by Chris Braithwaite copyright the Chronicle 11-28-2012 LOWELL — All 21 turbines of the Kingdom Community Wind project have generated power, a spokesman for Green Mountain Power said Tuesday. And with the project making power, it has beaten the December 31 de... More »
by Richard Creaser copyright the Chronicle 11-21-2012 ISLAND POND — Within the next few days every registered voter and property taxpayer in the town of Brighton can expect to receive a ballot in the mail. That ballot asks the recipient whether or not they fa... More »
by Bethany M. Dunbar copyright the Chronicle, 11-21-2012 NEWPORT — House candidate Katherine Sims of Lowell has asked for a recount of the ballots in the Orleans-Lamoille House district. Mark Higley was re-elected in that district by a vote of 920 to 887, acco... More »
by Paul Lefebvre copyright the Chronicle 11-14-2012 Mixed results from the 2012 opening weekend of deer season suggest that bragging rights for the biggest deer might be shifting locations in the Northeast Kingdom. Once the hallmark of the big woods in Essex C... More »
copyright the Chronicle 11-7-12 In one of the closest local races of the night, incumbent Democrat Bobby Starr of North Troy and Democrat John Rodgers of Glover won the two seats in the sprawling Essex-Orleans Senate district. The unofficial tally at the Chron... More »
copyright the Chronicle 10-31-2012 by Joseph Gresser Of all the offices voters will fill in statewide voting on November 6, it likely that the one most citizens know least about is the position of auditor of accounts. The race for this obscure job has taken on... More »
copyright the Chronicle 10-31-2012 by Bethany M. Dunbar “When your hair is on fire, you don’t call for a moratorium while you go put your hair out,” said Governor Peter Shumlin. Mr. Shumlin’s point is that the planet is facing a global crisis, and with oil goi... More »
copyright the Chronicle, 10-24-12 by Tena Starr BARTON — Wendy Wilton says she wants to be state treasurer for two reasons: She believes Vermont is facing a looming financial crisis that is not being addressed, and its finances need to be absolutely transpare... More »
copyright the Chronicle 10-24-20 by Tena Starr DERBY — Voters in the Orleans-Lamoille House district will have a clear choice on Election Day. At a forum here Monday night, Republican incumbent Mark Higley and Progressive challenger Katherine Sims talked abou... More »
copyright the Chronicle 10-24-12 by Joseph Gresser DERBY — It is unusual for challengers in an election to be as well known to voters as the incumbents. But, in the case of the race to represent Newport, Newport Center and Coventry in the state House of Repre... More »
copyright the Chronicle 10-17-12 by Paul Lefebvre On a rainy early September morning, Senator Vince Illuzzi is heading to the State House. No legislation is seeking his attention, but as the place where he has forged a formidable political career, the State H... More »
by Chris Braithwaite copyright the Chronicle 10-17-2012 In a campaign season that on the national level compels voters to choose between radical extremes, people who will elect the next two state senators from the Essex-Orleans district face the opposite probl... More »
