copyright the Chronicle September 12, 2018 by Paul Lefebvre ISLAND POND — Amidst the numerous sightings of bears in the backyard here this summer, expectations were running high for the state’s hunting season on bears that opened September 1. Either those expe... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 5, 2018 BARTON — The Orleans County Fair Association Board has been looking at new uses for what has often been considered an underutilized asset, the fairgrounds. This summer they held a monster truck event so popular it migh... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 5, 2018 NEWPORT — Around 100 people attended a second meeting last week to discuss the drug problem on Third Street. That was nearly twice the number who showed up for the initial gathering two weeks earlier. According to Coll... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 5, 2018 CRAFTSBURY — Curtis Whiteway was barely into his twenties when he walked into his first German concentration camp, running across what U.S. soldiers then called “slaves.” The words “Holocaust survivor” would come later... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 5, 2018 IRASBURG — This town was busy Tuesday cleaning up from a whopper of a storm Monday afternoon that knocked out power and felled trees throughout the village. The storm, a powerful thunderstorm with torrential rain in mo... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 29, 2018 by Paul Lefebvre DERBY — It’s a hot and humid Thursday afternoon, and all the overhead fans are turning inside a gleaming metal barn that looks as large as an airplane hanger, but remarkably cleaner. Josh Poulin, the bar... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 29, 2018 NEWPORT — Discussion about reports of obvious drug activity on Third Street will continue here, not least because the Newport City Police Department has scheduled a public forum on the subject on August 30 at the United ... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 29, 2018 by David Dudley BRIGHTON — Emergency crews were called to the John H. Boylan Airport in Brighton at 3:45 p.m. Saturday. Upon arrival, they discovered the scorched wreckage of a 1956 Piper Pacer roughly 100 yards south of... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 29, 2018 ISLAND POND — When Gregory Boulbol, general counsel for Vermont’s Natural Resources Board, looked around Brighton’s American Legion hall on August 22 he was surprised to see nearly 100 people had come out to discuss the ... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 22, 2018 BARTON — After several years, and several false starts, Greater Barton Arts (GBA) appears, finally to have a home. The nonprofit has received a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant of nearly $90,000 and will use... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 22, 2018 NEWPORT — The city council tabled one proposed policy and rejected another Monday evening during a meeting that turned contentious in its later moments. A new policy on providing public records to the public was set asid... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 22, 2018 by Briana Bocelli BARTON –– Car wrecks, fires, and fumes wrapped up the Orleans County Fair on Sunday at the Demolition Derby, which had over 110 cars competing to make it into the final rounds. A standoff was held to de... More »
