![by Meghan Wayland LOWELL — Daniel Thorson meditated through the first two and a half months of the coronavirus outbreak in Vermont. For 75 days — from mid-March through the end of May — Mr. Thorson engaged in a mindfulness practice punctuated by exercise, walking in the woods, and reading Buddhist scripture. There was no talking, no electronics, no news. Every day was exactly the same. Sit. And sleep. So when, at the Monastic Academy for Preservation of Life […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Thorson-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
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![by Joseph Gresser The Vermont Legislature has closed up shop until late August, but before recessing it passed and sent to Governor Phil Scott a quartet of bills distributing most of the $1.25-billion in COVID relief Congress allocated to the state. While it allocated money to most of the priorities Governor Scott laid out in his recommended spending package, the amounts in some areas, particularly direct relief for state businesses, fall short of the Governor’s proposals. The Governor’s plan […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/legislature-spending-johnson-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
![by Joseph Gresser In a 25-page report issued in mid-June, the Agency of Education (AOE) outlined measures to protect the health of students and staff when schools open for in-person education this fall. Educators around the state have been left to figure out how to put the recommended measures into place in their schools. “We have more questions than answers,” said Principal Elaine Collins of Newport City Elementary School. “We need more clarification.” She said the North Country Supervisory […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/covid-school-collins-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
![by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Police arrested a West Virginia man for breaking into the C&C Supermarket in Barton Saturday. In his affidavit State Police Trooper James Gallup said he spotted the out-of-town visitor on the store’s surveillance video. He said he recognized 55-year-old Robert Frank because he’d had an encounter with him earlier in the day. Mr. Frank, who is from Inwood, West Virginia, was in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court Monday where he pled […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_0077-1400x912.jpg)
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Lowell man meditates through COVID
by Meghan Wayland LOWELL — Daniel Thorson meditated through the first two and a half months of the coronavirus outbreak in Vermont. For 75 days — from mid-March through the end of May — Mr. Thorson engaged in a mindfulness... More »
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Legislature passes COVID relief bills
by Joseph Gresser The Vermont Legislature has closed up shop until late August, but before recessing it passed and sent to Governor Phil Scott a quartet of bills distributing most of the $1.25-billion in COVID relief Congre... More »
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Schools start planning for in-person education
by Joseph Gresser In a 25-page report issued in mid-June, the Agency of Education (AOE) outlined measures to protect the health of students and staff when schools open for in-person education this fall. Educators around th... More »
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West Virginia man faces DUI, burglary charges
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Police arrested a West Virginia man for breaking into the C&C Supermarket in Barton Saturday. In his affidavit State Police Trooper James Gallup said he spotted the out-of-town visitor on the st... More »
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