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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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Revision awarded multi-million dollar helmet contract

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copyright the Chronicle July 12, 201   by Joseph Gresser   NEWPORT — Some of Vermont’s top political leaders joined Revision Military’s employees July 6 to celebrate a contract that could be worth as much as $98-million to the company. Revision CEO Jonathan Bl... More »

Welch talks health care at North Country Hospital

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copyright the Chronicle July 12, 201   by Joseph Gresser   NEWPORT — U.S. Representative Peter Welch sandwiched a visit to congratulate Revision Military for winning a $98-million contract between meetings with Orleans County organizations, including North Cou... More »

Boathouse feud continues

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copyright the Chronicle July 12, 201   by Joseph Gresser   NEWPORT — Police say Herman J. Leblanc, 80, of Newport Center tore down a considerable chunk of a boathouse that has been the center of a nearly ten-year-old legal tangle involving his family and the n... More »

South end of Willoughby becomes a state park

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copyright the Chronicle July 5, 201   by Elizabeth Trail   WESTMORE — In a surprise move, the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (FPR) announced on Saturday that it’s turning management of the beach area at the south end of Lake Willoughby ov... More »

Lake Region continues to beat the odds

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copyright the Chronicle July 5, 201   by Brad Usatch   When U.S. News and World Report issued its 2017 rankings of Vermont public high schools, no one should have been surprised to see Lake Region Union High School near the top of the list. For five of the pas... More »

Judge approves $150-million settlement

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copyright the Chronicle July 5, 201   by Joseph Gresser   U.S. District Court Judge Darrin Gayles cleared the way for contractors, merchants, and some EB-5 investors to recover money Jay Peak and Burke Mountain Resorts owes them. On Friday he gave final approv... More »

Barton solar project could raise rates

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copyright the Chronicle June 28, 201 by Elizabeth Trail   BARTON — If Will and Victor Veve’s planned solar farm is built here on Aldrich Lane north of town, it could push up the Barton Electric Department’s rates by as much as 2.6 percent. That’s according to ... More »

Maple production nears historic levels

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copyright the Chronicle June 28, 201   by Tena Starr   Although maple sugaring in Vermont has grown at a startling rate in the past decade, it still hasn’t reached pre1935 levels, at least in terms of the number of trees tapped. That’s according to the U.S. De... More »

Wandering elk are safely back home

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copyright the Chronicle June 28, 201   by Joseph Gresser   DERBY — The elk are back home, said Richard Nelson Tuesday evening. The 16 elk that wandered off from the Nelson’s property in Derby last week finally wandered back, he said. A gate was left open in th... More »