by Meghan Wayland Few sectors of the economy have been worse hit by COVID-19 than bars and restaurants, but federal aid to help small businesses weather the pandemic largely doesn’t work for them. In late April, the U.S. Small Business Administration topped ... More »
by Meghan Wayland and Tena Starr As the pandemic drags on, Vermonters are having to get used to something as unusual as this virus itself: Shortages. The first shortage was toilet paper. That was largely chalked up to hoarders, and they certainly played a r... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — The city council took a step toward finding a successor to Police Chief Seth DiSanto Monday when it approved a new job description for the post. According to City Manager Laura Dolgin, the new description is not very dissimilar to... More »
Two dead in Newport shooting by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — City police officers were called to a School Street home around 6 a.m. Monday morning where they found a man and a woman shot on the first floor and a second man, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, ... More »
by Meghan Wayland NEWPORT — North Country Hospital says it’s prepared to safely accept new and returning patients. Hospital staff met with local reporters last week in an effort to reassure the public they’ve implemented strict safety protocols throughout... More »
by Meghan Wayland COVENTRY — A staggering 110,000 civilian MREs (meals ready to eat) were distributed to Vermonters at the Coventry airport Friday. By 7:30 a.m., an hour and a half before the hangar gate opened for the day, hundreds of vehicles were alread... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — The city council accepted the resignation of Newport Police Chief Seth DiSanto at a special meeting on April 22. He sent the city a brief letter that said, “I, Seth DiSanto, do hereby irrevocably submit my resignation from employme... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — The Barton Select Board’s revolving door took another spin Monday morning when Doug Swanson, nominally the board chair, submitted his resignation. He’s the second board member to have abruptly resigned his seat in the seven weeks si... More »
by Joseph Gresser Just days after making an abrupt about-face and withdrawing his proposal to close three of the system’s five campuses, Vermont State College System (VSCS) Chancellor Jeb Spaulding announced he will resign the post he has held for the past fiv... More »
by Meghan Wayland ORLEANS — Ethan Allen publicly announced April 1 it would be shutting is doors in compliance with national efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. Nine days later, James Stone was laid off. Mr. Stone kept the boilers running at the factory f... More »
“I, personally, took them to the mail center this morning,” by Joseph Gresser As the number of new cases of COVID-19 appears to be declining, Governor Phil Scott outlined his guidelines for reopening Vermont for business. At his briefing on Friday, the Govern... More »
interviews by Meghan Wayland The Chronicle interviews a variety of people each week about how their lives have been altered by COVID-19. This week, we talked to the people in our education system about how they’ve transitioned from classroom communities to dis... More »
