by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT— People who are addicted to alcohol and other drugs sometimes realize they want to stop using during a trip to a hospital emergency room. Unfortunately, that isn’t always the best place to start on the road to recovery. Emergency r... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Judge Howard VanBenthuysen ordered Kenneth R. Handy held without bail after Mr. Handy pled innocent to a felony charge of first-degree aggravated domestic assault with a deadly weapon, domestic assault, and criminal threatening. On ... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT CENTER — Lake Road here doesn’t see a lot of traffic. It’s used mainly by those who reside on the eastern edge of Lake Memphremagog, so the lane is a bit of a lonesome passage. Once it took travelers north along the lake, over t... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Police say Andrel Flowers, 30, whose address was not given in court documents, threatened a man repeatedly with a full-sized sledge hammer and used the hammer to break in the door of the room where the man was hiding. Vermont Stat... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT —Richard LePage, 42, of Barton appeared by video in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court on November 28 and changed his plea to guilty to a charge of financially exploiting a vulnerable adult. When he was first arr... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NEWPORT — Newport Mayor Paul Monette announced recently without any fanfare that he would not be seeking re-election come Town Meeting Day. During an interview with the Chronicle, Mr. Monette explained why now is the time. “After 14 years a... More »
by Leanne Harple Some of the world’s oldest and most powerful magic can be conjured through the gathering of singers and the weaving of threads, according to Maria Schumann, a local practitioner of ancient rituals. Ms. Schumann is on a journey to train hers... More »
by Trisha Ingalls NEWPORT — Contention between Newport City residents and council members and city staff lasted the entirety of the three-hour meeting here Monday night. After its November 21 meeting, Newport resident Jennifer Bjurling charged the council w... More »
by Trisha Ingalls GREENSBORO — Jasper Hill Farm will be celebrating its twentieth year of cheese-making in 2023. Its cheeses have won best of show at the American Cheese Society four times, the best unpasteurized cheese in the world for its Bayley Hazen Blue,... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — The third member of a group police say broke into the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) office here on September 16, appeared by video link in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court on November 21 and denied the ... More »
by Matthew Wilson BARTON — The streets here were filled with jogging and walking people on Thanksgiving morning as the annual Turkey Trot returned. The event had seen a pause during the coronavirus pandemic but, following the two-year hiatus, the benefit ... More »
by Matthew Wilson DERBY — The Derby Select Board swiftly moved through its meeting Monday evening. Members heard a complaint about a recent vicious dog hearing. Members of a snowmobile club asked the board to approve their use of a section of road as well.... More »
