copyright the Chronicle February 18, 2015 by Joseph Gresser JAY PEAK — The last high school snowboard competition before the state championships drew 70 boarders to Jay Peak Thursday afternoon, February 12. Judges rated riders as they performed tricks on a slo... More »
Wayne E. Doncaster Sr. Wayne E. Doncaster Sr., 89, of Irasburg died peacefully on February 10, 2015, in Newport. He was born on April 7, 1925, in Derby, to Vernon and Annie (Aiken) Doncaster. In 1952, he married Elizabeth Rhodes, who survives him. As a young f... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 11, 2015 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Police say they arrested a man Sunday night whose pockets bulged with drugs and guns stolen from the Newport Police Department’s evidence room. The thefts could place some prosecutions in j... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 11, 2015 by Maria C. Young There were more stories than fish coming out of the ice at the start of the Derby Line Fire Department’s Annual Ice Fishing Tournament on Seymour Lake Saturday. Three feet of snow and 20 inches of ice... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 11, 2015 Reviewed by Tena Starr The Gold Exchange, Exposing Haiti’s Child Slavery System, by Susan Belding. Paperback. 273 pages. Published by Willoughby Gap Press. $8.14 on Amazon. Susan Belding (who many of you would know as ... More »
Norman “Jake” W. Benoit Norman “Jake” W. Benoit, 88, of Barton died on February 2, 2015, in Barton. He died on his sixty-third wedding anniversary. He was born on October 1, 1926, in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, to Theodore and Aimee (Harvender) Benoit. On... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 4, 2015 by David Dudley NEWPORT — The North Country Union High School Falcons lost to the Bellows Free Academy St. Albans Comets Thursday, 50-40. Though the Falcons trailed the Comets for most of the game, they took a hard-nose... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 4, 2015 by David Dudley NEWPORT — Before the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge took the Internet by storm, there was the Penguin Plunge. Now in its thirteenth year, the Penguin Plunge drew participants from all over the Northeast Kingdo... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 4, 2015 by Chris Braithwaite To me the Chronicle will always be a novelty — a shot in the dark, a crazy gamble undertaken with almost no money but all the energy a 30-year-old immigrant could summon in himself, his wife, and a ... More »
Elizabeth A. “Betsy” Benoit Elizabeth A. “Betsy” Benoit, 82, of Barton, beloved wife of Norman W. Benoit, died on January 22, 2015, in Newport. She was born on September 22, 1932, in Ryegate, a daughter of George and Anne (Tillison) White Sr. On February 2, 19... More »
copyright the Chronicle January 28, 2015 by David Dudley NEWPORT — Though Brynna Kate Tucker was born and raised in Sutton, it didn’t occur to her that swimming in cold water might be the thing to do until she moved to Brooklyn, New York. “In November of 2006,... More »
copyright the Chronicle January 28, 2015 by David Dudley JAY PEAK — The North Country Union High School Falcons fell to the Colchester Lakers Saturday, 6-1. Though the game began as a back and forth battle between two evenly matched teams, the Falcons faced an... More »
