by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — After 45 minutes in executive session at a special meeting held on Friday, the city council emerged and without discussion or explanation voted by a three-to-one margin to fire City Manager Jonathan DeLaBruere. According to the mot... More »
By Maria Amador GLOVER — At the select board meeting here on October 24, board members and town residents discussed the condition of Shadow Lake and the road that winds around it, following written and spoken complaints. Monday, two town officials spoke wit... More »
by Maria Amador COVENTRY — Friday, waves of students from the Coventry Village School walked from their classrooms to the town office to take part in a mock election — the first since COVID-19 broke out in 2020. Students from kindergarten through eighth grade... More »
This eight-point buck was taken by Paulette Webster at 9:30 a.m. on October 17. Ms. Webster was hunting from a stand in Irasburg when she got this 188-pound beauty. It was her twentieth deer according to the information she provided with her photo. Photo co... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT — One’s life is a patchwork of memories and deeds, each accomplishment, endeavor, or instance one of many scraps stitched together to make up the whole we are. When a life is blessed with longevity, it forms a fine tapestry that defi... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT — It was an up and down week for the girls of North Country Union High School. The girls soccer team met the Stratton Mountain School Bears on October 23 and cruised. Friday they found themselves out of contention after a last momen... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT CENTER — Justin LeBlanc lives on Leadville Road here. He’s a hunter and outdoorsman and he placed a game camera on his property hoping to spot some big game. Instead he caught footage that was more disturbing than he expected. His c... More »
by Maria Amador ORLEANS — Friday afternoon, Thomas Wood waited to meet a reporter from the Chronicle sitting in the driver’s seat of his worn Chevy Silverado — colored silver — and poring through dozens of documents he’s pored through before. Following severa... More »
by Joseph Gresser GLOVER — Davi Bock says he prefers living a quiet life, but for the past few weeks reporters from many of the nation’s leading publications have been beating a path to his figurative door. On October 16, a reporter from the Chronicle turne... More »
by Matthew Wilson Pet owners know it can take a lot to take care of furred companions. Dogs deserve to live their best lives, but sometimes they don’t receive the love and care they need. A local rescue organization knows this all too well, as its ability to... More »
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Supreme Court confirmed the sentence imposed on Randall Swartz, 65, of Irasburg after he pled guilty in February 2023 to the May 2018, shooting of his wife, Thea Swartz. Mr. Swartz was originally charged with first-degree murder, but ... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Two representatives from the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) might have thought they’d entered the lion’s den when they showed up at a meeting held on October 10 to protest a recommendation to effectively close North Country Hospit... More »
