by Joseph Gresser A former corrections officer who admitted smuggling buprenorphine into Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport has earned himself a taste of prison. …this story and more in the full edition of this week’s paper. Subscribe now to acces... More »
by Joseph Gresser The Vermont Supreme Court has rejected Jeffrey M. Ray’s appeal of his sentence. Mr. Ray shot and killed Richard Vreeland, his ex-wife’s new husband, in 2015. …this story and more in the full edition of this week’s paper. Subscribe now to acc... More »
by David Dudley DERBY — Pastor Larry Wall of the Newport Church of God says that God revealed himself at just the right time. Mr. Wall, who was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, had gone from social drinking, to realizing he was an alcoholic in a relatively shor... More »
BARTON — Some time ago, Art LaPlante, who is on the Orleans County Fair Association Board, noticed three small, dilapidated buildings just inside the fairgrounds entrance, kind of tucked behind two barns. …this story and more in the full edition of this week’... 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 »
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 »
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 »
In Superior Court by David Dudley NEWPORT — A Newport woman was charged in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court here with two counts of child cruelty and one count of reckless endangerment following a July 19 incident when she allegedly shot ... More »
by Tena Starr About a month ago, while Jason LaMadeleine and his wife, Toni Roberge, were working on the fixer-upper they’d bought in South Barton, they ran across something totally unexpected — an old gravestone in the backyard. …To read the rest of this arti... More »
