NCUHS High school band students winter sports perform at Disney. schedules. 12 26 the Chronicle THE WEEKLY JOURNAL OF ORLEANS COUNTY TWO SECTIONS, 52 PAGES VOLUME 42, NUMBER 46 NOVEMBER 18, 2015 ONE DOLLAR Insurance reform gets Perron bags a big one mixed reviews by Elizabeth Trail children. And it’s second only to Despite both state and federal Massachusetts for having the efforts to improve access to health highest percentage of insured care, relatively few small businesses people overall. And thanks to a in the area — the ones with fewer generous expanded Medicaid than 50 employees — offer medical program 143,000 low-income insurance to their employees. And Vermonters pay little or nothing for many people find themselves their medical care. underinsured, if not uninsured. In some cases, it’s not clear The Vermont Health Connect whether employees would actually website has been plagued with be better off being insured through problems. And in spite of premium their employer, or going it on their subsidies and tax advances, many own through the exchange. people have high deductibles and “All of our full-time employees out-of-pocket costs that, in practical get health care through the terms, mean that they just don’t get brewery,” said Sean Hill at Hill health care. Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro. Yet, Vermont ranks top in the “For me, it is a matter of principle nation for the percentage of insured (Continued on page twenty-two.) Brownington rehires foreman who quit by Tena Starr who voted to rehire him voted at that time not to accept his BROWNINGTON — The select resignation, although since he was board here voted 3-2 on Monday to an employee, they had no control rehire Leonard Messier, the road over whether he quit or not. foreman who quit earlier this fall “I don’t know how I can say no after six months on the job. any clearer than no,” Mr. Messier Bev White and Lenny Zenonos said at that meeting. voted to hire Geoffrey Falconer. He said his resignation would be Terry Curtis, Larry Faust and Paul effective October 2. Raybold voted to hire Mr. Messier. “If he’s going to resign, he’s Brandon Perron of Glover got this buck in Glover on Sunday. It was an 11-pointer In early September, board going to resign, but I don’t want to and weighed 182 pounds. He’s a pretty happy fellow — it’s his first deer. The rifle members tried to talk Mr. Messier, go on record as agreeing with it,” season for white-tailed deer opened on Saturday. into reconsidering his resignation. Mr. Curtis said at that select board Photo courtesy of Jenifer Perron He refused. meeting. “Me, personally, I know The same three board members (Continued on page thirty-one,) Newport City Council Owner of abandoned trailer Aldermen wrestle with to be charged for damages by Elizabeth Trail in road damage and the cost of having the trailer hauled away. traffic problems IRASBURG — The select board On Monday night, the select here has decided to send the bills board voted to bill Raymond Geraw by Joseph Gresser was put off for another day. that resulted from a derelict trailer of Glover for the costs. Doug Morton, the senior abandoned in the road to its last Mr. Geraw has said that he gave NEWPORT — The city’s transportation planner for the recorded owner. the trailer to a man whose name he aldermen wrestled with a couple of Northeastern Vermont Development Back in June, the mobile home didn’t remember — someone who tough questions at their regular Association (NVDA), returned to the was abandoned in the middle of the saw an ad that Mr. Geraw put up on meeting Monday. One involved the council’s chambers for the second night on the West Glover Road the bulletin board at the C&C relationship between the city and straight meeting to talk about outside of Irasburg. The State Supermarket in Barton. Newport Ambulance. The other — improvements to the Railroad Square Police have been investigating the The man hauled the old trailer how to pay for safety intersection. He attended the incident for months, and according off behind a tractor, and that was improvements to the city’s roads — previous meeting with two to a recent update that new the last that Mr. Geraw saw of him. representatives of the state Agency of Irasburg Select Board Chair Brian But judging from the gouges in Transportation (VTrans) to discuss Fecher got from Trooper Callie the road that runs from West Glover safety improvements to the junction Field, there are a few suspects but Village to Irasburg, the guy who took of Main Street, the Causeway, and nothing conclusive. the trailer kept dragging it along on the Veterans Memorial Long Bridge. In the meantime, the town of the rims even after all of the (Continued on page twenty-four.) Irasburg has bills for about $7,000 (Continued on page twenty-eight.) Page Two the Chronicle, November 18, 2015 the Chronicle In Barton INDEX Select board plans to appoint Kingdom Calendar .................................8B-13B Letters to the Editor ....................................4-6 third member Obituaries........................................2B-4B, 16B by Joseph Gresser expressed interest,” Mr. Croteau said. “They Sports.......................................................26-27 want to know more about what the job involves.” Advertising Sections BARTON — Robert Croteau, chair of the While Mr. Croteau said there are two people Barton Selectmen said Tuesday that his sole who are definitely considering the job, he declined Auctions & Real Estate ............................4B-5B colleague, Jim Greenwod is conducting a search to provide the names of the prospective Auto .........................................................32-36 for someone to take the place of Mike Pion on the appointees. three-member board. Building Trades ........................................6B-7B He said he thinks it makes sense to appoint a Mr. Pion, who was elected by a write-in vote third selectman rather than hold a special town Classified Ads.......................................14B-15B in March, resigned two weeks ago. meeting, because the voters will have their Hair................................................................29 “Jim has found a couple of people who chance to make a decision on who they want in Jobs..........................................................19, 30 the job in March. Mr. Pion was elected to a three-year term at Pets................................................................28 Town Meeting to replace Paul Sicard who chose Restaurants & Entertainment................9B-12B 2008 Dodge Ram 2500 4X4 not to run again. Mr. Greenwood was appointed HD 3/4 ton, reg. cab, 8 ft. bed, 1 owner, in May after Terry Nye resigned. air, tow, like new, never plowed. 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