![by Gabrielle Gervais In conjunction with an art show and spaghetti dinner, the Lake Region Union High School Music Department put on its annual Modern Band concert on Friday evening. As usual, the talented cohort truly rocked — with musical tributes to late legends Dolly Parton and Ozzy Osbourne, and impressive original songs that Lake Region’s first audio engineering students performed. Lake Region Music Director Sara Doncaster supervised the show alongside her nephew, Modern Band instructor Chris Doncaster, but the […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/modernband-group-cmyk-dpi-72-1400x912.jpg)
![by Gabrielle Gervais DERBY LINE — Ah, coincidences. Some feel serendipitous; others feel like a cruel joke from the universe. In Two Tents, Stanstead-based writer and director Ross Murray leans into the latter. At a campsite, aptly named Painted Scenery Campground, Mel (Sarah Hardin) and her husband, Jim (Mic Hallinan), just so happen to set up their tent next to her long-ago ex, Dale (Benj Tabah), and his much younger girlfriend, Nancy (Holly Lillis). As the weekend progresses, secrets are […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/twotents-couple-cmyk-dpi-72-1400x912.jpg)
![by Joseph Gresser BARTON — The Elm Street Bridge, which has been closed for more than a month, won’t be replaced before 2029, but it will be partly reopened in the next few weeks. That was the report Gina Lyon, who chairs the Barton Trustees and serves as village manager, gave at the October 13 trustees meeting. Ms. Lyon said she and engineers from VTrans District 9 met on October 5. The word that came down was that the bridge […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bridgeclosed-dpi-72-1400x912.jpeg)
Modern Band kicks out the jams
by Gabrielle Gervais In conjunction with an art show and spaghetti dinner, the Lake Region Union High School Music Department put on its annual Modern Band concert on Friday evening. As usual, the talented cohort truly rocked... More »
Ethan Allen sides make last pitches
by Joseph Gresser Ethan Allen Interiors shareholders meet on November 4 for the company’s annual meeting and shareholders are being asked by activist investor Doug G. Bergeron to oust the current board and replace all five me... More »
Two Tents must go on
by Gabrielle Gervais DERBY LINE — Ah, coincidences. Some feel serendipitous; others feel like a cruel joke from the universe. In Two Tents, Stanstead-based writer and director Ross Murray leans into the latter. At a camps... More »
Half of Elm Street bridge will reopen
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — The Elm Street Bridge, which has been closed for more than a month, won’t be replaced before 2029, but it will be partly reopened in the next few weeks. That was the report Gina Lyon, who chairs th... More »
