by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — The city council accepted the resignation of Newport Police Chief Seth DiSanto at a special meeting on April 22. He sent the city a brief letter that said, “I, Seth DiSanto, do hereby irrevocably submit my resignation from employme... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — The Barton Select Board’s revolving door took another spin Monday morning when Doug Swanson, nominally the board chair, submitted his resignation. He’s the second board member to have abruptly resigned his seat in the seven weeks si... More »
by Joseph Gresser Just days after making an abrupt about-face and withdrawing his proposal to close three of the system’s five campuses, Vermont State College System (VSCS) Chancellor Jeb Spaulding announced he will resign the post he has held for the past fiv... More »
by Meghan Wayland ORLEANS — Ethan Allen publicly announced April 1 it would be shutting is doors in compliance with national efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. Nine days later, James Stone was laid off. Mr. Stone kept the boilers running at the factory f... More »
“I, personally, took them to the mail center this morning,” by Joseph Gresser As the number of new cases of COVID-19 appears to be declining, Governor Phil Scott outlined his guidelines for reopening Vermont for business. At his briefing on Friday, the Govern... More »
interviews by Meghan Wayland The Chronicle interviews a variety of people each week about how their lives have been altered by COVID-19. This week, we talked to the people in our education system about how they’ve transitioned from classroom communities to dis... More »
by Tena Starr Lisa Spaulding has a message for anyone who’s feeling cavalier about the coronavirus: Anyone can get it, and it’s no fun even if you have a mild case. The Albany woman was diagnosed with COVID-19 last week after feeling sick, off and on, for a ... More »
by Meghan Wayland LOWELL — At approximately ten minutes after 7 p.m. Monday night, Troy Volunteer Fire Department Chief Bobby Jacobs was called to respond to a barn fire at the home of Rita and Robert Raboin on Route 100 in Lowell. The news was there were ani... More »
by Meghan Wayland Swept up by the promise of easy money, hundreds of Vermonters registered to grow hemp in 2019. Many were first-time farmers, the majority were concentrated in the Northeast Kingdom, and many failed to profit. All told, last year was a prove... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — Despite a few technical glitches, the Barton Select Board held its first remote meeting on April 7. Doug Swanson, the board chair, ran the meeting from his home, while Lenny Zenonos and Ken Mitchell-Eby, his colleagues, attended ele... More »
by Meghan Wayland JAY — Thirty-one seasonal workers from Argentina and Peru were still stuck last week at Jay Peak Resort due to international travel bans related to COVID-19. The workers are part of the federal J-1 visa program, a cultural exchange that allow... More »
by Joseph Gresser With schools, restaurants, and hotels shuttered to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the country’s dairy farmers are suffering even more than usual. Milk prices that were expected to rise to about $20 after staying stubbornly below the cos... More »
