![BARTON — At their meeting on October 15 the members of the Barton Select Board voted to lower the speed limit on all the town’s unpaved roads to 35 miles an hour. …this story and more in the full edition of this week’s paper. Subscribe now to access our e-version or to have it delivered to your home weekly by selecting a link below: Annual online subscription Short-term online subscription Print subscription (To find a particular article, search for the […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/35mph.jpg)
![by Tena Starr Orleans Central Supervisory Union (OCSU) Superintendent Bev Davis is retiring after four decades at OCSU, the last four as its superintendent. She will be leaving at the end of this school year. “It’s been 40 years since I started at OCSU,” she said Monday. “I think it’s time, maybe past time. It really isn’t to do with COVID,” though the pandemic has undeniably complicated education. “At this point, it’s time for somebody new to come in […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Bev-Davis-cmyk.jpg)
![by Tena Starr BARTON — An employee at Community National Bank’s Barton office has tested positive for the coronavirus, bank CEO Kathy Austin said. By phone Monday, Ms. Austin said the Barton branch is closed until further notice. She said bank officials worked with the Health Department through the weekend and had originally planned to open only for drive-through and ATM services on Monday. “But we don’t have the staff to provide that service,” she said about the drive-through. […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Covid-at-CNB-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
![by Joseph Gresser HOLLAND — Laurent Letourneau’s 219-acre farm here is as manicured as a golf green. He told a visitor Monday that he mows his hay fields but his daughter runs the baler. “When she sees a stone like this,” he said picking up a rock about half the size of a baseball, “she stops the tractor and picks it up. There are no stones in my fields.” Given the care he takes in maintaining the land he has […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/letourneau-tv-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
Billis returned to prison
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Christine M. Billis, who served seven years of a seven-to-15-year sentence for manslaughter in the 2009 death of her husband, Charles Billis, was sentenced Friday to serve 16 months of a 16-to-18-month term for domestic assault. The 53-year-old Barton resident was found guilty on August 21 after a court trial before Judge Robert Bent. In her affidavit, State Police Tr... More »
Big challenges faced retiring OCSU superintendent
by Tena Starr Orleans Central Supervisory Union (OCSU) Superintendent Bev Davis is retiring after four decades at OCSU, the last four as its superintendent. She will be leaving at the end of this school year. “It’s been 40... More »
COVID case closes Barton bank
by Tena Starr BARTON — An employee at Community National Bank’s Barton office has tested positive for the coronavirus, bank CEO Kathy Austin said. By phone Monday, Ms. Austin said the Barton branch is closed until further n... More »
Angry farmer offers reward
by Joseph Gresser HOLLAND — Laurent Letourneau’s 219-acre farm here is as manicured as a golf green. He told a visitor Monday that he mows his hay fields but his daughter runs the baler. “When she sees a stone like this,” he... More »
