copyright the Chronicle October 25, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail BARTON — A new senior center is in the works in Barton. Called Barton Area Senior Services, Inc., (BASSI), the new group incorporated with the state as a nonprofit last week. Its organizers plan t... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 18, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail “Everyone has a voice,” Sara Doncaster says. It’s that philosophy, on every level, that has propelled the Lake Region Union High School music teacher into the spotlight as this year’s runner-up Ve... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 11, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail WESTMORE — The select board here is talking about passing a public indecency ordinance, with fines of up to $800, following complaints from people who said they were harassed at the nude beach at ... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 11, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail Dense forests of bright green parsley. Waist-high kale, green-black and curly. Vegetables growing in profusion in soil so rich and light that a hand thrust among their roots travels downward a foo... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 4, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail BARTON — The Barton Senior Center served its last meal on September 27. On Tuesday night, about 30 people, including two Barton Village Trustees and two representatives from the Northeast Kingdom C... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 27, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail CRAFTSBURY — The future is not looking good for Vermont sugarmakers 50 years down the road. But opportunities will open up for dairy farmers — if they can stay in business until then. That was t... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 13, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail GLOVER — Swastikas, racist epithets, and crudely drawn penises were spray painted on road surfaces, mailboxes, and the side of a farm building in Glover sometime during the night of September 7.... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 13, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail EAST BURKE — “Welcome to history,” said Eli Harrington, one of the organizers of Vermont Hemp Fest 2017, held over the weekend at the Burke Mountain Hotel and Conference Center. He’s also co-found... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 6, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail CRAFTSBURY COMMON — “It’s like the hand of God reaches down and pushes you along,” Larry Gilbert said. Mr. Gilbert’s playful description of what it’s like to ride an electric bicycle was pretty m... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 6, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail CRAFTSBURY COMMON — “We’re only guaranteed two things,” Anne-Marie Keppel told the small crowd that turned out for a Death Café at the library on August 31. “The fact that we are alive right now in... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 23, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail BARTON — “Protect your front end and a lot of luck,” said Heidi Taylor of West Glover when asked about the strategy that carried her to a third-place finish in the four-cylinder division of the Demol... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 16, 2017 by Elizabeth Trail DATELINE — Several Glover residents attended the August 10 select board meeting here to talk about an attempt last week to blow out the village sewer lines that went wrong. In Doug Safford’s house,... More »
