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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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State’s Attorney to launch drug diversion program

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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 »

Newark woman camped out at Standing Rock

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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 »

Major changes for cancer treatment in Newport area

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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 »

Pool of maple syrup spreads across the country

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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 »

Governor’s freeze gets a cold shoulder

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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 »

Diaz pleads the Fifth, then testifies

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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 »

Former addicts discuss routes to recovery

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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 »

Willoughby claims ice fisherman

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copyright the Chronicle February 1, 2017   by Tena Starr   WESTMORE – In the wake of Richard Leblanc’s death last week, officials are warning ice fishermen to be leery of thin ice. Mr. LeBlanc, 62, of Orleans went through the ice on Lake Willoughby on the morn... More »

NCUHS search for principal narrowed to two

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copyright the Chronicle January 25, 2017   by Joseph Gresser   NEWPORT—The committee set up to find a new principal for North Country Union High School narrowed the field to two applicants at its meeting Monday night. At a meeting earlier this month the 16-mem... More »

Open season on coyotes questioned

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copyright the Chronicle January 25, 2017   by Elizabeth Trail   Recently, a statewide group called Vermonters for Ethical Co-existence with Coyotes started a petition addressed to the Department of Fish and Wildlife and its citizen board, asking for limits on ... More »

State spells out plan for use of Great Hosmer

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copyright the Chronicle January 25, 2017    by Joseph Gresser   CRAFTSBURY COMMON — At a community meeting here Saturday, the state proposed a framework for deciding what kinds of activities will be allowed on Great Hosmer Pond. More than 110 people gathered i... More »