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 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 »
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 »
copyright the Chronicle July 12, 201 by Tena Starr BROWNINGTON — For the past ten years or so Peggy Day Gibson has turned her capable and enthusiastic hand to transforming the picturesque Brownington neighborhood that’s home to the Old Stone Museum into vi... More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
copyright the Chronicle July 5, 201 by Elizabeth Trail COVENTRY — If all goes well, David Barlow, who was hired to serve as “temporary interim” clerk and treasurer, could be out of a job soon. The select board here will interview candidates for the positions... More »
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 »
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 »
copyright the Chronicle June 28, 201 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Tara Patten called Charles Buckland Jr. “my best friend” as she talked about his overdose death. She was speaking to a crowd of around 80 people gathered around the gazebo in Gardner Park her... More »
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 »
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