![by Gabrielle Gervais BARTON — A local real estate agency has found a new home here and celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting and community gathering on July 23. Jeff Como, founder and owner and of Rise Realty, looks forward to breathing new life into the building with his team while they help folks find their first home, or forever home, in the area. Founded in 2020 during the pandemic, Mr. Como started Rise Realty not with […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/riserealty-ribbon-use-first-dpi-72-1400x912.jpeg)
![by Maria Amador GLOVER — At its meeting July 23, the select board approved the 2026 property tax rate, but not without some hesitation. Presented by Glover Lister Justin Mason, the municipal rates are .4756 for the general fund, in addition to .4833 for roads, and .0037 for veterans. Education rates, as provided by the state of Vermont, are 1.6286 for homestead and 1.8131 for non-homestead. In total, 2026 resident and non-resident rates came out to 2.5912 and 2.7757 per […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glover-select-cmyk-dpi-72-1400x912.jpg)
![by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — In 2012, anglers fishing in every part of Lake Memphremagog started seeing brown bullhead carp with raised black lesions on their skin. The black spots were found to be melanomas, a form of skin cancer, but their cause has been a matter for conjecture and study. A paper published in the July 22 issue of Nature, a prestigious British science journal, proposes an answer to that question. Its authors say the fish have contracted a […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/bullhead-cancer-raised-lesions-cmyk-dpi-72-1400x912.jpg)
![by Gabrielle Gervais NEWPORT — The presence of a highly invasive insect that has killed millions of ash trees across the country is putting local forests at risk. In an informational session at the Gateway Center here, staff from the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program (VT UCF) came together with interested members of the public to raise awareness of the emerald ash borer, recently found to be spreading in Newport. At the session, they taught attendees how to identify […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Art-Wagner-USDA-APHIS-Bugwood.org_-1400x912.jpg)
Rise Realty lifts off on July 23
by Gabrielle Gervais BARTON — A local real estate agency has found a new home here and celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting and community gathering on July 23. Jeff Como, founder and owner and of Rise Realty,... More »
Opinion: More data privacy: yes, please!
by Bethany M. Dunbar At 66 years old, I am on the tail end of the boomer generation. Retired six months ago, I have used laptops, social media, and cell phones in my work and home life for decades. I don’t feel extremely vulnerable to the scammer bots out there, but I am definitely in a generation that is targeted. I have not gone to the Dark Web on purpose, but have I been dragged there unknowi... More »
Green and gravel grumbles
by Maria Amador GLOVER — At its meeting July 23, the select board approved the 2026 property tax rate, but not without some hesitation. Presented by Glover Lister Justin Mason, the municipal rates are .4756 for the general fu... More »
Is fish melanoma contagious?
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — In 2012, anglers fishing in every part of Lake Memphremagog started seeing brown bullhead carp with raised black lesions on their skin. The black spots were found to be melanomas, a form of skin c... More »
