Tracy Davis Pierce

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Articles

Legislators hear tariff concerns

1 week ago | bartonchronicle.com | Maria Amador |Tracy Davis Pierce

by Maria AmadorMONTPELIER — While the imposition of tariffs remains at once looming and elusive, state officials and businesses on both sides of the border are trying to prepare for the worst. Some have already started living it.
Police say woman played real-life bumper cars

1 week ago | bartonchronicle.com | Joseph Gresser |Tracy Davis Pierce

by Joseph GresserNEWPORT — A Newport Center woman is facing four charges of reckless endangerment and one of reckless or grossly negligent driving after police say she rear-ended two vehicles on April 6. Forty-six-year-old Jana Leigh appeared in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court and pled innocent to the five misdemeanors. District Court Judge Rory Thibault released Ms. Leigh on conditions.
In Craftsbury, school meeting views Kingdom’s needs

1 week ago | bartonchronicle.com | Maria Amador |Tracy Davis Pierce

by Maria AmadorCRAFTSBURY — On April 9, House Representative Leanne Harple of West Glover was among several speakers at a Craftsbury Schools Forum. She discussed her recent work on the education bill H.454, and said she planned to vote aye for a version of it on the following day.
Obituaries 4.16.2025

1 week ago | bartonchronicle.com | Tracy Davis Pierce

David KenyonDavid Alan Kenyon, 78, of Derby and Colchester, died peacefully on March 10, 2025, at the McClure Miller Respite House in Colchester, surrounded by his loving family. He was born January 29, 1947, to Willie Mae Burkett, in Burlington. Soon after, he was adopted by Frederic and Delia (Morcomb) Kenyon of Burlington.
Motorist crashes into unoccupied vehicle

1 week ago | bartonchronicle.com | Tracy Davis Pierce

On Friday, April 11, 2025, the Vermont State Police, Orleans Fire Department and Orleans EMS, responded to the area of 2548 Barton Orleans Road in the Town of Barton, VT, for a report of a two-vehicle crash. Through investigation it was revealed that the operator had suffered a medical event while operating the vehicle and went off the roadway, crashing into a vehicle, which was parked and unoccupied. The operator was transported by Orleans EMS to North Country Hospital for minor injuries.
In Coventry, Ice jam grant melts away

2 weeks ago | bartonchronicle.com | Tracy Davis Pierce

by Matthew WilsonCOVENTRY — Eventually winter’s ice and snow is bound to melt. When it thaws, waters rise, and anyone who has ever put too many ice cubes in a drink knows that frozen chunks can complicate things. Coventry is a community that sometimes experiences flooding due to ice jams. However, a long-planned study to consider how to deal with the problem is in trouble because it seems that the funding source has dried up.
“Hands Off” demonstrations held in Barton and Newport

2 weeks ago | bartonchronicle.com | Tracy Davis Pierce

by Maria AmadorBARTON — Cold and rain weren’t enough to deter those Vermonters opposed to President Donald Trump’s executive actions from spending Saturday protesting in the Kingdom. On Barton’s Village Square and Newport’s Main Street, hundreds stood with signs calling for an end to cuts on federal programs and a return to more competent governance.
Drug dealers sentenced

2 weeks ago | bartonchronicle.com | Tracy Davis Pierce

by Joseph GresserBURLINGTON — Two admitted drug dealers will spend more than 12 years in prison after they changed their pleas to guilty on federal charges of selling fentanyl and cocaine in Orleans County. On March 31, U.S. District Court Judge William Sessions, sentenced Nathaniel “JJ” Jones, 39, of Springfield, Massachusetts, to serve 135 months behind bars and spend three more years on supervised release.
In Derby Line, International Haskell discussion proposed

2 weeks ago | bartonchronicle.com | Tracy Davis Pierce

by Matthew WilsonDERBY LINE — Members of the public discussed the Haskell Free Library and Opera House at the Derby Line Village Annual Meeting on April 1. U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s decision to bar Canadians from walking to the building’s main entrance on Caswell Avenue without going through U.S. Customs, has been at the center of conversation lately, and Derby Select Board member Brian Smith had an opinion to offer.
Obituaries 4.9.2025

2 weeks ago | bartonchronicle.com | Tracy Davis Pierce

Lawrence John DraperLawrence John “Slip” Draper, 79, of Morgan, formerly of Brattleboro, died at his home late Sunday afternoon, March 23, 2025, from COPD complications. Larry was born in Bakersfield on March 3, 1946, the son of Robert Draper Sr. and Frances (George) Draper. He attended school in Burlington until the family moved to Brattleboro in 1961. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in November of 1965, served actively in Vietnam until January 1967, and earned awards for marksmanship.