copyright the Chronicle December 21, 2016 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — For years the Newport City Council has set budgets that cut city spending to the bone. Based on the discussion at Monday’s meeting, the 2017-2018 budget may cut even deeper. By the end o... More »
copyright the Chronicle December 14, 2016 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Retailers are always anxious as the Christmas season, which can be make or break for a business, approaches. This year Newport’s merchants have had the arrival of Walmart in the area added... More »
Our Revolution, by Bernie Sanders. Published by Thomas Dunne Books — St. Martin’s Press, New York City, 2016. 450 pages. Hardcover. $27. Reviewed by Joseph Gresser Senator Bernie Sanders’ new book clearly was written in expectation of a different reality ... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 23, 2016 by Joseph Gresser In a ruling issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles gave the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) an early victory in its suit against Ariel Quiros. The federal agency was granted its r... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 16, 2016 by Joseph Gresser DERBY — The Derby Walmart Supercenter will open its doors for the first time early on November 16, but according to State Police Lieutenant Walt Smith, commander of the Derby barracks, issues of pu... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 16, 2016 by Joseph Gresser On October 26 the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) gave its approval to a new way to pay for medical services, called the all-payer model. The next day Governor Peter Shumlin and Secretary Hal Cohen... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 2, 2016 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Senator Bernie Sanders has seen bigger crowds than the one that greeted him Friday afternoon at the Gateway Center here. But it’s doubtful that any gave him a more enthusiastic reception. Mu... More »
copyright the Chronicle November 2, 2016 by Joseph Gresser BARTON — Peter Welch spent half of Monday in Orleans County. He dropped by the Chronicle for a morning conversation before heading up to Newport for a meeting with city officials and legislators. The s... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 26, 2016 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — It would have been difficult to tell what party the four candidates seeking to represent Orleans-2 belong to just by listening to them at Monday night’s candidate forum. The only clue was ho... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 26, 2016 by Joseph Gresser Marian Burros began her career as a food writer because she and a friend needed to give affordable engagement gifts. She ended up changing the field because she recognized a simple truth — food is poli... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 19, 2016 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Lawyers for Bill Stenger have told the state to bring it on. In a September 7 filing in the Civil Division of Washington County Superior Court, they denied all the fraud charges related to EB... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 12, 2016 by Joseph Gresser BARTON — A conversation Monday evening between three candidates for the state House of Representatives from the Orleans-Caledonia district produced a civil, serious discussion of issues facing the stat... More »
