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.
Currier’s Quality Market in Glover closed on Friday, July 31. Jim Currier bought the store 53 years ago and has operated it, along with family members, ever since. The store has a buyer, and it will reopen but not for two or three months while renovations ar... More »
by Joseph Gresser When voters from the Essex-Orleans state Senate district cast their votes in the August 11 Primary, whether they go to the polls or mail in their ballots, they will have an unusual array of choices. Incumbent senators Bobby Starr of North T... More »
Barton Select Board by Joseph Gresser BARTON — The Barton Select Board told Zoning Administrator Brent Shafer he need not ask permission before asking the town attorney to file a complaint against a person who is ignoring the town’s zoning code. Mr. Shafer cam... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — State officials have hired Downs Rachlin Martin, one of the state’s most prominent law firms, to look into the death of Kenneth Johnson on December 7, 2019 while he was an inmate at Northern State Correctional Facility in Newpor... More »
by Meghan Wayland GLOVER — Three people were taken to North Country Hospital Sunday afternoon after a 23-year-old Montpelier man crashed his car into a tree on Route 16 outside Labour of Love Landscaping and Nursery in Glover Village. State Police Trooper Jo... More »
by Meghan Wayland NEWPORT — More than 300 people gathered at the waterfront in Newport Saturday for a rally that focused on the experience of black Vermonters and called for sustained, anti-racist action. Saturday’s peaceful demonstration consisted of thre... More »
by Joseph Gresser WESTMORE — Those who opposed the proposal to build a composting facility near the site of the Westmore Transfer Station can breathe a sigh of relief. Any town residents who hoped it would be built will have to deal with their disappointm... More »
by Meghan Wayland Lake Region Union High School unveiled details about fall reopening at a board meeting Monday night while the Lake Region Union Elementary and Middle School District (LRUEMSD) discussed sharing racial equity resources more broadly and how t... More »
Reporter’s notebook by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Looking through the narrow window of 11 hours spent with the Newport City Police Department this reporter could see a policeman’s job, at least in a rural city, bears little resemblance to what one might see on... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Wayne L. LePage is recovering after attempting to hang himself at Northern State Correctional Facility, his lawyer, William Cobb, said Monday. Judge Robert Bent ordered the 39-year-old North Troy resident to be held without bail o... More »
by Joseph Gresser WESTMORE — On July 8 the Westmore Select Board, along with officials from the Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District (NEKWMD), took a look at a piece of town land adjoining Westmore’s transfer station to see if it might work as a home ... More »
by Joseph Gresser The number of cases of COVID-19 in Vermont remains relatively low, and the state continues to turn its attention to relieving problems related to the pandemic that don’t involve actual illness. At Governor Phil Scott’s press briefing Tues... More »
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