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More named Renaissance Corp. director

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copyright the Chronicle August 3, 2016 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — It was July 28, Cynthia More’s first day on the job as executive director of the Newport City Renaissance Corporation (NCRC), and she didn’t have the key to her office. Fortunately, Rick Woodwa... More »

Galbraith says he would put an end to big wind

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copyright the Chronicle August 3, 2016 by Joseph Gresser BARTON — Former state Senator Peter Galbraith, who hails from Townsend, visited the Northeast Kingdom on July 27. He was on a campaign swing to promote his bid for the Democratic nomination for Governor ... More »

Does school district consolidation save money?

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copyright the Chronicle August 3, 2016 by Tena Starr Last month, voters in the Orleans Central Supervisory Union (OCSU) rejected a plan to consolidate into a single big school district. When they did, they also threw away the carrots that went with early conso... More »

Obituaries July 27, 2016

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Sister Lydia Dargie Sister Lydia Dargie, 85, FCSCJ (Sister Cecile de Marie), a Daughter of the Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, died after a long illness on July 20, 2016, at the Holy Cross Health Care Center in Manchester, New Hampshire. Lydia Dargie was... More »

Holland citizens continue to oppose Dairy Air Wind

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copyright the Chronicle July 27, 2016   by Elizabeth Trail At the Holland Select Board meeting on July 18, a recently formed group called Citizens for Responsible Energy in Holland (CREH) presented a petition signed by 52 citizens, asking the select board to d... More »

Vermont lawyer helps free Gitmo detainee

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copyright the Chronicle July 27, 2016 by Joseph Gresser Abu Zahir was cleared to return to his country on July 11, exactly 14 years after he was arrested by U.S. forces at his home in Afghanistan. For most of that time Mr. Zahir was held prisoner at Guantanamo... More »

Flowering parsnips can be hazardous to your health

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copyright the Chronicle July 27, 2016  by Jef Barker Beware of those yellow roadside flowers that look like Queen Anne’s lace — the sap they produce can burn your skin. Flowering parsnips pose a little known danger — they didn’t even get a cameo on last Friday... More »

Farmers suffer from steep drop in milk prices

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copyright the Chronicle July 27, 2016 by Joseph Gresser A steep drop in milk prices over the past year or so is hurting farmers, and the insurance program intended to help them has not done its job. That’s the bad news from Leon Berthiaume, general manager of ... More »

The not so obscure object of our desire

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copyright the Chronicle July 20, 2016 by Steve Maleski At any given moment there are roughly 1,800 thunderstorms grumbling and sparking over the surface of the globe. That’s approximately 40,000 per day. Sixteen million per year. They’ve been recorded as far a... More »

County youth at higher risk than average, survey says

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copyright the Chronicle July 20, 2016 by Joseph Gresser A survey measuring risks to Vermont youth suggests Orleans County may be hazardous to their health. The state Department of Health conducts The Youth Risk Behavior Survey every two years. It is part of a ... More »

Residents and landowners reject commercial wind

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copyright the Chronicle July 20, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail MORGAN — Only days after officials from the Public Service Board (PSB) toured the hayfield overlooking Lake Seymour where energy entrepreneur David Blittersdorf is planning to put a 500-kilowatt solar pr... More »