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Coventry board calls in State Police

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copyright the Chronicle October 19, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail  COVENTRY — The State Police have been asked to take a look at the unfolding accounting crisis in Coventry. Last week, an attorney specializing in municipal law, Paul Gillies of the Montpelier firm of... More »

House candidates debate in Westfield

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copyright the Chronicle October 19, 2016 by Tena Starr A good 60 people came to the community center here Monday evening to listen to Republic incumbent Mark Higley and Democratic challenger Katherine Sims debate the issues. Mr. Higley has been the Orleans-Lam... More »

Lawyers for Stenger tell state to bring it on

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copyright the Chronicle October 19, 2016 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Lawyers for Bill Stenger have told the state to bring it on. In a September 7 filing in the Civil Division of Washington County Superior Court, they denied all the fraud charges related to EB... More »

Obituaries October 19, 2016

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Richard Alan Falconer Richard Alan Falconer, 63, of Troy, died at North Country Hospital in Newport on Wednesday evening, October 12, 2016, surrounded by his family. Mr. Falconer was born in Newport on May 3, 1953, a son to the late Raymond and Emily (Wormsley... More »

Glover parents question Halloween ban

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copyright the Chronicle October 12, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail GLOVER — The October lunch menu at the Glover Community School said that Halloween lunch would be spider bellies, spider legs, and bones. A day later the school sent a corrected menu home with student... More »

State could end dispatch service

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copyright the Chronicle October 12, 2016 by Joseph Gresser After a summer of discussions among emergency service providers and state officials, the Public Service Department plans to ask the Legislature to allow it to stop dispatching except for state agencies... More »

Obituaries October 12, 2016

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Jill Sherndal Jones Jill Sherndal Jones, 88, of St. Johnsbury, died peacefully on October 7, 2016, in Concord, surrounded by the love of her family who were so dear to her. Mrs. Jones was born February 8, 1928, in Montclair, New Jersey, the daughter of Alfred ... More »

Montreal man starts hemp farm in Holland

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copyright the Chronicle October 5, 2016 by Paul Lefebvre HOLLAND — A former construction worker from Montreal with dual American-Canadian citizenship is hardly the kind of farmer one would expect to find here cultivating a crop still deemed to be illegal by th... More »

Auditor calls for asset freeze in Coventry

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copyright the Chronicle October 5, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail COVENTRY — The accounting firm involved in trying to untangle Coventry’s financial records is recommending that the town freeze the movements of all of its assets as soon as possible. The select board ... More »

Police mystified by disturbed infant grave

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copyright the Chronicle October 5, 2016 by Tena Starr BARTON — Police are mystified by a peculiar incident at the St. Paul’s Catholic cemetery here. In early September, the family of an infant who died more than three decades ago visited the grave and found th... More »