![One of several groups of runners competing in the Island Pond marathon head out Saturday morning. The race, unusual for marathons, had no entry fee. Competitors were asked, instead, to contribute by spending money in the community. Gary Allen of Millinocket, Maine, said he was invited to Brighton to help put the race together. He helped organize a similar run in his community. Mr. Allen said it brings $1-million in revenue to Millinocket. The first running of Island Pond’s race […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ip-marathon-start-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
![by Joseph Gresser At Governor Phil Scott’s press conference Tuesday, Financial Regulation Commissioner Michael Pieciak delivered the unwelcome news that the national death toll from the COVID pandemic has surpassed that recorded in the influenza pandemic of 1918. Since it began last year the illness has taken the lives of more than 676,000 Americans. While Vermont has seen lower amounts of the illness than many other states over the course of the pandemic, it has seen a huge increase […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/covid-gov-scott-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
![by Luke Vidic GLOVER — The first views of a new Glover were presented by the planners from Dubois and King on Monday. The plans displayed suggested alterations to the town green and main thruway. Dayton Crites of Dubois and King set the stage by saying, “This is a plan for the people who live here, not a plan for tourists.” Adding onto this, planning commission chair Randy Williams said the Heart of Glover Village plan was setting its […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/heart-of-glover-green-1-cmyk-1400x912.png)
![by Joseph Gresser BARTON — The recently completed Orleans County Fair played host to a crew of would-be Olympians. Their sport, though, is one that was long seen as work in this part of the world, log-rolling. Alissa Wetherbee who formed the Axe Women of Maine a dozen years ago, took time after one of the troupe’s performances to talk about what led her to start her company. Ms. Wetherbee, who travels with her husband, Mike, the announcer for the […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/axe-women-roll-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
No Barton Electric sale yet
by Joseph Gresser BARTON—When Barton Village residents gather in the Memorial Building Saturday afternoon, September 25, they will learn what their trustees have been doing for the past several months. If any are hoping to hear word on the sale of the village’s electric company, they will be disappointed, the chair of the trustees, Nate Sicard, said in an interview Sunday. The meeting, schedu... More »
COVID deadlier than 1918 flu
by Joseph Gresser At Governor Phil Scott’s press conference Tuesday, Financial Regulation Commissioner Michael Pieciak delivered the unwelcome news that the national death toll from the COVID pandemic has surpassed that rec... More »
Heart of Glover initial thoughts presented
by Luke Vidic GLOVER — The first views of a new Glover were presented by the planners from Dubois and King on Monday. The plans displayed suggested alterations to the town green and main thruway. Dayton Crites of Dubois an... More »
Axe women hope their sport rolls to Olympic gold
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — The recently completed Orleans County Fair played host to a crew of would-be Olympians. Their sport, though, is one that was long seen as work in this part of the world, log-rolling. Alissa Wetherb... More »
