copyrigh the Chronicle April 6, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail Sugarmaking has turned into big business in Vermont. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Vermont sugarmakers made 1.3 million gallons of syrup in 2015, more than double the 500,000 gallons pr... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 17, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail BARTON – Most of the 20 people who showed up on Tuesday night at the Barton Municipal Building for the second hearing held by the Public Service Board (PSB) on a proposed 21 percent electric rate hik... More »
copyright the Chronicle January 27, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail JOHNSBURY — There was nothing in The New York Times crossword puzzle on January 16 to suggest a Vermont connection — no maple syrup references, no catamounts or Green Mountains in the clues. But the... More »
copyright the Chronicle January 20, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail BARTON — A handful of Barton senior citizens begged the Public Service Board (PSB) at a hearing here Thursday night to reject an 18 percent electric rate increase that went into effect in December o... More »
copyright the Chronicle January 13, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail BARTON — The Barton Village Trustees set new water and sewer rates at their meeting Monday night. Water customers will now pay a base charge of $24 a month, plus $4.50 for every thousand gallons they ... More »
©the Chronicle, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail ORLEANS — Nine-year-old Nolan Myers has been watching his mailbox ever since last spring, when he sent a letter to President Obama, along with a picture of a model of the White House that he’d made in his third-grade art... More »
©the Chronicle, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail For 53 members of the North Country Union High School band, last week’s flying trip to perform at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, was an adventure they had worked toward for three years. For the 20 adult ch... More »
©the Chronicle, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail Despite both state and federal efforts to improve access to health care, relatively few small businesses in the area — the ones with fewer than 50 employees — offer medical insurance to their employees. And many people f... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 23, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail Drilling began Friday on Lake Region Union High School’s new well. About two weeks into the new school year, Lake Region maintenance personnel discovered that there was no water in the building. Th... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 16, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail WEST GLOVER — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Matt Dunne came to the Parker Pie restaurant here Sunday to listen to what people think are the biggest challenges — and opportunities — facing Vermo... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 9, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail BARTON — Five miles south of Barton, a long line of train cars built to carry propane gas sit idle on the railroad siding that runs along Route 5. In places, the siding is surrounded by woods. In oth... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 19, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail ORLEANS — The young couple stood in front of the camera on their wedding day. She was very young, dressed like a schoolgirl except for a sequined flapper-style cap and a lace collar livening up the nec... More »
