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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org Finance Commissioner Adam Greshin said on Monday that a proposal moving through the Legislature to overhaul the state’s education funding formula does not adequately address the administration’s desire to control school sp... More »
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 »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org AVermont State Police say they are investigating an officer involved shooting that left a man dead following a traffic stop Sunday afternoon on Interstate 89 in Bolton. Police identified the man as Benjamin Gregware, age 42 of Sh... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org Aprominent lawyer hopes to make it easier for people with misdemeanor marijuana convictions to clear their names. Robert Sand, a Vermont Law School professor and former Windsor County State’s Attorney, is promoting a bill, H.865,... More »
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org Speaker of the House Mitzi Johnson has launched a public campaign for an overhaul of education funding — and a drastic reduction in property taxes for Vermonters — that she hopes will take effect as soon as this coming fal... More »
By Mark Johnson, VTDigger.org Real estate tycoon and philanthropist Antonio Pomerleau has died. The patriarch of the Pomerleau family passed away at the age of 100, his son, Ernie, announced Friday morning. The elder Pomerleau had been in recent poor health. T... More »
