copyright the Chronicle September 12, 2018 by Paul Lefebvre ISLAND POND — Amidst the numerous sightings of bears in the backyard here this summer, expectations were running high for the state’s hunting season on bears that opened September 1. Either those exp... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 5, 2018 GREENSBORO — Apples and cheese are classic table companions. At Cate Hill Orchard they also provide the foundation for a marriage. On Sunday, Maria Schumann, the partner who bears most of the responsibility for the far... More »
Lindsay Hale Miller takes the plunge after Jacob Berry hits the target with his fastball. Ms. Miller had already taken a different plunge when she organized a committee of youthful Sheffield residents to take over management of the town’s annual festival. Phot... More »
Five-year-old Landen Benoit of Albany with Kija Benoit and Chief, a mini-pony. Landen and Chief were the parade leaders at the Albany Labor Day festivities on Monday. Landen, who has obvious talent for this sort of thing, waved at spectators lining the parade ... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 5, 2018 IRASBURG — This town was busy Tuesday cleaning up from a whopper of a storm Monday afternoon that knocked out power and felled trees throughout the village. The storm, a powerful thunderstorm with torrential rain in mo... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 29, 2018 by David Dudley BRIGHTON — Emergency crews were called to the John H. Boylan Airport in Brighton at 3:45 p.m. Saturday. Upon arrival, they discovered the scorched wreckage of a 1956 Piper Pacer roughly 100 yards south of... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 29, 2018 by Paul Lefebvre DERBY — It’s a hot and humid Thursday afternoon, and all the overhead fans are turning inside a gleaming metal barn that looks as large as an airplane hanger, but remarkably cleaner. Josh Poulin, the bar... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 29, 2018 NEWPORT — Frank Richardi doesn’t like to see vacant spaces on Main Street, and he plans to light up one business that recently went dark. “An empty storefront is bad for all the businesses,” he said in a recent conversat... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 22, 2018 by Briana Bocelli The Pope Memorial Frontier Animal Shelter in Orleans needs help finding a home for shelter cat Tucky, who will face euthanasia if he’s not adopted by Tuesday, August 28. Tucky is a four-year-old male ta... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 22, 2018 WESTMORE — If Daniel Ian Smith’s cello teacher had been better, Mr. Smith might have been offering a program of string quartets this Thursday evening at the Westmore Community Church. Instead, he and a trio of young musi... More »
Addison Elliott gets put through the spin cycle on The Cobra, one of the rides at this year’s Orleans County Fair. The six-year-old shared the thrills with her father, Blain Elliott, who moved from Barton to Charlotte, North Carolina, 20 years ago. Photo by Jo... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 22, 2018 by Briana Bocelli BARTON –– Car wrecks, fires, and fumes wrapped up the Orleans County Fair on Sunday at the Demolition Derby, which had over 110 cars competing to make it into the final rounds. A standoff was held to de... More »
