by Tena Starr NEWPORT — About 75 percent of the people in Orleans and northern Essex counties are either overweight or obese. Thirteen percent of 12- to 19-year-olds are considered obese, as well as 11 percent of kids under five. In the state as a whole, 28 p... More »
Pauline (Simino) Wheeler Pauline M. (Simino) Wheeler, 81, of Newport died on September 12, 2013, in Newport, a day after her birthday. Her death comes after a few months of failing health following hip replacement surgery. She was born in Irasburg on Septembe... More »
by Richard Creaser copyright the Chronicle 9-16-2013 NEWPORT — On paper, The Division 1 North Country Falcons should have had a good chance to defeat the Division 3 Peoples Academy Wolves. What divisional distinctions fail to recognize is that the Wolves were... More »
by Joseph Gresser copyright the Chronicle 9-14-2013 NEWPORT — If hardship builds character, several members of the North Country Falcons football team have gained much in the way of depth and wisdom. The Falcons fell Friday night to the Bulldogs of Burr and B... More »
by Richard Creaser copyright the Chronicle 9-11-2013 ORLEANS — What the Lake Region Rangers failed to accomplish in 80 minutes they managed to do in 40 seconds of overtime play on Tuesday — beat Lamoille Lancer keeper Bennett Anderson. Alex Beauregard capped ... More »
by Bethany M. Dunbar copyright the Chronicle September 13, 2013 Glover Selectmen voted at the end of an informational meeting on September 12 to go ahead with their plan to split anticipated debt for an addition to the town’s sewer system 50-50 between Parker ... More »
Reviewed by Joseph Gresser Fantasy novels generally fall into the pattern set for the genre by J.R.R. Tolkien in his Lord of The Rings trilogy. A group of men with swords, axes, clubs and other whacking and hacking implements go off to set a wrong to rights. ... More »
by Chris Braithwaite BAVARIA, Germany — German police seized 40 children of the Twelve Tribes religious community here on September 5, according to press accounts. The group is one of many international offshoots of the Northeast Kingdom Community Church in Is... More »
9-11-2013 The Junior Falcon Football team faced the Lyndon Vikings under the lights at North Country Union High School on Saturday night. The night started with the B team varsity taking the field under a light rain. Tomas Garcia had a couple of big tackles ... More »
Martha Corinne Seaton Tatum Martha Corinne Seaton Tatum died peacefully on August 30, 2013, at home in Derby, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. She was born on December 28, 1919, in Topeka, Kansas, and grew up mostly in Kansas City. As a girl, she wa... More »
by Richard Creaser copyright the Chronicle 9-8-2013 NEWPORT — Last spring the United Christian Academy Crusaders were recognized for their sportsmanship in basketball at a ceremony just prior to the start of the playoffs. Sportsmanship has always been a hallm... More »
copyright the chronicle September 4, 2013 The Disenfranchised, Stories of Life and Grief When an Ex-spouse Dies, edited by Peggy Sapphire. Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., Amityville, New York. Paperback. 217 pages. $49.95. Reviewed by Tena Starr Some tim... More »
