What drives the price of firewood?
by Natalie Hormilla The price of a cord of green firewood is running about $185 this year, about the same as last year. It’s a price that’s mostly determined locally — at least compared to other home...
View ArticleChronicle jack-o’-lantern contest winners speak
by Natalie Hormilla “You have to look at the pumpkin, and see what it tells you,” said Lila Winstead of Glover, about one of her rules of pumpkin carving. Ms. Winstead is usually a winner at the...
View ArticleExamining the crossroads of bullying and social media
by Natalie Hormilla “I wish that I could put a scrambler over my building that would not allow any airwaves to come in and out during the day,” said Lake Region Union High School Principal Andre...
View ArticleRuminations: Start a new tradition with Christmas cookies
copyright the Chronicle December 11, 2013 by Natalie Hormilla Some years ago, when we got tired of too many Christmas gifts with too little meaning, we started to give away Christmas cookies. The whole...
View ArticleChristmas trees growers turn to the Canaan fir
copyright the Chronicle 12-18-13 by Natalie Hormilla “I will never plant another balsam again,” said Steve Moffatt. “Between the frost and the disease and the insect issues, I won’t.” Mr. Moffatt owns...
View ArticleWeather problems drive up beef prices sharply
copyright the Chronicle May 7, 2014 by Natalie Hormilla BARTON — The price of beef in most stores is at a record high, and the price of locally raised beef is getting higher, too. The average price of...
View ArticleHair salons are bright spot in local business
copyright the Chronicle April 30, 2014 by Natalie Hormilla Marie Turmel Kroeger opened a hair salon in a refurbished milk house in Craftsbury last month with confidence and enthusiasm. “It’s called...
View ArticleMemorial Day weekend
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View ArticleVermont leads nation in sugarmaking again
copyright the Chronicle July 16, 2014 by Natalie Hormilla Vermont again led the nation in maple syrup production in 2014, according to a report by the United State Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)...
View ArticleDoctor publishes first book of bedside tales
copyright the Chronicle September 3, 2014 Patients I Will Never Forget, by Sally Willard Burbank. 282 pages. Paperback. Published by Clovercroft Publishing. $14.99. by Natalie Hormilla Sally Willard...
View ArticleEmployees to buy the Chronicle
copyright the Chronicle September 17, 2014 Eleven long-time employees of the Chronicle have agreed in principle to buy the weekly newspaper from its founding publishers, Chris and Ellen Braithwaite....
View ArticleTed Hoagland publishes twenty-fourth book
copyright the Chronicle October 1, 2014 Reviewed by Natalie Hormilla The Devil’s Tub, by Edward Hoagland. 240 pages. Hardcover. Published by Arcade Publishing. $24.95. BARTON — “I’m ready to die,” said...
View ArticlePlanet Aid drop boxes unlikely to clothe locals
copyright the Chronicle November 5, 2014 by Natalie Hormilla A convenient way to recycle clothing is making its way into Orleans and Essex counties — but it’s highly unlikely that any of those clothes...
View ArticleAn American woman’s memories of communist Cuba
copyright the Chronicle January 7, 2015 Editor’s note: Maria Hormilla is the paternal grandmother of Natalie Hormilla. This interview reflects but a small portion of her experiences in Cuba. by Natalie...
View Articlethe Chronicle changes hands
copyright the Chronicle February 4, 2015 by Chris Braithwaite To me the Chronicle will always be a novelty — a shot in the dark, a crazy gamble undertaken with almost no money but all the energy a...
View ArticleYour GPS sent you where?
copyright the Chronicle February 25, 2015 by Natalie Hormilla WESTFIELD — Here’s an increasingly familiar scenario: Friends, or strangers, visiting from elsewhere are stuck on a back road and need...
View ArticleA look at the internal struggles of an early feminist
copyright the Chronicle March 25, 2015 by Natalie Hormilla Martha Oliver-Smith of Albany has written something like a memoir, except it’s not really about herself. The main character of Martha’s...
View ArticleNew eatery comes to Barton
copyright the Chronicle June 24, 2015 by Natalie Hormilla BARTON — Eddie Seadale’s newest food venture is operated out of a truck. Mr. Seadale, former owner of The Parson’s Corner restaurant, has set...
View ArticleAlternative medicine – woo-woo or effective?
copyright the Chronicle April 13, 2016 by Natalie Hormilla On a recent rainy morning, Grace Johnstone zipped up what looked like a cross between an astronaut suit and a duffle bag and flipped a switch....
View ArticleIn Barton: Chronicle reporter watches car get stolen
by Bethany M. Dunbar BARTON — A veteran reporter for the Chronicle had his car stolen from the office as he was working inside on Tuesday. But about three hours later, the vehicle was found in...
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