by Tena Starr copyright the Chronicle June 20, 2012 A former Orleans County prosecutor is spending 15 years in prison in Arizona for bilking clients by pretending he could help them with divorce cases. Despite the fact that he’d been disbarred in Vermont, h... More »
by Tena Starr copyright the chronicle June 13, 2012 So far, at least three people are in the running for the Orleans-Essex Senate seat that Vince Illuzzi has held for 32 years. John Rodgers of Glover, a former state representative, Bob Lewis of Derby, a curren... More »
by Paul Lefebvre copyright the Chronicle, May 30, 2012 This is part one of a series of articles about hydropower. MONTPELIER — The Legislature gave a nudge this session to a renewable source of energy that roughly 70 years ago dominated Vermont’s rivers and po... More »
by Bethany M. Dunbar copyright the Chronicle January 19, 2011 Even in the middle of January, in the middle of an essentially stagnant economy, the local food movement in northern Vermont is showing signs of not only life, but growth as well. Barb Judd at the M... More »
by Bethany M. Dunbar copyright the Chronicle July 26, 2006 WELLS RIVER — If farmers and consumers can make more connections, both will benefit. About 50 farmers and others interested in the politics of food heard that message from an assistant professor and ci... More »
by Paul Lefebvre copyright the Chronicle March 15, 2006 MONTPELIER — The long shadow of the former Champion lands appears to have sealed the fate of a proposed wind farm on East Mountain in East Haven. Encumbered by conservation and public access easements, th... More »
by Joseph Gresser copyright June 14, 2006 SHEFFIELD — Sheffield Selectmen and UPC Vermont Wind have come to an agreement. If the 20 wind generators proposed for Sheffield are built UPC will make an annual payment to the town of between $400,000 and $550,000... More »
by Chris Braithwaite copyright the Chronicle December 7, 2011 LOWELL — For an hour or two on Monday morning, a small group of determined protesters brought some very large construction equipment on Lowell Mountain to a halt. The protesters stepped out onto a p... More »
by Richard Creaser copyright the Chronicle May 9, 2012 DERBY LINE — About 70 people gathered outside the historic Haskell Free Library and Opera House on Sunday to voice their opposition to a proposal to erect two wind turbines on farms in Derby. At the core o... More »
by Chris Braithwaite copyright the Chronicle December 22, 2009 Barbara Ashbee-Lormand traveled from central Ontario to central Vermont in late October to a discussion of an industrial wind turbine development proposed for the town of Ira, organized by Vermonte... More »
by Joseph Gresser copyright the Chronicle November 2, 2011 SHEFFIELD — In a large tent struck at the base of a 425-foot wind tower Wednesday, October 26, First Wind celebrated the completion of its 16-turbine project here. Although speakers acknowledged opposi... More »
by Paul Lefebvre copyright the Chronicle July 27, 2005 SHEFFIELD — A push to raise consciousness and get the public involved in a controversial wind farm proposal is expected to draw state officials, legislators, and selectmen from neighboring towns when the t... More »
