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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.

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DUMP critical of DEC landfill report

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  by Joseph Gresser DUMP (Don’t Undermine Memphremagog’s Purity) has some bones to pick with a recently released report from the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The “Report on Landfill Operations in the State” was called for in Act 69 and... More »

Towns decide how to hold Town Meeting

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  by Joseph Gresser Select boards in most Orleans County towns have decided against holding a traditional Town Meeting and instead are opting to make decisions and elect officers by Australian ballot.  Voters in Albany, Brighton, Brownington, Charleston, Coven... More »

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A reporter’s career as a vaccine Guinea pig

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  by Joseph Gresser ESSEX JUNCTION — A few days before Christmas I sat alone in a small examining room waiting to receive an injection of either an experimental vaccine against COVID-19 or a small amount of salt water. The shot started my career as a Guinea pi... More »

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Former employee sues NKHS

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  by Joseph Gresser In addition to the other difficulties that have rocked Northeast Kingdom Human Services (NKHS) over the past few weeks, including a damning evaluation from state regulators and the resignation of CEO Tomasz Jankowski, the mental health serv... More »

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Covid outbreak in Craftsbury, two dead

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  by Emmett Avery CRAFTSBURY — The Craftsbury Community Care Center (CCCC) is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak, with 15 residents and 13 staff members testing positive for the virus.  Two residents have died. The care center received its first positive coronav... More »

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Ten-year tune-up

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by Chris Braithwaite SHEFFIELD — The blades on two towers of the Sheffield wind project have been removed for routine maintenance, a project spokesman said Monday.  The missing blades, which span the length of a football field in the air, and the crane that re... More »

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NKHS doesn’t meet standards

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  by Tena Starr The state’s Department of Mental Health (DMH) has put Northeast Kingdom Human Services (NKHS), which contracts with the state to provide mental health, disability, and substance abuse services in Orleans, Caledonia and Essex counties, on provis... More »

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Vaccines arrive in Orleans County

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  by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Dr. John Lippmann sat quietly in a homey little room at North Country Hospital Friday evening.  Respiratory care practitioner Shaynea Shover was showing him literature laying out a short list of potential aftereffects from the vac... More »

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Sweeney buys Currier’s

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  by Tena Starr GLOVER – Ray Sweeney, owner of the C&C Market in Barton, is now also the owner of Currier’s Quality Market in Glover.  He took ownership of the store last week, December 17, after several COVID-related delays in sealing the deal. The store was ... More »