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.
copyright the Chronicle November 1, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail CRAFTSBURY COMMON — To an ecologist, death isn’t the end, Carl Anderson says. It’s really more like the middle. Each of our bodies, the biologist and green burial advocate says, is rich with the bui... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 1, 2017 by Joseph Gresser MONTPELIER — A regulation that sets limits on how much noise a wind turbine can produce was approved by the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules on Thursday, October 26, by a 5-2 vote. The... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 25, 2017 by Joseph Gresser The Caledonian-Record has gone to federal court to accuse the former publisher of the Newport Daily Express and the company that owns the newspaper of racketeering. In a suit filed on October 20 in... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 25, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail BARTON — A new senior center is in the works in Barton. Called Barton Area Senior Services, Inc., (BASSI), the new group incorporated with the state as a nonprofit last week. Its organizers plan t... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 25, 2017 by Tena Starr A Craftsbury Common woman rapidly raised more $2,500 through GoFundMe in order put up a reward she hopes will lead to the conviction of whoever illegally shot a cow moose in Westmore last month. Effort... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 25, 2017 Vanishing Vermonters, Loss of a Rural Culture, by Peter Miller. 168 pages. Paperback. Published by Silver Print Press. $24.95 paperback. $44.95 hard cover Reviewed by Tena Starr Peter Miller is the kind of photogr... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 18, 2017 by Brad Usatch BRIGHTON — When Barbara Fricke and Peter Cuneo launched from Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 7 in their gas balloon Foxtrot Charlie, they knew they were going to land somewhere. By the time their ... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 18, 2017 by Tena Starr A federal plan to expand the Sylvio O. Conte, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife refuge that includes thousands of acres in northeastern Vermont, has met with skepticism in some circles. One of the more influe... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 18, 2017 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Many people think influenza is just an unpleasant fact of life, but according to Dr. Maria Fatigati it kills around 30,000 Americans each year. That, she said Monday, is around the same n... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 18, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail “Everyone has a voice,” Sara Doncaster says. It’s that philosophy, on every level, that has propelled the Lake Region Union High School music teacher into the spotlight as this year’s runner-up Ve... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 11, 2017 by Tena Starr BARTON — State Police are looking for information about the Monday afternoon fire that burned the landmark barn known as The Pines to the ground. Firefighters poured a steady stream of water on the far... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 11, 2017 by Joseph Gresser Federal farm legislation is due to be passed next year, and Vermont wants to have its voice heard in the writing of a bill that could mean life or death for the state’s dairy industry. The Vermont ... More »
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