copyright the Chronicle March 23, 2016 by Tena Starr An Irasburg farmer has invited the Vermont Agency of Agriculture to prosecute him for violating the state’s slaughtering rules. His crime? He advertised half of a grass fed beef that had not been “properly”... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 23, 2016 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT – Alderman John Wilson, the former president of the Newport City Council, stepped away from the meeting table Monday evening and gave his colleagues a piece of his mind. Mr. Wilson gained the lar... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 23, 2016 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT – When Julie Raboin stood up at Monday’s city council meeting and talked about a recent study showing Orleans County at the bottom of the state’s health rankings, Newport resident Brian McNeal ha... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 23, 2016 by Joseph Gresser ST. JOHNSBURY – The last of the three men charged in the 2010 murder of 78-year-old Mary Pat O’Hagan of Sheffield is asking to have a charge of felony murder dismissed and to have his trial on the remai... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 16, 2016 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT – A breach between an accused murderer and his lawyer was apparently healed by a talk from Judge Robert Bent. Jeffrey M. Ray, 52, of Brownington sent a handwritten note to the clerk in the Crimin... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 16, 2016 by Tena Starr GLOVER – State Senator John Rodgers of Glover is considering a bid for lieutenant governor. If he decides to run, Senator Rodgers will face fellow Democrats Kesha Ram, David Zuckerman, both of Chittenden Co... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 9, 2016 by Tena Starr HOLLAND – The school board here plans to hold a public meeting on Monday, March 14, at 6 p.m. Board members hope that Holland’s voters will tell them how to move forward in the wake of last week’s budget def... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 9, 2016 by Joseph Gresser BARTON – Barton Village is a little big bigger than it was before its annual meeting Tuesday night. By a vote of 23 to 1 residents voted to incorporate a small piece of land near the intersection of Rout... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 9, 2016 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT – The first council meeting after Newport’s annual meeting usually begins with a drowsy run of reappointments to a wide variety of city offices. That pattern was broken Monday when Alderman Steve... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 2, 2016 by Randi Morse COVENTRY – Town Clerk and Treasurer Cynthia Diaz retained both jobs at Town Meeting here Tuesday, despite a caution about her bookkeeping that the select board had put in the Warning for Town Meeting. Audito... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 2, 2016 by Sam Thurston LOWELL – The first order of business at Town Meeting Tuesday was the schools. After re-electing the school directors whose terms had expired, the budget was looked at. Last year the budget was $1,754,498,... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 2, 2016 by Eileen Wolfe BROWNINGTON – Were voters at a mudslinging match? Or a law school class? How about a comedy of errors? Town Meeting on Tuesday seemed to incorporate a bit of all those as people lurched and fought and eve... More »
