Janette Edna Patten Janette Edna Patten, 87, of Newport died suddenly on Sunday, July 28, 2019, in Newport. She was born on August 22, 1931, in Greenfield, Massachusetts, to Glen and Alice (Kilburn) Rice. She married Kenneth Patten, who predeceased her in 19... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — All at American Legion Post #21 was quiet at 9:15 a.m. Saturday. A few people stood outside among about 300 motorcycles parked in lines. Inside, members of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association (CVMA) were conducting a busines... More »
Bread & Puppet Theater members dressed in colorful fun costumes. More »
by Elizabeth Cope NEWPORT — The population of Vermont is aging, including doctors, nurses, and allied health care providers of all kinds. And though the state’s population is projected to break 650,000 in the year 2020, the number of people in Orleans, Essex,... More »
In Superior Court by David Dudley NEWPORT — A West Charleston man pled innocent in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court to 22 counts of possession of child pornography. …To read the rest of this article, and all the Chronicle‘s stories, subsc... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT— Employers have long complained of the difficulty of finding qualified candidates for available jobs in the Northeast Kingdom. Stay to Stay, a state program to lure new residents to the state, has been in operation for more than a ye... More »
Rex Allen Starr Rex Allen Starr, 68, of Lowell died tragically in a two-car accident on Route 100 in Newport Center on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. He was the first child born to Latheria and Howard Starr on March 31, 1951. Rex graduated from North Country Union H... More »
by Joseph Gresser COVENTRY — After nearly six months of deliberation the District Seven Environmental Commission decided Tuesday to allow the proposed 51.2-acre expansion of the New England Waste Services of Vermont (NEWS-VT) Coventry landfill to go forward, w... More »
by Elizabeth Cope DERBY — While recent low unemployment numbers are good news — lots of people are getting or retaining jobs, and earning a paycheck — there are many positions in the Northeast Kingdom that need filling and there aren’t enough workers here to f... More »
