copyright the Chronicle October 15, 2014 by David Dudley The University of Vermont’s (UVM) Lady Catamounts visited Lake Region Union High School Saturday to give a clinic on basketball fundamentals for children aged seven to 12. When the Lady Catamounts arrive... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 8, 2014 by Paul Lefebvre Sixty years ago a photograph was published of Marilyn Monroe standing over a New York City sidewalk register whose hot air lifted her skirt higher up her legs than anyone expected to see. Sixty years ago... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 1, 2014 by Joseph Gresser DERBY — Kermit Smith was canny enough to ensure a return engagement before the Derby Historical Society. When he addressed the group’s annual meeting Sunday afternoon, he held back some of his best mate... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 24, 2014 by Paul Lefebvre Lake Region Union High School soccer goalie Jordyn Cowles is flying high after establishing a new record for keeping other teams scoreless. On Friday the senior goal minder snared her eighteenth shuto... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 17, 2014 by David Dudley NEWPORT — “I tell this story to my players all the time,” Lake Region Union High School soccer Coach Tom Evans said, as he settled into a cream-colored leather chair. “But, mind you, it’s not really a... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 10, 2014 by David Dudley ALBANY — At 91 years of age, Francis Whitcomb has held any number of titles, formal and otherwise: Lister, moderator, planning commissioner, justice of the peace, chairman of the Orleans County Democra... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 3, 2014 by Bethany M. Dunbar Addison Merrick of Craftsbury and Seymour Leven of Cavendish met in Peyote, Texas, in late 1944 or the very beginning of 1945. They were in the U.S. Army Air Corps getting ready to be shipped out ... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 13, 2014 by David Dudley GLOVER — Before the Bread and Puppet Theater’s Friday night performance of Fire, Genevieve Yeuillaz rakes the dirt floor theater. Though the audience rarely acknowledges her effort, she carefully makes li... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 6, 2014 by David Dudley DERBY — If you were driving along Route 105 this past weekend, or Route 5 on Monday, chances are you passed a well-tanned man, walking, pushing a cart with bicycle wheels alongside the road, accompanied b... More »
copyright the Chronicle July 16, 2014 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — The weather was kind to Newport this weekend, and people enthusiastically turned out for the city’s Aquafest. A celebration of life on the shores of Lake Memphremagog, the event is in its fifth ... More »
copyright the Chronicle July 2, 2014 by Tena Starr BARTON — Nearly eight years ago, Kathy White of Barton decided she’d like to “pay it forward,” as she put it. “I wanted to find something I could do that had meaning,” she said in a recent interview. That desi... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 4, 2014 by Chris Braithwaite SUTTON, Quebec — People who end up on the wrong side of history tend to fade quickly from public view. Too quickly, perhaps, because history is not entirely written by its heroes. Though he was once v... More »
