copyright the Chronicle October 12, 2016 by Joseph Gresser BARTON — A conversation Monday evening between three candidates for the state House of Representatives from the Orleans-Caledonia district produced a civil, serious discussion of issues facing the stat... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 12, 2016 by Joseph Gresser After a summer of discussions among emergency service providers and state officials, the Public Service Department plans to ask the Legislature to allow it to stop dispatching except for state agencies... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 5, 2016 by Paul Lefebvre HOLLAND — A former construction worker from Montreal with dual American-Canadian citizenship is hardly the kind of farmer one would expect to find here cultivating a crop still deemed to be illegal by th... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 5, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail COVENTRY — The accounting firm involved in trying to untangle Coventry’s financial records is recommending that the town freeze the movements of all of its assets as soon as possible. The select board ... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 5, 2016 by Tena Starr BARTON — Police are mystified by a peculiar incident at the St. Paul’s Catholic cemetery here. In early September, the family of an infant who died more than three decades ago visited the grave and found th... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 5, 2016 by Brad Usatch BRIGHTON — The reports from Island Pond were universally grim: The lights are out. The sidewalks have been rolled up. Jennifer’s, Common Sense and the Yellow Deli, Clyde River Outfitters, Ted’s Market, The... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 28, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail COVENTRY — The Coventry Select Board voted Monday to hire an accountant to oversee the books being kept by Town Clerk and Treasurer Cynthia Diaz. Although the accounting firm Graham & Graham hasn’t ... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 28, 2016 by Tena Starr BARTON — Chittenden County developer Tony Pomerleau has given St. Paul’s School here a very big birthday gift. He will match every dollar the school raises up to $120,000. This year the school turns 120.... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 28, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail When Melissa Zebrowski’s brother and Jeannette Birch’s son died of drug overdoses in December and March, the two women’s reactions were to channel their grief into fighting the local heroin epidemic... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 28, 2016 by Paul Lefebvre. CRAFTSBURY — To see the forest and not the trees could have dire consequences for the landowner who wants to be a good steward of the land and pass the fruits of his or her labor onto future generati... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 21, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail The auditor hired to look at Coventry’s finances is recommending that the select board hire its own accountant to keep a second set of books, observe all transactions, and reconcile bank statements.... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 21, 2016 by Joseph Gresser JAY PEAK — When Michael Goldberg got a letter offering to buy Jay Peak for $93-million some aspects of it set off alarms. His suspicions proved to be justified when a quick search showed that the ma... More »
