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 »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — At the July 8 city council meeting Newport resident Anne Chiarello asked if Newport has had its municipal water supply tested for PFAS, a group of chemicals with potential health risks. She noted that a new state law requires testi... More »
by Joseph Gresser HARDWICK — Last fall Ryan Andrus, his wife, Annie Rowden, and their daughter Louella made the long drive from California to Vermont. He was leaving behind 15 years of raising goats whose milk would go to corporate processing facilities, and ... More »
by Tena Starr The emerald ash borer has been found in Orleans County. Last week the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed that, indeed, insects collected from an ash tree in Derby Line are emerald ash borers. This... More »
“Mr. Clarke went behind the saloon, where he began offering fruit to people. He then sat down on the ground, and began praying and chanting” by David Dudley NEWPORT — Police said an East Haven man assaulted a bouncer before being thrown out of the Lake House ... More »
by Joseph Gresser Voting members of the St. Albans Cooperative Creamery will meet July 29 to decide whether or not to merge with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national milk co-op made up of 13,000 farmers. The 1.9 billion pounds of milk produced by St. Alb... More »
Newport City Council by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Despite a three-week gap in meetings, Newport council members showed up Monday evening with a light agenda. As sometimes happens, there were more issues to deal with than what appeared on the menu. …To read the... More »
