The editor’s pick of some of the best stories of the week from the Barton Chronicle, a highly read weekly newspaper based in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom region.
by Joseph Gresser BROWNINGTON — Alexander Lucius Twilight will turn 225 on September 23, or he would have had he not died in 1857. The Orleans County Historical Society is marking the occasion with several days of events that kicked off Sunday on the ground... More »
by Joseph Gresser ORLEANS — Paul Sicard was ready for a scrap when he appeared before the Barton Design Review Board (DRB) last Thursday evening, but before a half hour was out members of the board were asking his advice on ways to simplify the town’s zoning... More »
by Tena Starr BARTON — A Barton home and its owners’ vehicles were vandalized about 12:30 a.m. on September 13 with damages in the vicinity of $10,000. Maria Morris said one of her daughters woke up that Sunday after hearing “loud banging.” Mrs. Morris said... More »
by Leanne Harple Northeast Kingdom voters spent a drizzly Sunday dining on local cheeses, apple cider, and homemade pies at the home of attorney David Kelley, of Greensboro, in support of Molly Gray, the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor. Ken Dea... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Tracy Zschau, the Vermont Land Trust’s Northeast Kingdom regional director, and Dan Kilborn, the organization’s forester, led a visitor last Thursday to Bluffside Farm past a sign that read “trail closed” down to Scott’s Cove. As th... More »
by Chris Braithwaite NEWPORT — In the early summer of 1945 Harvey Robitaille was in basic training, an Army draftee being readied for what was predicted to be a long and bloody conclusion to the Second World War — the invasion of Japan. In terms of the Robita... More »
by Joseph Gresser In the past ten days Orleans County, which heretofore had only 15 reported cases of COVID-19, has seen a spike of seven additional cases, including four cases reported in a single day. Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine spoke about the... More »
by Joseph Gresser Workers who are unemployed due to the effects of the COVID pandemic may soon see a bit of overdue relief. At Governor Phil Scott’s Tuesday press briefing, Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington said the state should start distributing the $3... More »
Barton special education teacher Suzanne Cicale takes the temperature of children Tuesday morning, as students returned to school after a five-month absence. The restart of in-person education meant a host of new precautions, including masks for all students ... More »
by Tena Starr Sixteen-year-old Vera Rivard, whose family divides its time between Derby and New Hampshire, has joined a relatively small group of people who have successfully swum the English Channel. The teen started her swim at 9:38 in the morning on Septe... More »
by Joseph Gresser ORLEANS — Orleans Village Administrator John Morley hopes to find a new use for property occupied by what’s left of a former county landmark, the Orleans Commission Sales barn. Animal husbandry on the site is causing a problem for some of i... More »
by Joseph Gresser JAY — The water park at Jay Peak is up and running, although only 75 people can enjoy it at a time, one restaurant is open seven days a week, and some of the lodgings are occupied. Late summer in the midst of a pandemic is not an ideal time... More »
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