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.
by Kristin Anderson COVID has been a surprising boon to at least one sector of business — home improvement and construction. With more people staying home, and others moving to Vermont, those businesses have experienced an uptick in sales that no one could h... More »
Governor’s briefings by Joseph Gresser It appears Vermonters listened to state officials and skipped the big family Thanksgiving for a year. According to figures presented by Commissioner of Financial Regulation Michael Pieciak at Governor Phil Scott’s ... More »
by Tena Starr CRAFTSBURY – The reward for information about the person who shot a longtime family pet, apparently mistaking it for a coyote, was at more than $1,500 Saturday and still climbing. Alison Mcknight let Cassady, her 11-year-old Alaskan husky, ou... More »
by Tena Starr NEWPORT CENTER — Fred is about six feet tall with a rubbery face and wobbly legs. He’s not much of a dresser, and he has a small vial of placenta in one of his pockets. Yes, placenta. That was last week. On another day he might have a bit o... More »
by Joseph Gresser Town Meeting Day is set for March 3, 2021. In normal times that would be a boring statement of fact, but the past year has been anything but normal. While the coronavirus continues its work, getting the family together for dinner is prob... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — On Monday evening a Main Street business owner and her partner asked the city council to consider an article opening Newport to entrepreneurs who want to go into the recreational cannabis business. Council members appeared amenab... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Two days after a man was sent to the University of Vermont Medical Center with a gunshot wound to his leg, the story took another twist. Police say they found a huge stash of fentanyl in the car where the shooting took place. Acc... More »
by Joseph Gresser The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has yet to approve a COVID vaccine for use in the U.S., but the expectation is that it will be only a short while before it does. At Governor Phil Scott’s press briefing Tuesday, Health Commissioner D... More »
by Tena Starr New Hope Bible Church Pastor George Lawson is questioning a Health Department alert issued Friday that urged all members of his Irasburg church who attended November 22 services to be tested for COVID. However, Health Commissioner Mark Levine s... More »
by Tena Starr ALBANY — Every Saturday afternoon, for months now, about 20 volunteers gather at the Albany Town Hall and hand out food. Some people get restaurant-prepared meals; some access the food shelf and big refrigerator. Others get home deliveries. At ... More »
by Kristin Anderson WESTFIELD — Veterans Helping Veterans is more than a mission statement for the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association (CVMA): it’s a way of life. Navy Korean War veteran Matthew Leonelli found out firsthand how serious these folks were a... More »
by Amanda K. Camargo GLOVER — Maggie and Mike Ziegler on Perron Hill in Glover have been sewing 50 masks a week since April 1 to give to not only local people, but also those trapped at the southern border. It all started when Mr. Ziegler became frustrated ... More »
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