copyright the Chronicle 12-27-2012 Judge Howard VanBenthuysen has dismissed “with prejudice” a criminal charge of unlawful trespass against Chronicle Publisher Chris Braithwaite. More »
by Tena Starr copyright the Chronicle 12-19-2012 BARTON — For the first time in two centuries, an Abenaki tribe in Vermont can claim tribal forestland. As of Monday, the roughly 1,000-member Nulhegan Abenaki own 65 acres in Barton on the May Farm Road. Title... More »
by Paul Lefebvre copyright the Chronicle 12-12-2012 NEWPORT — A utility wind developer company that tried to do the right thing by the press appears to have shot itself in the foot when it allowed the arrest of a reporter and then failed to step forward and re... More »
Chronicle publisher Chris Braithwaite issued the following statement after his trespassing charge was dismissed today (December 5): On the day after my arraignment on a charge of unlawful trespass, I wrote that I believed my conduct on Lowell Mountain on Decem... More »
by Tena Starr copyright the Chronicle 12-5-2012 DERBY — U.S. Border Patrol agents and local police arrested two men on the Derby Road here Monday who were wanted in New Hampshire in connection with a shooting in Nashua. Tuesday night, New Hampshire Assistant A... More »
by Chris Braithwaite copyright the Chronicle 11-28-2012 LOWELL — All 21 turbines of the Kingdom Community Wind project have generated power, a spokesman for Green Mountain Power said Tuesday. And with the project making power, it has beaten the December 31 de... More »
by Richard Creaser copyright the Chronicle 11-21-2012 ISLAND POND — Within the next few days every registered voter and property taxpayer in the town of Brighton can expect to receive a ballot in the mail. That ballot asks the recipient whether or not they fa... More »
by Bethany M. Dunbar copyright the Chronicle, 11-21-2012 NEWPORT — House candidate Katherine Sims of Lowell has asked for a recount of the ballots in the Orleans-Lamoille House district. Mark Higley was re-elected in that district by a vote of 920 to 887, acco... More »
by Paul Lefebvre copyright the Chronicle 11-14-2012 Mixed results from the 2012 opening weekend of deer season suggest that bragging rights for the biggest deer might be shifting locations in the Northeast Kingdom. Once the hallmark of the big woods in Essex C... More »
copyright the Chronicle 11-7-12 In one of the closest local races of the night, incumbent Democrat Bobby Starr of North Troy and Democrat John Rodgers of Glover won the two seats in the sprawling Essex-Orleans Senate district. The unofficial tally at the Chron... More »
copyright the Chronicle 10-31-2012 by Joseph Gresser Of all the offices voters will fill in statewide voting on November 6, it likely that the one most citizens know least about is the position of auditor of accounts. The race for this obscure job has taken on... More »
copyright the Chronicle 10-31-2012 by Bethany M. Dunbar “When your hair is on fire, you don’t call for a moratorium while you go put your hair out,” said Governor Peter Shumlin. Mr. Shumlin’s point is that the planet is facing a global crisis, and with oil goi... More »
