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February 2018

All posts published in February 2018

54 posts

One size doesn’t fit all

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copyright the Chronicle February 14, 2018 For a long time the Bread and Puppet Theater in Glover had a regular circus act performed by The Rotten Idea Theater, which drew the audience’s attention to, well, rotten ideas. We’re not performance artists, sadly not... More »

IP celebrates winter and community

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copyright the Chronicle February 14, 2018   ISLAND POND — Fat snowflakes drifted down over Island Pond as a line of snowmobilers waited their turn for the annual blessing of the snowmobiles. Robed in white, Muriel O’Gorman touched each sled and its driver with... More »

Taxes, funding, Act 46, opiates discussed at forum

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copyright the Chronicle February 14, 2018   ORLEANS — Property taxes, education funding, and Act 46 dominated the conversation at Monday night’s legislative forum at the Orleans Elementary School. In the course of talking about those issues, legislators and th... More »

Remembering Tony Pomerleau

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copyright the Chronicle February 14, 2018 Antonio Pomerleau, known by all as Tony, was an Orleans County boy who achieved success in the big city, but never forgot his Kingdom roots. Mr. Pomerleau, who marked his own centennial on September 28 of last year, di... More »

Committee bans coyote killing contests

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copyright the Chronicle February 14, 2018 Vermont’s coyotes, an often vilified species, have been acquiring defenders lately. There have been increasing calls for a closed hunting season, much as there is for other animals, like deer, bear, and turkeys. And re... More »

Remembering Tony Pomerleau

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copyright the Chronicle February 14, 2018 Antonio Pomerleau, known by all as Tony, was an Orleans County boy who achieved success in the big city, but never forgot his Kingdom roots. Mr. Pomerleau, who marked his own centennial on September 28 of last year, di... More »

Two charged in attempted armed robbery

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copyright the Chronicle February 14, 2018 NEWPORT — Police say a robbery attempt in Barton was foiled when the intended victim failed to hand over cash although he was confronted with a handgun. Instead, they say, he grabbed a pair of scissors and chased the w... More »

Solutions sought for ambulance crisis

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copyright the Chronicle February 14, 2018 DERBY — Rural emergency services are facing an emergency of their own. That’s no secret to those who spend hours on dark, lonely roads helping friends and neighbors who are injured or sick. Orleans County has long been... More »

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Officials want closer look at unused drug program

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By Mike Faher, VTDigger.org State officials may get more time to assess a proposed program that would donate unused prescriptions to those in need. The Senate on Friday gave preliminary approval to S.164, a bill that suggests creation of an “unused prescriptio... More »