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 July 6, 2016 by Joseph Gresser IRASBURG — What choice do Vermont’s voters have in charting a course for the state’s future? With not only the Governor’s chair open this fall, but also vacancies in other statewide offices and legislative... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 29, 2016 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — The Holland woman whose barn was filled with starving and dead goats admitted guilt Tuesday and will spend 15 days of an 18-to-36-month sentence in jail. Stacey Lynn Lopes, 42, now of Rehoboth, ... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 29, 2016 by Tena Starr About five or six weeks ago Bob Lawson noticed that the foliage on the maples in his sugarbush was looking a little ragged. Since then, hundreds of acres of the hillside in Albany and Irasburg where Mr. Lawso... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 29, 2016 by Tena Starr Back in 2004, Alexander Daltas was a young, aspiring filmmaker. He was also a fan of the Burlington-based band Phish. And so he found himself in the Northeast Kingdom’s most epic traffic jam, one of the tens ... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 29, 2016 by Jef Barker A week of Porsche Club of America (PCA) events, including a concours, a time, speed, and distance rally, and a parade of Porsches ended Saturday with 350 of the German-made cars driving from Jay Peak to Newpo... More »
Copyright the Chronicle June 22, 2016 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — The other shoe dropped Tuesday for Terry A. Parson, 33, of Bellows Falls. He was brought into the Criminal Division of Orleans County Criminal Court Tuesday where five more charges were added to... More »
Copyright the Chronicle June 22, 2016 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Some Newport residents decided not to let a Florida shooting that left 49 people dead and another 53 wounded pass without a public statement about their distress and anger. Pam Ladds was seated ... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 22, 2016 The death of a Brownington man in March has been ruled a homicide. The Chief Medical Examiner’s office announced on Monday that Kevin Smith, 38, died from a stab wound to his chest. Around 8:30 p.m. on March 28 State Polic... More »
Copyright the Chronicle June 22, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail COVENTRY — The Coventry Select Board is once again considering an offer made ten years ago by the last surviving members of the Congregational Church of Coventry to give the historic church building to t... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 15, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail BARTON VILLAGE— The long-running story of Barton Electric’s rate case is drawing to a close, with the 21 percent rate increase the village had asked for whittled down to 16.7 percent. Customers will be c... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 15, 2016 by Joseph Gresser The major skirmishes in the legal battle over Jay Peak’s EB-5 projects seem to have settled down, at least for the moment. Civil suits filed against Ariel Quiros, the owner of Jay Peak and Burke Mountain ... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 15, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail MONTPELIER — Northeast Kingdom legislators spent a long day at the State House on Thursday, but they came home with a revised energy siting bill — S.260 — approved by both the House and the Senate. Gover... More »
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