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.
copyright the Chronicle November 30, 2016 by Tena Starr NEWPORT — A standoff with a man armed with a rifle at Richard’s All Seasons Lodge, formerly the Bayview Inn, led to a heavy police presence here Tuesday afternoon and evening. The situation was under cont... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 30, 2016 by Tena Starr Neil Morrissette of Creative Work Solutions is an unabashed cheerleader for the Northeast Kingdom. It has everything, he said in a recent interview. Including jobs. A lot of jobs. In fact, some employers ... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 30, 2016 by Paul Lefebvre The head deer biologist for the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife speculated Tuesday that the harvest from the 2016 rifle season may be up by as much as 15 percent from the 2015 season. In an int... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 30, 2016 by Brad Usatch A new computerized vehicle inspection system being rolled out by the state of Vermont in 2017 could make it tougher for owners of older cars to keep their rigs on the road. Beginning in January, the Depa... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 23, 2016 by Paul Lefebvre HOLLAND — A seasoned Brattleboro deer hunter who kept thinking positive survived four nights in the big woods here that extend across the border. John Chapman, 72, was found early Sunday afternoon in... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 23, 2016 by Joseph Gresser In a ruling issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles gave the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) an early victory in its suit against Ariel Quiros. The federal agency was granted its r... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 23, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail The worst Thanksgiving of my life was probably the year when, as a young wife, it was my turn to put on the holiday meal for my husband’s family. My own family was 3,000 miles away in California. T... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 23, 2016 by Brad Usatch Every rule is written in blood. When Vermont Railway engineer Sean Harper and conductor Seth Rowell offered up this railroad maxim, they weren’t being dramatic. They were simply sharing the reality tha... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 16, 2016 by Joseph Gresser DERBY — The Derby Walmart Supercenter will open its doors for the first time early on November 16, but according to State Police Lieutenant Walt Smith, commander of the Derby barracks, issues of pu... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 16, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail COVENTRY — There was largely stunned silence around the room Monday night when the select board read aloud part of a note from delinquent tax collector Cynthia Diaz. The note said that Ms. Diaz pla... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 16, 2016 by Joseph Gresser On October 26 the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) gave its approval to a new way to pay for medical services, called the all-payer model. The next day Governor Peter Shumlin and Secretary Hal Cohen... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 16, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail There’s a new style of ditching along the roads around the Kingdom — and the rest of the state. Traditional grassy road shoulders are disappearing, replaced by ditches. Not only are the ditches dee... More »
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