This Week
Match nets Barton Parents Club $2,500
Last week, the C&C Market in Barton handed over nearly $2,500 to the Barton Parents Club. More »
Orleans-Caledonia candidates face off at forum
by Tena Starr BARTON — Two Republicans, two Democrats, and an independent running for the two Orleans-Essex House seats squared off at a candidate forum here Monday night, explaining why they want the job and where they stand on the issues. About 15 people s... More »
Orleans District One: Drug, jobs, landfill and school taxes spark debate
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — In the Orleans One district of the state House of Representatives, two incumbents presently represent Brownington, Charleston, Derby, Holland, and Morgan. Representatives Lynn Batchelor of Derby Line and Brian Smith of Derby showed... More »
Mourning the end of Holland’s school
by Joseph Gresser HOLLAND — Staff at Holland Elementary School are just beginning to come to terms with their school closing at the end of June. Town voters reluctantly decided, by a more than two to one margin, to shut the doors in order to keep the state ... More »
The growing challenges of life on the border
by David Dudley BEEBE PLAIN — Many residents along the northern border remember a time, before September 11, 2001, when the line that separated the United States and Canada was more of an abstract concept than concrete reality. But with terrorist attacks occu... More »
Monk Besaw — Morgan’s graveyard hero
copyright the Chronicle September 12, 2018 by Briana Bocelli MORGAN — There are well over 500 known cemeteries in the state of Vermont that date back as far as the 1800s, some even earlier. In many, gravestones have not been maintained for a number of years, a... More »
The pains and pleasures of growing hemp
copyright the Chronicle September 12, 2018 WEST BURKE — Vermont farmers may be about to strike it rich with a gusher of CBD oil, made from hemp, but some wonder how they can avoid the boom and bust cycle that afflicts similar products. That was one of the ques... More »
It’s not what you think it is
Is that a gigantic nut up there? Jackie Tollmann of Albany sent us this photo of a squirrel who’s about to be sorely disappointed. More »