Month

August 2018

All posts published in August 2018

57 posts

Catamount Arts presents KCP Performing Arts Series

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Catamount Arts is pleased to announce the 2018-’19 tenth anniversary KCP Presents Performing Arts Series, KCP Presents’ most ambitious season yet. Featuring fifteen spectacular acts hailing from England, China, Cuba, and all over the U.S. including New York Ci... More »

Island Pond Labor Day weekend activities

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The Island Pond Chamber of Commerce has a full schedule of Labor Day weekend activities to close out summer and launch into the colorful fall foliage season. The weekend will kick off with Friday Night Live featuring regional favorite Mindtrap, at 6 p.m. The c... More »

Goose season opens September 1

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Vermont’s resident Canada goose hunting season will be held September 1 through September 25 to help control Vermont’s resident Canada goose population prior to the arrival of Canada geese migrating south from Canada, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife... More »

Water control devices installed on beaver dams

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To prevent flooding on nearby roads, the Fish and Wildlife Department recently completed construction of 19 water control devices on beaver dams in locations throughout the state. Known as “beaver baffles,” these devices allow some water to pass through the da... More »

Community gathering in downtown Newport

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A community gathering will be held In downtown Newport on Sunday, August 30, at 3 p.m., starting at Northeast Kingdom Learning Services (NEKLS) for a meeting about bringing Big Brothers Big Sisters to Orleans and northern Essex counties. Then participants will... More »

CNB presents community service award

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Community National Bank’s (CNB) Troy Office Supervisor Julie Marquis, and Marketing Assistant Anne Quirion, had the honor of presenting Denny Lyster with the bank’s Community Service Award. This award was created to recognize remarkable people who give back to... More »

Burke senior meal September menu

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The Burke senior meal site is located at 212 School Street in West Burke. Meals are served on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Please call (802) 467-3423 before 9 a.m. for reservations or takeout orders. Coffee, tea, 2 percent milk, and 100 percent juice are ... More »

Attention Parents!

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It’s that time of year and kids will be returning to school. The Orleans County Sheriff’s Department wants to utilize this opportunity to express the importance of pedestrian and bicyclist safety on the roadways. The National Highway Safety Administration and ... More »

Biron killed in IP plane crash

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copyright the Chronicle August 29, 2018 by David Dudley BRIGHTON — Emergency crews were called to the John H. Boylan Airport in Brighton at 3:45 p.m. Saturday. Upon arrival, they discovered the scorched wreckage of a 1956 Piper Pacer roughly 100 yards south of... More »

A farmer for the 21st century

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copyright the Chronicle August 29, 2018 by Paul Lefebvre DERBY — It’s a hot and humid Thursday afternoon, and all the overhead fans are turning inside a gleaming metal barn that looks as large as an airplane hanger, but remarkably cleaner. Josh Poulin, the bar... More »

New restaurant to open at Tasting Center

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copyright the Chronicle August 29, 2018 NEWPORT — Frank Richardi doesn’t like to see vacant spaces on Main Street, and he plans to light up one business that recently went dark. “An empty storefront is bad for all the businesses,” he said in a recent conversat... More »