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Joseph Gresser

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Obituaries 4.3.19

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Martha Alice-Jane (Merritt) Brown Martha Alice-Jane (Merritt) Brown, 90, died on March 16, 2019, at the hospital in Newport.  She was born December 21, 1928, in Newbury, to Oscar Royal Nigh Merritt and Maude D. (Powers) Merritt. Martha graduated from North Tro... More »

Task force tackles school violence

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Members of a task force created by Governor Phil Scott to figure out what Vermont schools can do to prevent the kind of mass shootings seen in other states and nations, came to Newport Monday in search of people’s ideas.  …To read t... More »

Feeding deer does much harm, little good

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by Meghan McCarthy McPhaul A few winters back, there was a doe that frequented our compost heap.  The garden fence around it proved an inadequate barrier, as she simply hopped over it to nosh on the rotting shards of Jack-o-lanterns and the latest veggie scrap... More »

Sick of winter yet?

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by Tena Starr Sick of winter yet? Apparently, it’s not sick of us. Adding insult to the injury of a winter that started early and is ending late, a Nor’easter dumped more than two feet of snow in some places in Orleans County Friday, leading to clogged roads a... More »

A meeting of bee lovers

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by Mary Coyle BROWNINGTON — A dozen people sat around a big table at the Old Stone House Museum here Sunday to talk bees. …To read the rest of this article, and all the Chronicle‘s stories, subscribe to the online edition below: Annual online subscription Shor... More »

Obituaries 3.27.19

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Michael R. Allard Michael R. Allard, 65, of Newport Center, died on March 19, 2019, in Lebanon, New Hampshire, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on December 21, 1953, in Newport to Rene and Beatrice (Brooks) Allard. He was a proud veteran of t... More »

Irasburg is on the right path with its university

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Last week Irasburg launched the University of Irasburg, a month of neighbors offering free classes to neighbors. In some ways, as organizer Judith Jackson acknowledges, it’s amusing. But it’s also serious. Urban Vermont, urban America, are doing pretty well ri... More »