by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A pair of calls, each about the killing of a dog in Troy, reached the Derby State Police barracks at the same time on Friday. According to Trooper Brian Connor, the first came from Michael C. Liberta, who said his dog attacked his... More »
by Joseph Gresser You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out. That’s what they say about baseball. Soccer matches don’t generally get rained out, so they have a different third option — a tie. At the end of regulation play Friday afternoon, the La... More »
by Joseph Gresser IRASBURG — About 20 interested people gathered at Jeff Hutchins’ asphalt plant at 9:30 last Thursday morning, October 8. They were there to see, hear, and smell the operating plant, the subject of an Act 250 permit hearing scheduled for ne... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — iPhones take a pretty good picture and will get the job done for a lot of people, said Jake Mosher when he visited the Chronicle office Friday. That may be so, for some, but Mr. Mosher’s vision isn’t focused on the surface of thing... More »
Howard L. Stevens Howard L. Stevens, 72, of Derby died suddenly on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, at the home he shared with his love and life partner, June Lussier. He was born in Barton on July 22, 1948, to Howard R. and Claire L. Stevens, the eldest of six chi... More »
This photo was taken on the Cook Road in Barton at day break this Tuesday morning. Photo by Deana LaBrecque. More »
Ben Patnoe of Wolcott captured this video of a black bobcat while he was checking game cameras on his friend’s property in Danville early this fall. Mr. Patnoe said the cat just walked out in front of them. He believes this to be the same cat that has been spo... More »
Chris Larose with remains from his chimney, which was struck by lightning during Saturday afternoon’s thunderstorms. The strike caused a temporary power trip on both VELCO and Vermont Electric Cooperative lines. Mr. Larose’s home is on the #12 Road in Newport ... More »
Lake Region Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) normally launch an apple product fund-raiser in the fall. This year, due to COVID restrictions, they could not fund-raise. So, the students decided to take their money and host a community service projec... More »
Eight months into the pandemic, terms that were once unfamiliar have become a part of our everyday language — contact tracing, infectious periods, serology, quarantine. We are always working on resources to help Vermonters understand exactly what these terms... More »
Below, a current map provided by the Untied States Center for Disease Control shows current COVID case information by state on October 7, 2020. Updated October 7, 2020 State/Territory Total Cases Confirmed Probable California 828,461 N/A N/A Texas 773,435 N/A ... More »
Safe as Lightning, Poems by Scudder H. Parker, with illustrations by Adelaide Tyrol. Rootstock Publishing, 115 pages, $15.95 in paperback. Reviewed by Chris Braithwaite Scudder Parker’s poems are as difficult to categorize as the man himself. I’ve had ... More »
