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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.

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Unexpected COVID boon

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  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 »

No post-Thanksgiving surge, vaccine arrives

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    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 »

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Reward offered for info about who shot family pet

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    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 »

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Meet Fred the K9 training aid

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   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 »

How to hold a Town Meeting during a pandemic?

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  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 »

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Police say huge amount of fentanyl found in car

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  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 »

First vaccines expected in a week or so

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  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 »

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Feeding the hungry, feeling the pulse

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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 »

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Veterans help one of their own in Westfield

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  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 »