copyright the Chronicle May 17, 2017 by Tena Starr Several years ago, Hanna Broer, who has loved sewing since she was a young teenager, decided to make herself some underwear. She liked how it turned out, as did others, and that was the start of Hanna Broe... More »
Harry Saunders Blanchard Harry “Jack” Saunders Blanchard, 91, of Danville, died on March 27, 2017, at The Pines in Lyndonville, where he had resided since 2009. Mr. Blanchard was born on October 16, 1925, in Orleans, a son to the late Harrison and Grace (Milne... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 10, 2017 by Joseph Gresser EAST ALBANY — Many people complain about state regulations, but few are willing to take the time and trouble to go about changing them. Bill Pearce, the proprietor of Pearce’s Pastured Poultry has been... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 10, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail The Orleans Central Supervisory Union (OCSU) is not renewing contracts for about 20 teachers and support staff for the 2017-2018 school year. The higher than usual number of reduction in force (RIF) not... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 10, 2017 by Brad Usatch LOWELL — Evil cast its shadow over Missisquoi Lanes on Saturday as The Luring, a horror film being shot in the Northeast Kingdom, borrowed the location for what is said to be a revealing scene in the movi... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 10, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail JAY — The word on a lot of peoples’ lips at Saturday’s Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) annual meeting was “curtailment.” That means cutting back on renewable energy production when local transmissi... More »
Zoe M. Brow Zoe M. (Sweatt) Brow, 81, of Waterbury, Maine, and formerly of Craftsbury, beloved wife of the late Rudolph L. Brow, died on April 30, 2017, after a short illness, with her family at her side. It is impossible to write of an amazing and strong woma... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 3, 2017 Editor’s note: Our staff interviewed people throughout Orleans County over the past week about their views on President Trump’s first 100 days in office. For the most part, Republicans, while not always unconditional in th... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 3, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail ALBANY — Father and son Christian and Clark Katzenbach are hoping to earn a living from a vein of gravel on their 203-acre property on Grigg Road. Christian Katzenbach has spent most of his life as a l... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 3, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail BARTON — Dave’s Rubbish is back on track to pick up trash in the town of Barton. Over the past two weeks, owner Dave Giroux has turned in all of the paperwork the select board had been asking for sinc... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 3, 2017 by Brad Usatch This week’s weather notwithstanding, summer is on its way, and with it, another year of tick vigilance for people and their pets. Lyme disease, the most prevalent pathogen spread by ticks, used to be a fri... More »
Joseph J. Basil Joseph J. Basil, 91, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, beloved husband of the late Marie M. Basil died on April 18, 2017. He was born on February 22, 1926, in Island Pond, to Jack and Phoebe Basil. He graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in Island Pond i... More »
