![by Matthew Wilson TROY — Travelers passing along Route 100 over the weekend may have noticed an ambulance at the Troy Volunteer Fire Department with lights flashing with the Ukrainian flag emblazoned on the side. Over the course of the two days, the emergency medical technicians of the Missisquoi Valley Ambulance Service welcomed locals and wayfarers to put their mark of support on the emergency vehicle, which will soon be sent to help the people of Ukraine in their […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ukraine-ambulance-roadside-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
![by Joseph Gresser BURLINGTON—The Blades, a team made up of women from high schools around the Northeast Kingdom came into the finals at the Gutterson Field House on March 9 as underdogs. They were a third seed, and the Woodstock Wasps, their opponents were a first seed. Still the Kingdom Blades had overturned second-seed Burr and Burton Academy by a lopsided 6-1 win, and their record 18-4 wasn’t that far behind the Wasps’ 19-3. Once on the ice, though, […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/blades-final-save-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
![Kingdom Blades forward Gabi Young, an eighth-grader from the Riverside School in Lyndonville, slips a shot under the stick of a Woodstock Wasp defender Thursday. Young’s goal, scored in the second period, was the only one scored by the blended team in the Division 2 hockey championship game played at the Gutterson Field House on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington. Woodstock senior Isabel Konijneberg scored a hat trick, and Gacelyn Laperle contributed another goal. At the horn […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/nek-blades-goal-scaled-e1678466076405-1400x912.jpg)
Council members say they’ll listen
by Trisha Ingalls NEWPORT — On Town Meeting Day, March 7, voters here elected a new mayor, a new city councilor, and returned an incumbent to take on the job of governing the city, and those three say they are ready for the challenge. “I’m over the moon,” mayor-elect Beth Barnes said of her win. “I’m ecstatic.” She said she’s also overwhelmed. “I’ve never experienced this level of support fro... More »
School forums produce ideas for improvement
by Trisha Ingalls In an effort to go beyond simply looking at the issues surrounding the teacher shortage at North Country Supervisory Union (NCSU) and beyond, Superintendent Elaine Collins hired a facilitator and hosted a ... More »
Man sentenced to prison for beating alleged police informant
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — One of the men charged for badly beating a suspected drug snitch in 2017 was sentenced to serve a nine-year prison term on March 6. Judge Lisa Warren pronounced sentence on Joshua P. Bedard, 35, ... More »
Donated ambulance going to Ukraine
by Matthew Wilson TROY — Travelers passing along Route 100 over the weekend may have noticed an ambulance at the Troy Volunteer Fire Department with lights flashing with the Ukrainian flag emblazoned on the side. Over the ... More »
