![by Maria Amador DERBY — Last Wednesday, the Haskell Free Library and Opera House celebrated the opening of a new entrance on the Canadian side of the building. The door marks the library’s continued commitment to serving patrons across the United States-Canada border, despite ongoing tensions between both countries. At the same time, the new entrance signals the end of a tradition kept for over 100 years of Canadians being able to cross onto American soil with ease when the […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/haskell-back-door-1400x912.jpg)
![by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Academics from a variety of disciplines discussed environmental problems, including the prevalence of PFAS, the so-called forever chemicals, and their potential to cause consequences if released into bodies of water such as Lake Memphremagog. The meeting, sponsored by Don’t Undermine Memphremagog’s Purity (DUMP) and held on June 10 at the North Country Career Center here, started with a discussion of brown bullheads. Many of those fish have been found to have cancerous lesions and their […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/mephremagog-science-meeting-Vicki-Blazer-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
![by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Forty-year-old Jennifer L. Sanville of Troy and Matthew Prue, 46, of Sheffield, each pled innocent to a felony charge of possession of cocaine, and possession of a depressant, narcotic, or stimulant. Although Orleans County State’s Attorney Farzana Leyva, filed a charge of selling the drug against each, Judge Rory Thibault found no probably cause. In addition, both were charged with, and pled innocent to other offenses. In Ms. Sanville’s case they were a felony charge […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/drug-case.jpg)
![by Maria Amador GLOVER — Thinking ahead was the theme at a select board meeting held June 11, as its members considered Glover Day preparations, upcoming renovations to municipal buildings, and the latest on the Shadow Lake dam. Before discussing any official business, board chair Adam Heuslein offered a reminder that “these meetings are in the public, not of the public.” Noting this irony that only reporters and town officials were in attendance at this particular meeting, he went […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/glover-select-cmyk-dpi-72-e1781705041881-1400x604.jpg)
New Haskell entrance for Canadians
by Maria Amador DERBY — Last Wednesday, the Haskell Free Library and Opera House celebrated the opening of a new entrance on the Canadian side of the building. The door marks the library’s continued commitment to serving patr... More »
Scientists discuss PFAS in the environment
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Academics from a variety of disciplines discussed environmental problems, including the prevalence of PFAS, the so-called forever chemicals, and their potential to cause consequences if released in... More »
In Glover, Select board thinks ahead
by Maria Amador GLOVER — Thinking ahead was the theme at a select board meeting held June 11, as its members considered Glover Day preparations, upcoming renovations to municipal buildings, and the latest on the Shadow Lake... More »
In Barton, reassessment stirs online worry
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — Taxpayers here recently received letters showing their property values after the recently completed townwide reassessment. At their June 3 meeting, members of the Barton Select Board discussed onli... More »
