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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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Citibank has interest in Quiros funds

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copyright the Chronicle May 4, 2016 by Joseph Gresser After only a couple of weeks on the job, the receiver for Jay Peak, Burke Mountain, and other businesses owned by Ariel Quiros seems to have things well under control. In a news conference on Wednesday, Apr... More »

Judge drops murder charge against Baird

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copyright the Chronicle May 4, 2016 by Joseph Gresser ST. JOHNSBURY — Judge Michael Kupersmith has decided that the third man charged in the 2010 killing of Mary Pat O’Hagan of Sheffield will not be tried for first-degree murder. Keith Baird, 35, of Sheffield ... More »

Jay Peak is alarmingly short of money

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copyright the Chronicle April 27, 2016 by Joseph Gresser Jay Peak may not have enough money to keep going through the summer, said Michael Goldberg, the Florida lawyer put in charge of overseeing the collection of EB-5 projects centered around the ski resort. ... More »

EB-5: Suspicions arose in 2010

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copyright the Chronicle April 27, 2016 by Tena Starr A suspicious Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) started questioning Bill Stenger and Ariel Quiros, owner of Jay Peak and Q Burke, back in May of 2014.  But they weren’t the only ones who were suspiciou... More »

DUI formula too simplistic

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copyright the Chronicle April 27, 2016 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT – State forensic experts will have to rewrite their manuals if the Vermont Supreme Court upholds a decision issued by Judge Howard VanBenthuysen Monday. The judge, sitting in the Criminal Divisio... More »

Lawsuits claim massive fraud

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copyright the Chronicle April 20, 2016 by Chris Braithwaite The fix was in from the beginning. That grim conclusion emerges from a reading of the civil lawsuits state and federal officials have filed against Bill Stenger, Ariel Quiros, Jay Peak, Inc., Q Resort... More »

Stenger pled ignorance to SEC in 2014

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copyright the Chronicle April 20, 2016 by Chris Braithwaite When investigators with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked Bill Stenger whether his partner had bought Jay Peak resort with money misappropriated from foreign investors, Mr. Stenger sai... More »

State approves consolidation plan for OCSU

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copyright the Chronicle April 20, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail BARTON — The State Board of Education on Tuesday unanimously approved the Orleans Central Supervisory Union’s (OCSU) plan for a consolidated school district. Meanwhile the committee that has been workin... More »

Irasburg Select Board: Fecher resigns from board

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copyright the Chronicle April 20, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail  IRASBURG — Brian Fecher, the chair of the Irasburg Select Board, submitted a letter of resignation from the board at a special meeting called for Thursday night.  But he’s still on the board for now. “... More »