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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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Northeast Kingdom Day at the State House

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by Joseph Gresser MONTPELIER — An invasion from the north swept through the halls of the State House Thursday, January 31, as more than a hundred people came out for Northeast Kingdom Day. The event, planned by the Northeast Kingdom Collaborative, brought resi... More »

Bishop comes to Orleans

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by Elizabeth Trail ORLEANS — There are many reasons that the number of active Catholics is declining, Christopher Coyne, Bishop of the archdiocese of Vermont, told about 60 people who gathered at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Orleans on Monday night. …To read... More »

Hemp processing facility comes to Barton

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by Tena Starr BARTON — For most of his life, Cam Devereux was a welder. But these days he’s something of a chemist, fussing around in his family’s brand new lab and processing facility. …To read the rest of this article, and all the Chronicle‘s stories, subscr... More »

Scott listens to concerns from Essex County residents

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by Joseph Gresser ISLAND POND — Governor Phil Scott and much of his administration pulled into Island Pond Tuesday morning for the eleventh in his planned tours of all of Vermont’s 14 counties. Seated at a long table at the Essex House, he said the state gover... More »

Ownership of Parker Pie to change hands

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by Tena Starr WEST GLOVER — Parker Pie, the popular pizza restaurant in the middle of tiny West Glover Village, will have new ownership soon. Cavan Meese, a young West Glover pizza lover, started the restaurant 14 years ago in the back corner of the Lake Parke... More »

A tour of Vermont’s biggest maple operation

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by Joseph Gresser BRIGHTON — With 465,000 taps and more than 100 full-time year-round employees, Sweet Tree is easily Vermont’s largest sugarmaker. The business, which sells its products under the name Maple Guild, operates out of a plant here formerly used by... More »

Winter storm leads to traffic snarls

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Jay Peak called Monday an “apocalyptic wind and cold event,” one that shut down the mountain that day. …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 subsc... More »

Barton Select Board to lose two members

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by Tena Starr- BARTON — Lenny Zenonos, who was elected Barton Selectman last March, says he is not planning to run again for the office, at least not this year. …To read the rest of this article, and all the Chronicle‘s stories, subscribe to the online edition... More »

Forced mergers top local legislators’ priorities

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by Joseph Gresser- While Orleans County’s state legislators have a variety of individual priorities for the coming session in Montpelier, they are united in working for a moratorium on final implementation of Act 46, the law that calls for consolidation of loc... More »