by Christine McGowan, forest program director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Luke Persons and Roger Pion wanted to start a business, preferably one that kept them connected to the forested working landscape in the Northeast Kingdom. With backgrounds in loggin... More »
BARTON — Doug Swanson was elected selectman Tuesday with 69 votes. Toni Eubanks received 59. …To read the rest of this article, and all the Chronicle‘s stories, subscribe to the online edition below: Annual online subscription Short-term online subscription P... More »
In Superior Court by David Dudley NEWPORT — A Lowell man was sentenced to up to four years in jail for assaulting a woman back in May 2018 on the night when the bowling alley on Route 100 burned. …To read the rest of this article, and all the Chronicle‘s stori... More »
by Elizabeth Cope Plenty of jokes make light of the changeability of Vermont’s weather but for gardeners, farmers, many seasonal businesses, and event organizers, how the weather behaves — or doesn’t — is a more serious matter. …To read the rest of this articl... More »
by Tena Starr It’s not been a promising spring for the launch of a “clothing optional” campground in Northeast Kingdom. Chilly temperatures, a surplus of clouds and drizzle, and a thriving population of black flies. …To read the rest of this article, and all... More »
by Tena Starr ALBANY — How do you interest struggling middle schoolers in physics? Motivate disengaged students to come to school? Ease stress? Or just turn school into a place that’s more fun? …To read the rest of this article, and all the Chronicle‘s stor... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Mayor Paul Monette has proposed abandoning the attempt to rewrite the city’s events policy and move toward adopting a permitting system for public celebrations. …To read the rest of this article, and all the Chronicle‘s stories, sub... More »
by Joseph Gresser Bill McKibben is best known for his books about climate change and his activism against the forces that have brought it about. Falter, his newest book, speaks of increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and melting glaciers, but als... More »
by Elizabeth Trail HOLLAND — Once there were eight schools in this out-of-the-way rural town on the Canadian border. Now there are none. …To read the rest of this article, and all the Chronicle‘s stories, subscribe to the online edition below: Annual online s... More »
by David Dudley NEWPORT — A Barton woman who was convicted of manslaughter in 2009 in the death of her husband allegedly attacked a man after he tried to break up with her Friday. …To read the rest of this article, and all the Chronicle‘s stories, subscribe ... More »
Joseph Gresser MONTPELIER — Farmers could see the Boston blended milk price rise to between $19 and $20 a hundredweight by fall. That was the good news delivered to the Vermont Milk Commission Monday morning by Agri-Mark economist Catherine Deronde. If the pr... More »
by Cynthia Shelton DERBY LINE — Unexpected gifts can be the most delightful, as the Derby Line Fire Department, the First Universalist Parish of Derby Line, and the Haskell Free Library and Opera House found out in 2017 when they were collectively given about ... More »
