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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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Live green, die green, leave a green corpse

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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 »

LCAR approves wind noise rule

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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 »

New Barton senior center in the works

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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 »

Reward offered for information on poached moose

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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 »

Vanishing Vermonters tell their stories

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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 »

Balloonists land in Brighton woods

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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 »

Some skeptical of Conte expansion

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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 »

Sara Doncaster brings the local hills alive with music

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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 »

Fire destroys landmark barn in Barton

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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 »

Vermont fights for a voice in the farm bill

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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 »