copyright the Chronicle, October 9, 2013 by Paul Lefebvre ISLAND POND — For two private developers who would like to start a nighttime rail passenger service between Montreal and Portland, slow is beautiful. The working name for the project is train-hotel, and... More »
copyright the Chronicle, October 9, 2013 by Tena Starr Stella Halpern is hoping someone will solve a mystery for her. What was a very old, battered, handmade black doll doing in the rafters of a house in East Burke? Mrs. Halpern bought the doll in 2003 at an ... More »
by Richard Creaser copyright the Chronicle 10-9-2013 NEWPORT — North Country Falcons Avery Ellis and Sam Brunnette set new course records leading the Falcon boys and girls to the top at Tuesday afternoon’s cross-country meet. Ellis’ time of 20:36 was more th... More »
October 9, 2013 The North Country Junior Falcon Football varsity squads traveled to Montpelier Saturday to face the Central Vermont Raiders at U-32 High School. The B team took the field, losing the coin toss but receiving the ball. Shortly into the game, sho... More »
by Richard Creaser copyright the Chronicle 10-5-2013 ORLEANS — The Lake Region Rangers girls varsity soccer squad improved to 7-2 on the season following a decisive 10-0 win over the visiting Winooski Spartans on Friday afternoon. The loss marked the sixth co... More »
A Lifetime of Vermont People, with photographs and text by Peter Miller; 208 pages in hardback; published by Silver Print Press; $49.95. Reviewed by Chris Braithwaite Any Northeast Kingdom resident who picks up Peter Miller’s extraordinarily handsome new book ... More »
by Natalie Hormilla The price of a cord of green firewood is running about $185 this year, about the same as last year. It’s a price that’s mostly determined locally — at least compared to other home heating fuels, like oil or propane. It reflects the cost of ... More »
The NFL New England Patriots faced the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, but on Saturday the NVYFL Fairfax Patriots faced the North Country Falcons. The B team varsity took the field first with kickoff at 12:30 p.m. Nine minutes and ten seconds in, Falcons quarterba... More »
by Richard Creaser copyright the Chronicle 10-1-2013 NEWPORT — All it took was 48 seconds for the Spaulding Crimson Tide to score two goals and carry the day over the host North Country Falcons on Saturday morning. Spaulding would not record a goal before, no... More »
Phyllis B. (Morse) Greenwood Phyllis B. (Morse) Greenwood, 87, formerly of Derby, died peacefully on September 24, 2013, in Barton, after a long illness. She was born on March 21, 1926, in Newport, a daughter of Amos and Ida (Carson) Morse. She was raised and ... More »
by Richard Creaser copyright the Chronicle 9-27-2013 ORLEANS — Gratia Rowell was slightly out of breath but all smiles even as the visiting Enosburg Hornets walked off the court with a victory on Friday night. Rowell, a member of the Lake Region Rangers volle... More »
Edward Coldren Bechtel Edward Coldren Bechtel, 91, of Essex Junction died on August 22, 2013, at the Green Mountain Nursing Home in Colchester. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 1921, the son of Floyd and Helen (Coldren) Bechtel. He graduate... More »
