copyright the Chronicle February 22, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail CRAFTSBURY COMMON — “We all want the places we live in to remain unchanged,” writer and environmental activist Bill McKibben told a crowd of about 200 people at a Sterling College open house on S... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 15, 2017 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — The Emerson courthouse was hopping Tuesday afternoon as teams of State Police Troopers, Orleans County Sheriff’s Deputies, Newport City Police Patrolmen, and Border Patrol Agents brought... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 15, 2017 by Joseph Gresser MONTPELIER — The state Liquor Control Board (LCB) heard complaints about Barton’s only bar, the Lake House Saloon, at an enforcement hearing on Wednesday, February 8. Anne Marie MacEachern, owner ... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 15, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail COVENTRY — The selectmen here are planning a series of public meetings over the next three weeks to talk with town voters about their problems with Town Clerk and Treasurer Cynthia Diaz, and thei... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 15, 2017 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Diane Peel said she has met many parents whose children are expected to do their homework online, but who can’t afford to pay for an Internet connection. For these and those in similar c... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 8, 2017 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Orleans County State’s Attorney Jennifer Barrett says her office is ready to start a new diversion type program for people with substance abuse problems who have committed minor offenses.... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 8, 2017 by Tena Starr The commercial wind projects on the Northeast Kingdom’s ridgelines provided the inspiration for 19-year-old Sophia Burnham’s long stint with the pipeline protestors near Standing Rock Reservation in ... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 8, 2017 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A decision by Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center administrators could mean major changes for cancer treatment in the Newport area. While the decision that came out of Hanover, New Hampshi... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 8, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail NEWPORT — “It wasn’t that big, honestly,” Newport City Fire Chief Jamie LeClair said over the phone before any question was asked. Ever since late Monday afternoon when a single 42-gallon barrel o... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 1, 2017 by Tena Starr Governor Phil Scott’s plan for education, delivered last week as part of his budget address, hasn’t met with enthusiasm in Orleans County. The plan calls for a freeze on school budgets, and in order to... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 1, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail NEWPORT — Immediately after she took the witness stand in Orleans County Superior Court on Monday, Cynthia Diaz invoked the Fifth Amendment. “Hadn’t you better hear the questions first?” Judge How... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 1, 2017 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A panel of a dozen people, all with experience in the field of opioid addiction and treatment, engaged in a freewheeling discussion Monday night. The two-hour conversation, moderated by J... More »
