by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Police say a Winooski man held several people hostage and put a gun to the head of one of them. Forty-one-year-old Donald S. Perry appeared in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court on March 28 to plead innocent to t... More »
by Joseph Gresser An unusually high number of people attended the Lake Region Union High School Annual Meeting on a stormy night and voted 97 to 51 to approve a budget of $9,907,398 for the 2024-2025 school year. At the March 20 meeting, voters were led throu... More »
by Matthew Wilson On April 8, the moon will pass between the Earth and the sun causing an eclipse visible along a 113-mile-wide path stretching through 13 states. Northern Vermont is on the path of totality, the area where the moon passing between the Earth... More »
by Matthew Wilson BARTON — While some are making maple syrup, the family behind Kingdom Kind is working on another concentrated product meant to please. Just as sap is taken from one form to another in pursuit of a pure, viscous, and appealing syrup around ... More »
Notes from a newbie by Joseph Gresser I wake up every morning surprised and pleased to remember that I am the editor of the Chronicle. I’ve been here for a while now, but when I look around at my wonderful colleagues, I see people who have worked here for dec... More »
by Leanne Day Harple GREENSBORO — With a little more than two weeks to go until the big day, pre-festivities celebrating the highly anticipated upcoming solar eclipse on April 8 are officially getting under way in the Northeast Kingdom. Because Vermont lies... More »
by Kenzie Strange As is usual at its first meeting after Town Meeting Day the city council, Monday evening, reappointed officials and filled empty posts. The biggest change was the choice of a city council president to succeed John Wilson, who decided not to ... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — On the evening of March 12, two people were apparently bludgeoned and stabbed to death in their Orleans apartment. A neighbor noticed what was happening and reported what she was seeing to police. When police arrived they found Pau... More »
by Michael J. Caduto Boiling maple sap into syrup is a time-honored tradition in the Northeast, to the olfactory delight of anyone who has spent time in a steamy sugarhouse while inhaling the sweet maple scent of the season. It used to be that trees were tappe... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON—Voters ended an impasse between the town and the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department at Town Meeting on the evening of March 5. The town hasn’t had a contract with the department, nor any formal agreement to provide police protection ... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARRE — The North Country Union High School Falcons climbed to the Division 2 finals here, but on Saturday fell just short of the pinnacle of success. The first-seeded Falcons were matched up against the Slaters of Fair Haven Union High Scho... More »
Kevin Charbonneau and Rick Ufford-Chase win by Kenzie Strange NEWPORT — Newport’s city council election was one of the most closely watched in Orleans County this Town Meeting Day. The race hotly contested with five residents competing for two seats, one held... More »
