by Joseph Gresser HOLLAND — Laurent Letourneau’s 219-acre farm here is as manicured as a golf green. He told a visitor Monday that he mows his hay fields but his daughter runs the baler. “When she sees a stone like this,” he said picking up a rock about half ... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A pair of calls, each about the killing of a dog in Troy, reached the Derby State Police barracks at the same time on Friday. According to Trooper Brian Connor, the first came from Michael C. Liberta, who said his dog attacked his... More »
by Joseph Gresser You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out. That’s what they say about baseball. Soccer matches don’t generally get rained out, so they have a different third option — a tie. At the end of regulation play Friday afternoon, the La... More »
by Joseph Gresser IRASBURG — About 20 interested people gathered at Jeff Hutchins’ asphalt plant at 9:30 last Thursday morning, October 8. They were there to see, hear, and smell the operating plant, the subject of an Act 250 permit hearing scheduled for ne... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — iPhones take a pretty good picture and will get the job done for a lot of people, said Jake Mosher when he visited the Chronicle office Friday. That may be so, for some, but Mr. Mosher’s vision isn’t focused on the surface of thing... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — The select board here made no remark at their regular meeting last Thursday on the resignation of Steve Matthews from the town loan committee. Mr. Matthews’ resignation came after a couple of months of disagreement between the comm... More »
by Joseph Gresser It’s rare for a player to score three goals in a soccer match. It’s unheard of for a player to score three goals in under a minute, but that was what Lake Region Union High School striker Allyson Cotnoir managed to do Monday as the Rangers... More »
by Joseph Gresser In advance of a scheduled site visit to the J. Hutchins asphalt plant in Irasburg, neighbors bombarded the District Seven Environmental Commission with complaints about odors, smoke, and traffic from the facility. The commission scheduled a... More »
by Joseph Gresser There was some good news from Governor Phil Scott’s press briefings this week and some of the other sort as well. On the positive side those who want to transact business at the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Newport can again do so... More »
by Tena Starr LOWELL — Ken Charbonneau and his wife, Mulunesh “Mulu” Kidane, had owned the Lowell General Store little more than two weeks when tragedy struck. Mr. Charbonneau and his wife bought the store on August 3. On August 20, he texted her to ask he... More »
by Tena Starr SOUTH BARTON – Lois Lew’s house, a 60-year-old mobile home, was destroyed by fire Monday evening, and it wasn’t insured. Yet, Ms. Lew considers herself kind of a lucky woman. She had stopped at the laundromat after work – her job is at RDI in Ne... More »
by Joseph Gresser LYNDON CENTER — The first game of the 2020 football season came late this year, but the wait proved worthwhile for the North Country Union High School Falcons, who took a lead early in Saturday’s contest with the Lyndon Institute Viking... More »
