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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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Mosher’s photos garner international attention

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  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 »

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District 7 bombarded with asphalt plant complaints

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  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 »

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Newport DMV office reopening

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  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 »

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Tragedy strikes new Lowell store owners

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  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 »

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An interview with South Barton fire victim

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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 »

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Falcons open football season with a win

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    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 »

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Pandemic leads to too many pigs?

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  by Tena Starr COVID has had many unexpected consequences.  In the Northeast Kingdom it’s apparently led to a pig glut. Some folks who, in the early days of COVID-related shortages, were looking to guarantee themselves a source of meat might find themselves i... More »

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Sicard asked to file for a permit

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  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 »