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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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Senate considers tariff resolution

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by Maria Amador MONTPELIER — On March 20, the Vermont Senate introduced a resolution supporting “warm and cooperative” relations on behalf of both the United States and Vermont with Canada.  The resolution, which was sponsored by 27 of the 30 senators in the L... More »

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Barr Hill gone wrong

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  by Maria Amador MONTPELIER — The first confusion was over the town. Last week my friend Helen suggested I take my other friends from out of town on an easy hike up Greensboro’s Barr Hill.  Naturally, I assumed the other Barr Hill, experts in gin, built its d... More »

Stolen flag finds its way home

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by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT — Time, they say, heals all wounds, but almost everyone finds it hard to recover when a treasured possession is seized by the unseen.  But what does someone do when a treasure they wrote off as long gone returns?  A man in Derby found... More »

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Haskell to be closed to Canadian walk-ins

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by Trisha Ingalls DERBY LINE — A unilateral decision to bar Canadians walking directly to the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, beginning in October has generated concern from people on both sides of the border, who have strolled up to the doors of the int... More »

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Roger Pion denies selling crack

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Roger Pion, 47, of North Troy pled innocent to a felony charge of selling cocaine and to violating an extreme risk protection order.  Judge Rory Thibault, sitting in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court, released M... More »

Solemn procession honors Agent Maland

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by Matthew Wilson DERBY LINE — It’s been two months since Border Patrol Agent David Maland died from a gunshot wound sustained while pulling over a vehicle on Interstate 91.  The incident resonated with the community of law enforcement and border management, a... More »

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Police say Newport man sold crack cocaine

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Judge Rory Thibault, sitting in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court, set bail at $10,000 for Brandon Cote, 34, of Newport. Mr. Cote pled innocent to two felony charges of selling cocaine along with charges of poss... More »

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Senator Welch talks tariffs

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  by Maria Amador NEWPORT — On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Peter Welch paid a visit to the Eastside Restaurant and Pub to express his outrage over President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on Canada — which he called our greatest ally.  Marie-Claude Bibeau, a m... More »

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In Coventry, landfill tank size discussed

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  by Joseph Gresser COVENTRY — Representatives from the Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Waste Management and Prevention Division came to the municipal building here on March 12 to discuss a potential change to the permit for a leachate treatme... More »

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Solemn procession honors Agent Maland

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  by Matthew Wilson DERBY LINE — It’s been two months since Border Patrol Agent David Maland died from a gunshot wound sustained while pulling over a vehicle on Interstate 91.  The incident resonated with the community of law enforcement and border management,... More »

Thinking ahead about the end

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by Maria Amador LOWELL — When it comes to death — one’s own or someone else’s — many assume the benefits of time and preparation, but forget the effort that makes them possible.  That is, confronting the inevitable with the same kind of planning and thoughtful... More »