“I, personally, took them to the mail center this morning,” by Joseph Gresser As the number of new cases of COVID-19 appears to be declining, Governor Phil Scott outlined his guidelines for reopening Vermont for business. At his briefing on Friday, the Govern... More »
interviews by Meghan Wayland The Chronicle interviews a variety of people each week about how their lives have been altered by COVID-19. This week, we talked to the people in our education system about how they’ve transitioned from classroom communities to dis... More »
by Meghan Wayland LOWELL — At approximately ten minutes after 7 p.m. Monday night, Troy Volunteer Fire Department Chief Bobby Jacobs was called to respond to a barn fire at the home of Rita and Robert Raboin on Route 100 in Lowell. The news was there were ani... More »
Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott and the Department of Public Service today announced an innovative collaboration with several partners that will increase internet access by means of public Wi-Fi hotspots for dozens of rural towns in Vermont. Deployment i... More »
by Meghan Wayland Swept up by the promise of easy money, hundreds of Vermonters registered to grow hemp in 2019. Many were first-time farmers, the majority were concentrated in the Northeast Kingdom, and many failed to profit. All told, last year was a prove... More »
by Meghan Wayland JAY — Thirty-one seasonal workers from Argentina and Peru were still stuck last week at Jay Peak Resort due to international travel bans related to COVID-19. The workers are part of the federal J-1 visa program, a cultural exchange that allow... More »
by Joseph Gresser With schools, restaurants, and hotels shuttered to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the country’s dairy farmers are suffering even more than usual. Milk prices that were expected to rise to about $20 after staying stubbornly below the cos... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Mayor Paul Monette presided over Monday’s city council meeting from his home, and council members phoned in using a computer application designed to allow long-distance conferencing. It was one of the precautions made necessary by t... More »
by Meghan Wayland Farmers took a hit March 24 when Governor Scott declared farmers markets non-essential services and ordered them to close at least until the end of April. The announcement came not long after farmers began adjusting to revenue lost as a resu... More »
by Tena Starr Jason Griffith spent Saturday going door-to-door in the Newport area delivering Easter baskets to children who might otherwise have been disappointed by the Easter Bunny’s absence this year. After soliciting information, via Facebook, about who ... More »
