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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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Farmers favor new DFA settlement plan

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copyright the Chronicle May 18, 2016 by Joseph Gresser BURLINGTON – A crowd of dairy farmers spent a day in federal court here last week telling U.S. Judge Christina Reiss their thoughts on the proposed settlement in a case against Dairy Farmers of America (DF... More »

EB-5 investor files suit against Raymond James

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copyright the Chronicle May 11, 2016  by Joseph Gresser Jay Peak’s EB-5 projects are keeping Miami’s federal court hopping. A disappointed investor has launched a class action suit aimed directly at the deep pockets of Raymond James, the financial services com... More »

Quiros asks for “reasonable” living expenses

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copyright the Chronicle May 11, 2016  by Joseph Gresser Ariel Quiros, the owner of Jay Peak and Burke Mountain, has asked federal Judge Darrin Gayles to allow him access to enough money to cover what he considers reasonable living expenses. The U.S. Securities... More »

Viens is back in the race; Monette, Klar withdraw

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copyright the Chronicle May 11, 2016 by Tena Starr Gary Viens of Newport has reconsidered his earlier decision not to seek re-election to the Orleans-2 House seat. Mr. Viens, who has served one term, said on Monday that both constituents and fellow legislators... More »

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 »