copyright the Chronicle June 17, 2015 by Joseph Gresser CRAFTSBURY COMMON — Craftsbury Academy graduated a class of 17 students Friday, June 12. Looking at her seniors seated near her on the stage in the school’s new gymnasium, Principal Merri Greenia smile... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 17, 2015 by Nathalie Gagnon-Joseph The Lake Region Union High School Class of 2015 graduated on Sunday in a beautiful ceremony filled with parting advice, comedy, and music. There were 81 graduates. Devin Royer gave the student a... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 10, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail NEWPORT — They came walking upright, leaning on canes, or struggling with walkers, holding in their hands treasured memorabilia from over 70 years ago. Seventeen World War II veterans — 16 men and one... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 10, 2015 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Almost 200 seniors walked across the small stage put up in the North Country Union High School gymnasium Saturday evening, June 6. Each young man and woman received the document that marked a de... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 27, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail ORLEANS — Thirty years ago, Robert Fenton’s military medals went missing. The 94-year-old Mr. Fenton, who is from Orleans, is a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War. On Monday, at a Memorial Da... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 27, 2015 by Tena Starr NORTH HYDE PARK — Former Albany Road Commissioner Bill Peters could well be the oldest man in Vermont who still holds a CDL. That’s a commercial driver’s license, which, among other things, allows a person t... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 20, 2015 by Nathalie Gagnon-Joseph NEWPORT — At 93, Donald Wheatley has witnessed most of the major events of the twentieth century, and participated in a big one, World War II. “I’m 93 years young,” he said in an interview Friday... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 13, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail NEWPORT — It could have been a scene from England between the wars. In the kitchen, maids in lacy white pinafores laid out trays of iced cookies, thinly sliced cake, and cucumber sandwiches on triangle... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 6, 2015 by Nathalie Gagnon-Joseph ORLEANS — The cast of Vermont Family Theatre’s Les Misérables nailed the opening night of their show on Friday, remembering every line and singing every note. Friday was the first of a three-day run... More »
copyright the Chronicle April 29, 2015 by Nathalie Gagnon-Joseph NEWPORT — “I couldn’t possibly have a problem because I don’t like cocaine, I just like how it smells,” is one of the edgy jokes the Improbable Players, a Boston theater troupe, used to raise awa... More »
copyright the Chronicle April 22, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail GREENSBORO — Most of the five women who came to the Greensboro library on Thursday evening knew one another well, giving the gathering an intimate feeling. The occasion was a talk by Judy Jarvis, a home... More »
copyright the Chronicle April 15, 2015 by Nathalie Gagnon-Joseph DERBY — The smell of fresh wood and the noise of tools at work greeted anyone walking into North Country Career Center’s (NCCC) woodshop class on Thursday. Students were hard at work at the Haro... More »
