copyright the Chronicle March 14, 2018 About 50 energized anglers turned out late February ready to offer their opinions about current regulations governing the use of live baitfish on Vermont lakes. Fish Culture Operations Manager Adam Miller, of the Fish a... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 14, 2018 The emerald ash borer has officially arrived in Vermont, but it’s not yet at Orleans County’s doorstep, Barbara Schultz, forest health program manager for the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation, said on ... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 14, 2018 Stranded, a Story of Frontier Survival, by Matthew Mayo. Paperback. 241 pages. $25.95. Reviewed by Tena Starr Matthew Mayo grew up on a farm in Irasburg, in a household that encouraged reading. He graduated from Lyndon St... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 7, 2018 NEWPORT — Julie Raboin was the top vote getter in Town Meeting Day polling in Newport. Ms. Raboin, who recently rebutted charges of leaking confidential information from executive session, won the right to keep the seat to... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 7, 2018 NEWPORT — Jennifer Simard sobbed as Orleans County Sheriff’s Department deputies escorted her into court Monday. The 46-year-old Brownington woman was arrested Saturday after a grand jury handed up a true bill charging her... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 28, 2018 “There’s talk about arming teachers,” Principal Andre Messier told the Lake Region Union High School Board at its February 22 meeting. “I said that would be the last day I’m in this building.” In the wake of the deadly... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 28, 2018 Even without the predicted heavy rains, last week’s record warm weather worsened ice jams, flooded roads, and launched a brief preview of mud season. On February 21, when temperatures in the area approached 60 degrees,... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 28, 2018 NEWPORT — City Attorney David Rugh stood at a special council meeting held on February 22 and said the charges against council member Julie Raboin, which roiled a meeting three days earlier, were based on erroneous inf... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 28, 2018 DERBY — The Vermont Agency of Transportation will cut the link connecting Derby Line and Holland from April to October, said Grant Spates, chair of the Derby Select Board ahead of Monday’s board meeting. The Caswell Av... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 21, 2018 NEWPORT — Newport voters had an opportunity last week to hear from most of the people who hope to represent them in the city council after March 6. Six of the seven citizens seeking office participated in an unusual fo... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 21, 2018 JAY PEAK — Jay Peak is prospering, and its success could lead to a big payday for foreign investors, who not so long ago appeared to be holding the short straw. At a Valentine’s Day ceremony celebrating the opening of ... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 21, 2018 NEWPORT — Monday evening’s city council meeting started with a discussion of the Vermont Land Trust’s plans for Bluffside Farm and a vote to fund another round of Music on the Waterfront. What began as a placid convers... More »
