![The Outside Story Beavers: landscape engineers by Declan McCabe When my sisters visit from Ireland, I try to play tour guide, but I’m occasionally at a loss for what to do next. During a visit in the late 1990s, my sister Grace said she would love to see a beaver. At that time, I lived close to a beaver pond and often quietly waited for beaver sightings. Alas, the rodents failed to cooperate for Grace’s visit, although she was able […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Outside-Beaver-bw-1400x912.jpg)
![by Sylvia C. Dodge It may have been a bit early in the season for plowing, but VTrans snowplow trucks were on the road last week. Newly named plow trucks visited the schools closest to their winter plow routes, thrilling the students who came up with a wide range of creative names for them, part of the “Name a Plow Program” initiated by the Agency of Transportation in October. Allen Stevens, who drives the VTrans plow route on […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/plow-names-charleston-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
![by Joseph Gresser BARTON—The subject of a truck blocking traffic on Leblanc Road was again raised at the November 18 Barton Select Board meeting. This time, though, the board members were joined in their discussion by Captain Matt Daley, who commands Troop A of the Vermont State Police and Lieutenant Debra Munson who heads the State Police’s Derby barracks. The truck is being driven by either Brent Bapp or Corey Young, the select board has said in the past. […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/barton-select-young-cmyk-1400x912.jpg)
![by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A man sought by police since late September was stopped by Border Patrol Agents in North Troy on November 18. The next day the man, Ivan Carmona, 29, of Springfield, Massachusetts, appeared by video in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court to plead innocent to felony charges of kidnapping, two charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, negligent driving while attempting to elude an officer, and threatening an officer with […]](https://bartonchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Carmona-760642.jpg)
Beavers: landscape engineers
The Outside Story Beavers: landscape engineers by Declan McCabe When my sisters visit from Ireland, I try to play tour guide, but I’m occasionally at a loss for what to do next. During a visit in the late 1990s, my sister Gr... More »
Schoolchildren meet plow trucks they named
by Sylvia C. Dodge It may have been a bit early in the season for plowing, but VTrans snowplow trucks were on the road last week. Newly named plow trucks visited the schools closest to their winter plow routes, thrilling ... More »
State Police visit Barton to discuss coverage
by Joseph Gresser BARTON—The subject of a truck blocking traffic on Leblanc Road was again raised at the November 18 Barton Select Board meeting. This time, though, the board members were joined in their discussion by Capt... More »
Captured fugitive denies kidnapping charge
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A man sought by police since late September was stopped by Border Patrol Agents in North Troy on November 18. The next day the man, Ivan Carmona, 29, of Springfield, Massachusetts, appeared by ... More »
