Month

May 2018

All posts published in May 2018

115 posts

House sends seven special session bills to Senate

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By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org Members of the House of Representatives in session on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger With all eyes on a festering fiscal dispute between the Republican governor and Democrats controlling the Legislature, seven ... More »

Plea agreement reached in Greensboro shooting death

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copyright the Chronicle May 30, 2018 NEWPORT — Unexpectedly, lawyers for Ryan P. Bacon, 32, of Point Pleasant, New Jersey, and Orleans County State’s Attorney Jennifer Barrett announced an agreement Tuesday to resolve charges that arose from the shooting death... More »

Baird sentenced to 15 to 30 years

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copyright the Chronicle May 30, 2018 ST. JOHNSBURY — Two of the men involved in the murder of 78-year-old Mary Pat O’Hagan in 2010 appeared in Caledonia County Superior Court Tuesday. One, Richard E. Fletcher, 31, of Sheffield had pled guilty to burglary and k... More »

Variety show will benefit store project in Albany

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The Great Albany Variety Show on Saturday, June 9, will benefit efforts to open the store in Albany Village. The public is invited to pile the whole family into the car, horse cart, or sidecar, and come out for an evening of local entertainment. There will be ... More »

Memorial Day observances across the Northeast Kingdom

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copyright the Chronicle May 30, 2018 …To read the rest of this article, and all the Chronicle‘s stories, subscribe to the online edition below: Annual online subscription Short-term online subscription Print subscription (To find a particular article, search f... More »

Museum of Everyday Life looks into locks

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copyright the Chronicle May 30, 2018 GLOVER — The Museum of Everyday Life sits alongside Route 16 south of Glover Village, and its doors are always open to the public. Why then, one might ask, is it so full of locks and keys? The answer lies deep in the mind o... More »

Rock club building community in Holland

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copyright the Chronicle May 30, 2018 HOLLAND — The farm family strolling along Stearns Brook Road in Holland was the first sign a visitor to Barrage was nearing his goal. Not particularly young, they looked like people walking over to visit a neighbor on a lov... More »

At 97, “farm boy” Fred Webster reminisces

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copyright the Chronicle May 30, 2018 by Briana Bocelli COVENTRY –– In a far corner of Coventry lies a rich piece of history that generally goes unnoticed. A big chunk of land on the Webster Road holds an equally big collection of machines, tools, and various e... More »