copyright the Chronicle December 7, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail IRASBURG — When the state Legislature passed a new energy siting bill last May, it was supposedly intended to give towns more voice in siting big energy projects. But members of the Irasburg Planning ... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 23, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail The worst Thanksgiving of my life was probably the year when, as a young wife, it was my turn to put on the holiday meal for my husband’s family. My own family was 3,000 miles away in California. T... 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 16, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail There’s a new style of ditching along the roads around the Kingdom — and the rest of the state. Traditional grassy road shoulders are disappearing, replaced by ditches. Not only are the ditches dee... 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 26, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail GLOVER — It was standing room only at Glover Community School Monday night as community members crowded into a classroom to talk to the school board about the news that there won’t be a Halloween cele... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 19, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail ALBANY — When Megan Jolly was in college, and for a couple of years after that, one of her jobs as a fledgling biologist was to crawl into bear caves in winter and haul out cubs so they could be count... 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 »
copyright the Chronicle October 12, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail COVENTRY — When selectman Scott Morley and auditor Jeff Graham walked through the doors of the Coventry town office early Monday morning, they saw Town Clerk and Treasurer Cynthia Diaz headed into the... More »
