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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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Connecticut man charged with drug sales

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by Joseph Gresser A federal grand jury handed up an indictment charging a Connecticut man with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute drugs including fentanyl.  The man, 29-year-old Marvin Byrd Jr. of Hartford, Connecticut, appeared in ... More »

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Strong yes for Lake Region budget

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by Joseph Gresser An unusually high number of people attended the Lake Region Union High School Annual Meeting on a stormy night and voted 97 to 51 to approve a budget of $9,907,398 for the 2024-2025 school year.  At the March 20 meeting, voters were led throu... More »

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Moon to blot out sun on April 8

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by Matthew Wilson   On April 8, the moon will pass between the Earth and the sun causing an eclipse visible along a 113-mile-wide path stretching through 13 states.  Northern Vermont is on the path of totality, the area where the moon passing between the Earth... More »

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CO2 finds a place in cannabis production

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  by Matthew Wilson BARTON — While some are making maple syrup, the family behind Kingdom Kind is working on another concentrated product meant to please.  Just as sap is taken from one form to another in pursuit of a pure, viscous, and appealing syrup around ... More »

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Eclipse show sheds light on space-time

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by Leanne Day Harple   GREENSBORO — With a little more than two weeks to go until the big day, pre-festivities celebrating the highly anticipated upcoming solar eclipse on April 8 are officially getting under way in the Northeast Kingdom.  Because Vermont lies... More »

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Chris Vachon named council president

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by Kenzie Strange As is usual at its first meeting after Town Meeting Day the city council, Monday evening, reappointed officials and filled empty posts.  The biggest change was the choice of a city council president to succeed John Wilson, who decided not to ... More »

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Cerill Brown denies murder charges

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by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — On the evening of March 12, two people were apparently bludgeoned and stabbed to death in their Orleans apartment.  A neighbor noticed what was happening and reported what she was seeing to police. When police arrived they found Pau... More »

Elementary-middle school budget passes

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by Joseph Gresser The 150 voters who turned out to Lake Region Union High School Monday night for the Lake Region Union Elementary and Middle School District’s annual meeting approved the district’s $17,387,565 budget by a narrow, but sufficient, margin of 81 ... More »

Newport grant suit dismissed

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by Joseph Gresser MONTPELIER—The Vermont Supreme Court said the developers of a proposed assisted living facility planned for Newport had no right to challenge the decision of a grant panel that awarded money to a competing project. Housing Our Seniors in Verm... More »

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Westmore Town Meeting

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Select board expanded to five by Kenzie Strange WESTMORE — Before Town Meeting in Westmore began, current select board member Pete Hyslop said he was “nervous” about the vote concerning the change in select board size and wanted the community to weigh in.  Mir... More »