copyright the Chronicle October 5, 2016 by Brad Usatch BRIGHTON — The reports from Island Pond were universally grim: The lights are out. The sidewalks have been rolled up. Jennifer’s, Common Sense and the Yellow Deli, Clyde River Outfitters, Ted’s Market, The... More »
We are Unprepared, by Meg Little Reilly. Published by Mira. Paperback. 353 pages. $15.99. Reviewed by Tena Starr It’s sometime around the present, and youngish, fairly prosperous hipsters Ash and Pia have recently moved to the Northeast Kingdom from Brooklyn. ... More »
Argyria: The Life and Adventures of a Silver Woman on Planet Earth, by Rosemary Jacobs. E-book. $6. reviewed by Brad Usatch In Argyria, Long Island native and longtime Orleans County resident Rosemary Jacobs chronicles more than five decades of struggle with a... More »
Sarah Ellen Bensenhaver Sarah Ellen Bensenhaver, 58, of Brownington died unexpectedly on September 25, 2016. Born on November 30, 1957, she grew up in Westminster. She was married on December 21, 1985, to Allen Folsom. Nurturing the land was important to her... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 28, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail COVENTRY — The Coventry Select Board voted Monday to hire an accountant to oversee the books being kept by Town Clerk and Treasurer Cynthia Diaz. Although the accounting firm Graham & Graham hasn’t ... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 28, 2016 by Tena Starr BARTON — Chittenden County developer Tony Pomerleau has given St. Paul’s School here a very big birthday gift. He will match every dollar the school raises up to $120,000. This year the school turns 120.... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 28, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail When Melissa Zebrowski’s brother and Jeannette Birch’s son died of drug overdoses in December and March, the two women’s reactions were to channel their grief into fighting the local heroin epidemic... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 28, 2016 by Paul Lefebvre. CRAFTSBURY — To see the forest and not the trees could have dire consequences for the landowner who wants to be a good steward of the land and pass the fruits of his or her labor onto future generati... More »
Robert C. Allard Robert C. Allard, 80, of Clearwater, Florida, died on September 9, 2016. He was born on April 25, 1936, in Lyndonville, and was the third child born to Beatrice (Brooks/Rousseau) Allard and Rene R. Allard. After graduating from Sacred Heart sc... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 21, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail The auditor hired to look at Coventry’s finances is recommending that the select board hire its own accountant to keep a second set of books, observe all transactions, and reconcile bank statements.... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 21, 2016 by Joseph Gresser JAY PEAK — When Michael Goldberg got a letter offering to buy Jay Peak for $93-million some aspects of it set off alarms. His suspicions proved to be justified when a quick search showed that the ma... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 21, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail When Stephen Marsh retires as chief executive officer of Community National Bank at the end of the year, the bank’s president and chief operating officer Kathryn Austin will step into his shoes. Ms.... More »
