Reporter’s notebook by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Looking through the narrow window of 11 hours spent with the Newport City Police Department this reporter could see a policeman’s job, at least in a rural city, bears little resemblance to what one might see on... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Wayne L. LePage is recovering after attempting to hang himself at Northern State Correctional Facility, his lawyer, William Cobb, said Monday. Judge Robert Bent ordered the 39-year-old North Troy resident to be held without bail o... More »
by Joseph Gresser WESTMORE — On July 8 the Westmore Select Board, along with officials from the Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District (NEKWMD), took a look at a piece of town land adjoining Westmore’s transfer station to see if it might work as a home ... More »
by Joseph Gresser The number of cases of COVID-19 in Vermont remains relatively low, and the state continues to turn its attention to relieving problems related to the pandemic that don’t involve actual illness. At Governor Phil Scott’s press briefing Tues... More »
by Meghan Wayland BARTON — The creators of Moonrise Cinemas unfurled a 52-foot wide, two-story tall movie screen at the Orleans County Fairgrounds July 8 and watched as caravans of COVID-weary moviegoers came together under its soft glow. Chris Rydjesky drove ... More »
Interviews by Meghan Wayland The Chronicle interviews a variety of people from time to time to see how their lives have been affected by COVID-19. This week, we asked people about how this year’s July Fourth weekend differed from last year’s — whether or not t... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — Former Secretary of Education and current candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination Rebecca Holcombe dropped by the Chronicle’s office Friday to discuss her hopes for the future as well as decisions she made in her prev... More »
In Newport by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — The crowd that gathered on the Lake Memphremagog boardwalk Friday afternoon wasn’t huge — it numbered about 35 people — but to political candidates who have been kept by the corona virus from freely mingling with voters i... More »
by Meghan Wayland EAST ALBANY — Shelly the pet tortoise went missing Friday. He busted out of the large, grassy pen where he sleeps and grazes alongside a flock of dusty chickens. After an urgent Front Porch Forum post, a small wealth of Facebook shares, a... More »
by Meghan Wayland LOWELL — Daniel Thorson meditated through the first two and a half months of the coronavirus outbreak in Vermont. For 75 days — from mid-March through the end of May — Mr. Thorson engaged in a mindfulness practice punctuated by exercise, w... More »
by Joseph Gresser The Vermont Legislature has closed up shop until late August, but before recessing it passed and sent to Governor Phil Scott a quartet of bills distributing most of the $1.25-billion in COVID relief Congress allocated to the state. While it... More »
by Joseph Gresser In a 25-page report issued in mid-June, the Agency of Education (AOE) outlined measures to protect the health of students and staff when schools open for in-person education this fall. Educators around the state have been left to figure ou... More »
