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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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RCT Rides makes its debut

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by Maria Amador NEWPORT — For many in the Kingdom, transportation marks the difference between having needs met, or not.  In September, the nonprofit organization Rural Community Transportation (RCT) launched a new attempt at bridging that gap in RCT Rides — a... More »

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Barton finds zoning violation

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by Maria Amador BARTON — Barton’s Development Review Board (DRB) gathered on Thursday, October 10, to decide on a zoning violation appeal made a week prior by Thomas Wood of Orleans Village. In September, the property where Mr. Wood resides — the former Orlean... More »

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Zoning board hears about Orleans animals

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by Maria Amador BARTON — The Barton Development Review Board (DRB) was met by a large group of concerned citizens on October 3, as they set to discuss a zoning violation appeal from Thomas Wood of Orleans.  It was also met with abuse from one man whom police p... More »

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Leanne Harple

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by Joseph Gresser   TROY — Leanne Harple, the Democratic candidate for the House from the district comprised of Albany, Craftsbury, her hometown, Glover, and Greensboro, was at the Randall Farm for a political pig roast on September 22.  In between spells of l... More »

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Anthony “Tony” Daniels

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by Joseph Gresser BARTON — Anthony “Tony’ Daniels stopped by the Chronicle’s office Friday and stayed for a conversation about his run for a seat in the Vermont House to represent the people of Albany, his hometown, Craftsbury, Glover, and Greensboro. Mr. Dani... More »

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North Country fights back at forum

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Many of the stops members of Governor Phil Scott’s cabinet made on September 25 for the “Capital for the Day” tour of Orleans County were made to check out the success of schools or businesses in the area.  Secretary of Human Servic... More »

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Capital and Governor visit Orleans County

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Around 9:20 a.m. on September 25, Governor Phil Scott and his cabinet took their seats under one of the three shelters that make up Tent City, the temporary classrooms set up behind North Country Union High School.  The partition th... More »

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North Country Hospital State plan hits hard

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  by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — If implemented, the healthcare restructuring plan set out by a consulting firm hired by the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB), could mean radical changes at North Country Hospital, and other smaller hospitals in the state.  Those c... More »

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Lowell fair draws families and politicians

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by Matthew Wilson   LOWELL — Small towns are often tightly knit around the schools which serve them.  Take, for example, the Lowell Graded School.  Sitting at the heart of the community, it serves as a center of activity for families in the area.  For many yea... More »

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Arson plea draws deferred sentence for couple

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  by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A married couple pled guilty to felony charges of first-degree arson and insurance fraud in a case that dates back to 2019. Judge Rory Thibault deferred sentencing for three years, meaning that if Teresa Guay, 60, and Roger Guay, ... More »