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Tracy Davis Pierce

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My ratty roommate

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  by Tena Starr If you happen to run across a shoe, a rat, and a corkscrew, all stuck together in a glue trap, get in touch with me.  They’re all mine. Well, maybe not the rat. And don’t get feeling too bad for the rat, because it had been living the high life... More »

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The public’s business should be done in public

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  Perhaps the Newport City Council is simply bashful.  It is hard to think of another reason its members seem so averse to carrying out their duties under the watchful eye of their constituents. Week after week the board shoos observers out of the council cham... More »

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In Newport Center, logger chosen for gravel pit cut

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by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT CENTER — Does a tree falling in the woods make a sound if one is there to hear it?  Newport Center Select Board members will know the answer to that ancient question, as long as trees are part of a planned logging project at the town ... More »

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A Christmas Carol for today

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by Maria Amador GREENSBORO — In September, 45 strangers gathered at the Highland Center for the Arts (HCA) to audition for a part in the Civic Standard’s production of Charles Dickens’ famed story of a transformative Christmas Eve. Some auditioned with a brief... More »

Driver’s shooting story doubted by police

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A Derby Line man told police he went off Route 5 near the Fish and Game Road after being shot at by the passenger in a truck he tried to pass.  According to Vermont State Police Trooper Logan Miller, the man’s vehicle showed no sign... More »

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In Derby emergency services are budget topics

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  by Matthew Wilson DERBY — Everything seems to be getting more expensive, even the cost of having an accident.  At its meeting Monday night, the select board was approached by emergency responders said they will increase the cost of their services.  Higher wa... More »

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Nice shot!

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Cody Alderman of Barton shot this six-point buck, his first, in Barton on Saturday, December 7.  It weighed 148 pounds fully dressed (with its heart and lungs removed).   For more deer photos, see this week’s Chronicle! More »

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Debra Valley   Debra Jean Valley, 62, died peacefully on December 2, 2024, at North Country Hospital in Newport.  She was born on July 12, 1962. Debra served over 20 years as a clerk for the town of Morgan.  She also opened up her own tanning salons in Morgan ... More »

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Skunks prepare for winter

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    by Elise Tillinghast Several weeks and many baths ago, my dog discovered a black-and-white stranger crossing our lawn.  Wagging vigorously, and ignoring my frantic shouts, she ran up and offered her canine greeting: a nose-to-tail sniff.  The encounter end... More »

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Woman sentenced for aggravated assault

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT —  Michelle Miller, 23, who according to Vermont State Police Trooper Aaron Leonard’s affidavit, has no fixed address, called police around 9 p.m. on June 14, 2023.  She was in Westfield and told the dispatcher that a family member, w... More »