copyright the Chronicle October 4, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail BARTON — The Barton Senior Center served its last meal on September 27. On Tuesday night, about 30 people, including two Barton Village Trustees and two representatives from the Northeast Kingdom C... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 4, 2017 by Tena Starr State officials and others are still hoping for good fall foliage color, but at the moment Vermont’s famous fall color isn’t too colorful. In many places, it’s still largely green, and some trees have s... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 4, 2017 by Stephan Cantor Early Tuesday morning I was checking my Facebook feed, as I have done every morning since Hurricane Maria crashed into Puerto Rico. Every morning I have searched for news of friends and loved ones, ... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 4, 2017 by Tena Starr BARTON — Bleak as the picture for dairy so often is in Vermont, it’s the decline of the state’s forestry industry that people wanted to talk about Tuesday at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on fa... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 27, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail CRAFTSBURY — The future is not looking good for Vermont sugarmakers 50 years down the road. But opportunities will open up for dairy farmers — if they can stay in business until then. That was t... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 27, 2017 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — On September 26, 1917, Newport’s first uniformed police officer, Joseph P. Manogue, was called to the Newport House to help immigration officers deal with a recalcitrant suspect. Patrol... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 27, 2017 by Paul Lefebvre NEWPORT — As he sifted through the records of a 49-year-old alcoholic who had recently been convicted of driving while under the influence for the seventh time (DUI-7), Judge Robert Bent appeared ... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 27, 2017 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — North Country Union High School, which opened its doors in the fall of 1967, used the occasion of its annual homecoming weekend to mark its fiftieth anniversary in style. Dean of Studen... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 20, 2017 by Tena Starr EAST CHARLESTON — Eric Stevens was 67 years old last year in July when his son-in-law carried him out to the porch, where, surrounded by his immediate family, he ate a pudding-like mixture of Seconal... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 20, 2017 by Brad Usatch EAST ALBANY — Four days after a planned daylong music festival collapsed for apparent lack of funds, organizers remain reluctant to explain exactly what happened, or what measures, if any, will be t... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 20, 2017 by Tena Starr BARTON — Randolph Cross of West Glover is looking for information about who stole two of his best apple trees. Mr. Cross, who lives on Parker Pond, also owns property on Route 16 in Barton, just nort... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 20, 2017 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — At its meeting Monday, the city council heard about the difficulties officers face in the city’s understaffed police department. They also voted for November balloting on a $3-million b... More »
