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Facebook popup leads to scam

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copyright the Chronicle April 26, 2017   by Elizabeth Trail   BARTON — Sharon Bickford of Barton was on Facebook one evening last week when her computer screen suddenly froze. A window popped up, flashing an ominous warning — her computer was under a virus att... More »

Congressman swings through Northeast Kingdom

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copyright the Chronicle April 26, 2017   by Joseph Gresser   NEWPORT — U.S. Representative Peter Welch brought his spring recess tour of the state to the Northeast Kingdom on April 20 with a visit to Derby and Newport. The state’s only Congressional member ask... More »

Obituaries April 26, 2017

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Patricia E. Beaudry Patricia E. Beaudry, 80, died on April 19, 2017, at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury, with her family at her side. She was born on October 29, 1936, in North Troy, to Roland and Helen (Dingman) Horn. On January 2, 196... More »

Orleans sixth-graders learn how to make a difference

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copyright the Chronicle April 19, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail   ORLEANS — How do ordinary people go about trying to solve big problems, like hunger, cancer and homeless cats? That’s the question that Andrea Gratton’s mostly sixth-grade language arts students at Or... More »

Local schools vandalized

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copyright the Chronicle April 19, 2017  Two area schools, Glover and Brighton, were vandalized in separate incidents on Sunday and Monday, according to reports from the State Police. At 8 a.m. on Sunday, April 16, the State Police responded to reports of a bur... More »

Raymond James agrees to $150-million settlement

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copyright the Chronicle April 19, 2017   by Joseph Gresser   A year and a day after the federal and state governments filed civil charges connected with Jay Peak’s EB-5 projects, the receiver in the case announced a settlement intended to pay money owed to con... More »

Easter fire ruins Brighton home

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copyright the Chronicle April 19, 2017   by Sharon (Campbell) Biron   Editor’s note: the following is Ms. Biron’s account of the fire that ruined their Island Pond home Sunday night. She and her husband, Mark Biron, lost everything in the fire. Mark and I had ... More »

Obituaries April 19, 2017

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Mary E. Bonneau Mary E. Bonneau, 90, a longtime resident of Lowell, died peacefully on April 14, 2017, at Forest Hill Residential Care in Hyde Park. She was born November 25, 1926, in Lowell, the daughter of Henry and Bessie Weed Murphy. She married Gerard Bon... More »

Lawsuit claims EB-5 fraud started in 2008

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copyright the Chronicle April 12, 2017   by Joseph Gresser   BURLINGTON — Two investors in EB-5 projects at Jay Peak Resort claim that securities fraud at the ski area started in 2008 when Ariel Quiros paid for the resort using money meant to build hotels. The... More »