copyright the Chronicle April 16, 2014 The Starling God, by Tanya Sousa. Paperback. 265 pages. Published by forestrypress.com. $12.50 Reviewed by Tena Starr Tanya Sousa’s The Starling God is part allegory, part adventure story, part coming of age tale, and... More »
copyright the Chronicle April 2, 2014 by Tena Starr Karen Zale of Newport grew up knowing that her father, John Zale (born John Zubrzyck), was a veteran of World War II. What she didn’t know, until very late in his life, was that he was a survivor of the Ba... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 26, 2014 Winter Ready, by Leland Kinsey. Published by Green Writers Press. 85 pages. Paperback. $14.95 Reviewed by Tena Starr It was yet another cold and snowy March day in this cold and snowy winter of 2014, and Leland Kinsey’... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 26, 2014 This week, March 28, is the Chronicle’s fortieth birthday. Chris and Ellen Braithwaite produced that first edition on typewriters in an Albany farmhouse. It had stories about Orleans Village winning a lawsuit, cuts to t... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 5, 2014 Kidnapping the Enemy, The Special Operations to Capture Generals Charles Lee & Richard Prescott, by Christian M. McBurney. 325 pages. Hardcover. Published by Westholme Publishing, LLC. $29.95. Reviewed by Tena Starr It... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 26, 2014 Next week at Town Meeting four Orleans County towns will vote on a resolution that basically says they don’t want tar sands oil to be shipped through the Portland Pipeline’s Northeast Kingdom oil lines. They are Alban... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 9, 2011 by Tena Starr It’s hard to say exactly how rare Saturday’s night’s winter thunderstorm was, says Chris Bouchard, a meteorologist at the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury. “I don’t have any numbers on its frequency,” he ... More »
copyright the Chronicle 1-15-2014 by Bethany M. Dunbar BARTON — Chronicle founder and publisher Chris Braithwaite will be inducted into the New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA) Hall of Fame in February. Mr. Braithwaite and five other newspaper p... More »
by Tena Starr copyright the Chronicle 11-27-2013 Researchers at the Proctor Maple Research Center have stumbled onto a new way of sugaring that could revolutionize the most rapidly growing agricultural industry in Vermont. Instead of getting 100 taps per acre,... More »
Recently, a videotape of schoolchildren from Orleans Elementary fighting was posted on Facebook. Upon investigation, the school’s principal concluded that it wasn’t so much a case of targeted bullying, as some had suspected, as it was an argument, mostly amon... More »
Years ago, Kim Arel found herself in a tough spot. She had two young children to feed, and for a brief time the only way to swing that was to visit a food shelf. “I was surprised to see other people there that I didn’t think I would,” she said in a recent in... More »
by Tena Starr NEWPORT — Phil White, lawyer, former county prosecutor, and the man who tried so valiantly to save IROC, has taken on a new venture. Mr. White has started a for-profit company called Kingdom Games to organize and promote outdoor activities such a... More »
