copyright the Chronicle August 12, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail IRASBURG — About 40 people, including two state legislators, came to the Irasburg Select Board meeting on Monday night to protest two commercial scale wind towers proposed for nearby Kidder Hill. David... More »
copyright the Chronicle July 29, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail “Try this, you won’t believe it,” said my mother, pushing a small bowl of thinly sliced strawberries toward me. She had the look on her face of someone about to pull a rabbit out of a hat. I plop food on... More »
copyright the Chronicle July 15, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail WESTMORE — About 13,000 years ago, the last retreating glacier left a huge boulder, twice as tall as a person, overlooking Lake Willoughby near the top of the Hinton Hill Road in Westmore. Generations ha... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 24, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail GLOVER — Gloria Powers never stands still. At 70 years old, she is a tiny dynamo of a woman who simply exudes energy. And right now, she’s a woman with a mission. On Monday, June 29, Ms. Powers will serv... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 24, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has about any kind of loan or grant a low-income homeowner, or prospective homeowner, could possibly need. And it wants to give that money out, especially in t... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 17, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail BROWNINGTON — Jan Delaney describes herself as “just a Brownington citizen who wanted to help.” She’s not a town official. She had never written a grant before, let alone a major one. But when she saw... More »
copyright the Chronicle June 10, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail NEWPORT — They came walking upright, leaning on canes, or struggling with walkers, holding in their hands treasured memorabilia from over 70 years ago. Seventeen World War II veterans — 16 men and one... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 27, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail ORLEANS — Thirty years ago, Robert Fenton’s military medals went missing. The 94-year-old Mr. Fenton, who is from Orleans, is a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War. On Monday, at a Memorial Da... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 20, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail GLOVER — The Union House Nursing Home’s 40 residents, who were evacuated Sunday for what was at first thought to be a fire, will be able to start returning on Wednesday, owner Pat Russell said. “We just... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 20, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail GLOVER — Orleans County Sheriff Kirk Martin came to the Glover Select Board meeting on Thursday, May 14 to sign the town’s new contract with the Sheriff’s Department. Following a heated discussion at To... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 13, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail NEWPORT — It could have been a scene from England between the wars. In the kitchen, maids in lacy white pinafores laid out trays of iced cookies, thinly sliced cake, and cucumber sandwiches on triangle... More »
copyright the Chronicle April 29, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail Alfred Carrier and his son Alfred Carrier Jr., were among the last people in Orleans County still making maple syrup this past weekend. Many local sugarmakers report that they quit boiling early last we... More »
