copyright the Chronicle October 18, 2017 by Brad Usatch BRIGHTON — When Barbara Fricke and Peter Cuneo launched from Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 7 in their gas balloon Foxtrot Charlie, they knew they were going to land somewhere. By the time their ... More »
copyright the Chronicle April 19, 2017 by Sharon (Campbell) Biron Editor’s note: the following is Ms. Biron’s account of the fire that ruined their Island Pond home Sunday night. She and her husband, Mark Biron, lost everything in the fire. Mark and I had ... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 5, 2016 by Brad Usatch BRIGHTON — The reports from Island Pond were universally grim: The lights are out. The sidewalks have been rolled up. Jennifer’s, Common Sense and the Yellow Deli, Clyde River Outfitters, Ted’s Market, The... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 27, 2015 Island Pond Reflections, by S.J. Campbell. Paperback. 130 pages. Self-published. $19.99. Reviewed by Tena Starr Island Pond Reflections isn’t a scholarly history of Brighton, which has also been known rather charmingly ... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 4, 2015 by Joseph Gresser BRIGHTON — The days of making maple syrup to raise a little cash for property taxes have been gone for quite a while now. But an Island Pond sugaring operation getting ready for its first season could ush... More »
copyright the Chronicle July 30, 2014 by Tena Starr BRIGHTON — Charles and Linda Roth visited their family cemetery plot here in late April and were astonished to find that someone had been buried in it over the winter. “We visited the cemetery to pay our res... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 4, 2014 by Tena Starr ISLAND POND — For the last 57 years, Robert Hall of been a member of a small, elite group that includes the likes of actors Mel Gibson, Johnny Depp, and singer Celine Dion. Like those celebrities, Mr. Hall ow... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 26, 2014 The Brownington girls team came in first place in the girls division for the Brownington Graded School’s first annual March Madness Basketball Tournament, held from March 14 to 16. The Troy girls were runners up. The Cha... More »
copyright the Chronicle January 15, 2014 by Paul Lefebvre FERDINAND — Community opposition in three of the most remote northern towns of the Northeast Kingdom have shut the door on hosting what would have been the third industrial wind project planned for the ... More »
by Paul Lefebvre copyright the Chronicle 11-13-2013 ISLAND POND — Seneca Mountain wind developers stuck their head in the lion’s den here Monday night, and the lion roared back. Eolian Renewable Energy is proposing a 20-turbine project for Seneca Mountain that... More »
copyright the Chronicle, October 9, 2013 by Paul Lefebvre ISLAND POND — For two private developers who would like to start a nighttime rail passenger service between Montreal and Portland, slow is beautiful. The working name for the project is train-hotel, and... More »
by Paul Lefebvre ISLAND POND — A Quebec maple company may be setting up shop in an empty factory here that failed to gain traction as a woodworking facility and create jobs after the Ethan Allen plant shut down in 2000. The empty factory, known as the REM buil... More »
