wardens and a representative from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department hosted an open discussion at the Orleans Municipal Building on the new hunting regulations to take e... More »
In Barton, stray dogs a burden on all
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — Town animal control officer Renee Falconer attended the select board’s October 7 meeting and brought a large bill for boarding stray dogs with her. Ms. Falconer said she customarily asks to be paid... More »
North Country and Orleans Central begin merger talks
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Board members representing districts in the North Country and Orleans Central (OCSU) Supervisory Unions met here on October 8, to begin merger discussions mandated under Act 170. While the law, pa... More »
Derby memorial extends its reach
by Joseph Gresser DERBY — When Derby’s Civil War memorial was raised in 1866, not much more than a year after the conflict ended, it was the first of its kind in Vermont. Some say it was the first Civil War memorial in the n... More »
