©the Chronicle, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail For 53 members of the North Country Union High School band, last week’s flying trip to perform at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, was an adventure they had worked toward for three years. For the 20 adult ch... More »
©the Chronicle, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail Despite both state and federal efforts to improve access to health care, relatively few small businesses in the area — the ones with fewer than 50 employees — offer medical insurance to their employees. And many people f... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 23, 2015 by Richard Creaser There reaches a point in every growing season where the produce just keeps rolling in. While the quantities are cause for celebration, the variety leaves something to be desired. By mid-July I’m jus... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 16, 2015 by Nathalie Gagnon-Joseph NEWPORT — Brendan Donnelly, Gabriel Young, and Shawn Chaput were only a few of the names to be seen on colorful T-shirts worn by many of the 206 participants here Saturday, at the Out of the ... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 16, 2015 By Nathalie Gagnon-Joseph I recently discovered that the New York Times won’t deliver the newspaper to West Glover, where I live. A co-worker told me last week that Internet isn’t available where she lives. When I fir... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 9, 2015 by Nathalie Gagnon-Joseph BARTON — The Edible Delight Café opened here on Saturday, August 29. It’s located where the lunch counter used to be in the Pierce Block. Patrons can get breakfast, including pancakes and eggs... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 9, 2015 by Joseph Gresser SHEFFIELD — On the surface the Sheffield Field Day is a carefree celebration of Labor Day and a summer’s harvest. Scratch the cheerful surface and you find that a fierce competitive spirit animates th... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 2, 2015 by Joseph Gresser CRAFTSBURY COMMON — A master cheesemaker whose work takes him to every continent but Antarctica finds true happiness on a small farm in central France. It’s not hard to imagine that as the elevator pi... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 2, 2015 by Joseph Gresser MONTPELIER — Many people think of opera as an art that’s far removed from their daily concerns. That may or may not be the case with the traditional repertory, but the people who inhabit A Fleeting An... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 26, 2015 EAST ALBANY — The nearly 150-year-old Catholic church here could go up for sale soon. Mass hasn’t been said at the church for some time now, but it has been used for weddings, baptisms, funerals, and until a few years ag... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 26, 2015 by Joseph Gresser When it comes to summer I have always been a pessimist. As a child I looked forward to the Fourth of July, but considered the summer over the next day. That was, mind you, in a place where basil keeps g... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 26, 2015 by Nathalie Gagnon-Joseph WEST GLOVER — The old high drive at the Andersonville Farm here collapsed on Thursday, August 13, after an employee drove under it in a “silage dump truck with its tailgate up,” operational owne... More »
