By Maria Amador GLOVER — At the select board meeting here on October 24, board members and town residents discussed the condition of Shadow Lake and the road that winds around it, following written and spoken complaints. Monday, two town officials spoke wit... More »
by Maria Amador COVENTRY — Friday, waves of students from the Coventry Village School walked from their classrooms to the town office to take part in a mock election — the first since COVID-19 broke out in 2020. Students from kindergarten through eighth grade... More »
At 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night many towns in Orleans County have yet to report election results, but those that have show Republican Sam Douglass will represent the county in the Vermont Senate when it reconvenes in January. With 14 of the 20 towns in the distri... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT — One’s life is a patchwork of memories and deeds, each accomplishment, endeavor, or instance one of many scraps stitched together to make up the whole we are. When a life is blessed with longevity, it forms a fine tapestry that defi... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A Barton woman denied charges that she defrauded Medicaid of around $18,000 by improperly billing Northeast Kingdom Human Services (NKHS) for care for a relative provided by someone who the state Attorney General’s office says was n... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT CENTER — Justin LeBlanc lives on Leadville Road here. He’s a hunter and outdoorsman and he placed a game camera on his property hoping to spot some big game. Instead he caught footage that was more disturbing than he expected. His c... More »
by Maria Amador ORLEANS — Friday afternoon, Thomas Wood waited to meet a reporter from the Chronicle sitting in the driver’s seat of his worn Chevy Silverado — colored silver — and poring through dozens of documents he’s pored through before. Following severa... More »
by Joseph Gresser GLOVER — Davi Bock says he prefers living a quiet life, but for the past few weeks reporters from many of the nation’s leading publications have been beating a path to his figurative door. On October 16, a reporter from the Chronicle turne... More »
by Matthew Wilson Pet owners know it can take a lot to take care of furred companions. Dogs deserve to live their best lives, but sometimes they don’t receive the love and care they need. A local rescue organization knows this all too well, as its ability to... More »
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Supreme Court confirmed the sentence imposed on Randall Swartz, 65, of Irasburg after he pled guilty in February 2023 to the May 2018, shooting of his wife, Thea Swartz. Mr. Swartz was originally charged with first-degree murder, but ... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Two representatives from the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) might have thought they’d entered the lion’s den when they showed up at a meeting held on October 10 to protest a recommendation to effectively close North Country Hospit... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — After a week-long trial in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court here, a jury found Darryl Johnson, 54, of Greensboro innocent of second-degree murder and manslaughter. The charges stemmed from an incident on Octobe... More »
