copyright the Chronicle February 22, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail COVENTRY — Early on a Saturday morning seems like an unlikely time to draw a crowd for an informational meeting with the select board. But close to 30 people showed up at the community center her... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 15, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail COVENTRY — The selectmen here are planning a series of public meetings over the next three weeks to talk with town voters about their problems with Town Clerk and Treasurer Cynthia Diaz, and thei... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 1, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail NEWPORT — Immediately after she took the witness stand in Orleans County Superior Court on Monday, Cynthia Diaz invoked the Fifth Amendment. “Hadn’t you better hear the questions first?” Judge How... More »
copyright the Chronicle January 4, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail NEWPORT — Last Friday’s court-imposed deadline has come and gone, and so far Coventry Town Clerk and Treasurer Cynthia Diaz hasn’t turned over town documents that the select board and auditor Jeff ... More »
copyright the Chronicle December 21, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail COVENTRY — Attorney Paul Gillies has filed a civil complaint on the town’s behalf against Town Clerk, Treasurer and Delinquent Tax Collector Cynthia Diaz, based on the forensic audit report relea... More »
copyright the Chronicle December 14, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail COVENTRY — Copies of Graham & Graham’s long-awaited forensic report were handed around the room at Monday night’s select board meeting here. The report covered not only the town money that’s believ... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 16, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail COVENTRY — There was largely stunned silence around the room Monday night when the select board read aloud part of a note from delinquent tax collector Cynthia Diaz. The note said that Ms. Diaz pla... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 9, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail The select board here voted Monday night to follow the recommendation of Louise Evans at Hunt Financial Services and move the town’s money into safer investments on Tuesday morning. Tuesday is Electio... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 9, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail Water customers in Coventry village and some surrounding areas have been warned that they should avoid drinking unfiltered tap water. The Coventry Fire District #1 (CFD) operates the public water supp... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 2, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail COVENTRY — A Coventry resident who prides himself on being the first person to get his taxes paid every year also became the first person to prove he made cash tax payments that never made it to the... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 2, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail Coventry finds arsenic in water Arsenic measured above the allowed level in the spring that provides water to about 60 Coventry Village residents and the school, said Jeanne Desrochers, who came to th... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 19, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail COVENTRY — The State Police have been asked to take a look at the unfolding accounting crisis in Coventry. Last week, an attorney specializing in municipal law, Paul Gillies of the Montpelier firm of... More »
