by Meghan Wayland Vermont has broken its own single-year maple record by producing approximately 2.2 million gallons of syrup in 2020 — more than half the country’s total crop, according to data released by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) ... More »
by Meghan Wayland CRAFTSBURY —A Craftsbury resident called State Police Last Thursday at approximately 9:30 p.m., to report that a “dark-colored, full-sized pickup” had defaced the Craftsbury Common’s new anti-racist mural by burning out tire marks over the ... More »
GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT ANNOUNCES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TAX RELIEF FOR VERMONT EMPLOYERS Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott and the Vermont Department of Labor today announced changes to the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program that will reduce employers’ UI ... More »
Editorial Barton, keep an eye on your select board We urge Barton Town residents to keep an eye on their select board. This select board has insisted that its goal is to bring transparency to town government, but we see little evidence of it. The board term... More »
by Joseph Gresser During its 2018 session the Legislature passed a law creating the post of Executive Director of Racial Equity. Governor Phil Scott first vetoed the bill saying it didn’t allow him to fire whoever took the job. That, he maintained, was an ... More »
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by Meghan Wayland For weeks, Orleans County held steady at ten confirmed COVID-19 cases — until just over one week ago, when three cases, a 25 percent increase, registered on the Department of Health’s data map. The number of new cases in the county now total... More »
by Joseph Gresser CRAFTSBURY COMMON — The 17 members of the class of 2020 stood in front of the Craftsbury Academy building just before 6 p.m. Friday. Across the road, on the common, about 50 cars were parked in a rough semicircle facing the bandstand. Memb... More »
by Meghan Wayland IRASBURG — Eric Dupre and his father, Raymond, addressed the Irasburg Select Board for over an hour Wednesday, June 10, about damage to their farmland that has resulted from years of failed repairs on a Class Four road that runs through the... More »
Alice Randall Well mom, today is the day that you read your name in the paper as you are reading the obituaries and sipping your coffee (unless of course it’s the Chronicle you are reading, in which case it is Thursday and the only night of the week that you... More »
According to the map, there are currently 1,090 cases in Vermont. 544 of those are in Chittendon County and 13 in Orleans County. On March 7, 2020 twenty seven people in Vermont had been tested. As of June 10, 2020, an astonishing 45,742 tests have been comple... More »
Albert Richard Schweitzer Albert Richard Schweitzer, 66, of Lebanon, Connecticut, and Westmore, died suddenly at his Connecticut home on Friday, May 29, 2020. He is survived by his mother, Helen (Kurcinik) Schweitzer; his wife, Nancy; his son Jared and his w... More »
