The Cornwall Chronicle Web Exclusive Archives
Editors Note: Thanks for Everything, Paul
After more than a decade as president of the [...Read More]
Cornwall Bridge Market: Almost There!
We had the opportunity to briefly catch up with Will [...Read More]
Refreshing Cornwall’s Zoning Rules
For the last three years, Cornwall’s town planners have [...Read More]
West Cornwall Septic Update
A sparsely attended Wastewater Management Project committee meeting was [...Read More]
Get Online with the CVFD
The Cornwall Volunteer Fire Department, CVFD for short, celebrated its [...Read More]
Covered Bridge Damaged Again
It wasn’t the high wind and not the massive [...Read More]
A Frustrating Hearing
Below is one resident’s reaction to the official hearing [...Read More]
The Cornwall–Hawaii Connection
One of Cornwall’s most influential institutions, the Foreign Mission [...Read More]
Trouble Crops Up
“If it’s not one thing it’s another,” Roseanne Roseannadanna [...Read More]
Places to Call Home
The Cornwall Housing Forum on October 19 gave the [...Read More]
Save Sharon Hospital, Again
If you fracture your hip at 9pm on a [...Read More]
Changes Afoot Around Cornwall Bridge
It seems as if suddenly there is change in [...Read More]
A Buck with the Confidence of Youth
He trod towards me With audacious comfort in his [...Read More]
Cornwall Country Market Is Up for Sale
The news broke on Facebook on Aug. 21: The [...Read More]
The Story of a Slave
One of the takeaways from the “Finding [...Read More]
The Evolution of Cogswell Bridge
The hue and cry a year ago over the [...Read More]
A Numbers Game
I have been curious about the mapping of the [...Read More]
West Cornwall Wastewater Plant Passes
After six years of study, several engineering reports, two [...Read More]
Wastewater Treatment Plant Referendum: Q&A
In anticipation of the upcoming referendum, two informational meetings [...Read More]
Combating Food Insecurity in Cornwall
Editors’ Note: This is a longer version of the [...Read More]
“The Best Race in New England”
We may be a little biased to claim that [...Read More]
Whitewater Jamboree
The New England Slalom Series – NESS – comes [...Read More]
Welcome, frank.food.company!
Well, it’s finally “show-time” for Frank Way. After many months [...Read More]
West Cornwall Septic Update
The giant $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill to fund [...Read More]
Junior National Nordic Combined Event
In the last weekend of February, and for the [...Read More]
Reality TV
When Governor Ned Lamont issued Executive Order No. 7B [...Read More]
Saving our Trees: Gypsy Moths
A web-exclusive manual to battle one of the most [...Read More]
The Housy Meadows Mess
To dogwalkers used to morning strolls across the broad [...Read More]
Coming Full Circle and Uphill
Twenty four years ago, I sat where you are [...Read More]
Favorites from the Barnyard Animals Project
An idea came up looking at the lone plywood [...Read More]
Best Ag Fair Ever?
This 29th Cornwall Agricultural Fair was one for the books. [...Read More]
We Are For Each Other
In the first moments of a heart attack, I [...Read More]
Mediation in Lieu of Litigation?
Mediation in Lieu of Litigation? A Letter about the [...Read More]
Something New on the Chronicle Website
For the first time the Cornwall Chronicle has expanded [...Read More]
Will There be a Second Coming? – Part Three of a Three Part Series
The talk about the return of passenger train service [...Read More]
These Trains Never Stopped – Part Two of a Three Part Series
When the last passenger train came up the [...Read More]
Going Back in Time – Part One of a Three Part Series
The tracks are still there. And they are used (by [...Read More]
Kestrel Summertime
Oona and I met on the edge of the [...Read More]
Local is Looking Up
If you open it (at the right time of the [...Read More]
Cornwall Rocks
Cornwall Rocks The first Rock Band Camp held last [...Read More]
Recent Zoning Changes: Q&A
New regulations concerning home business activity in Cornwall took [...Read More]
Cocoon
They’ve gone quiet now, but are out there still, [...Read More]
At Long Last, New Home Business Regs
After many months of drafting, discussion and at times [...Read More]
A Housing Plan
The Cornwall Housing Plan Committee held a public forum on [...Read More]
Green Means Business
Since 2010 a group of volunteers from three New England [...Read More]
Are We There Yet?
You’ve heard the anxious refrain emanating from the back seat, [...Read More]
Looking for a fast hookup in Cornwall? The Cornwall Internet Committee has your back!
Getting the town wired for high-speed fiber is the guiding [...Read More]
Acorns Under My Pillow
It’s a predictable tale: a couple living in a city [...Read More]
Adapting, Advancing and Achieving at CCS
In this year of unprecedented challenges for schools across the [...Read More]
Return of the Bicycle Racers?
The February issue of the Chronicle lamented the end of [...Read More]
Three Guys Turn Up, Tune In
An outpost for ice cream. A spot for really good [...Read More]
Cornwall Students Research WW2 Veterans
In the shade of a cedar tree on the playground [...Read More]
Guinea Pig in a Snow Cave
Late in the afternoon on January 27th, Brad Hedden got [...Read More]
With the Help of Neighbors
One snowy day recently, I was on a Zoom chat [...Read More]
Hearts for Haines
Fifth-grader Winter Cheney, who recently moved to Cornwall from Haines, [...Read More]
Baptism by Fire for New Cornwall Housing Task Force
An unwelcome “Zoombomb” exploded during the first meeting of Cornwall’s [...Read More]
“Everything That Cornwall Is”
Some say you can’t be all things to all people. [...Read More]
What Is COCOA?
Peter Cusack, who has a degree from Syracuse University and [...Read More]
A Cornwall Dog’s Tale
“I don’t even think of them as customers, they are [...Read More]
Cornwall’s Saturday Market
After reporting on the opening of the Union in West [...Read More]
Once Upon a Time in Cornwall.
The players in order of appearance: Spencer, large (really!) black [...Read More]
The Union Springs to Life!
I recently had the opportunity to catch up with Libby [...Read More]
Showing Up for Justice
Nita Colgate has been showing up for justice for a [...Read More]
Kindness in the Time of Covid
The Cornwall Food and Fuel Fund, in all its twelve [...Read More]
A Spaced Out Beach
Hammond Beach's season went very well this summer. As Director [...Read More]
Monitoring the Pandemic
After a staff member at CCS tested positive for the [...Read More]
The Value of Spit and the NBA
Back in April, the Chronicle reported that getting tested for [...Read More]
It’s Not Necessarily Over
It’s tempting to think that now that Isaias has come [...Read More]
Remote vs In-Person Learning? Hear It Straight From the Horse.
Rather than paraphrase, interpret or research the sizzling-hot topic of [...Read More]
Cornwall’s Civic Organizations Adjust to the Pandemic
While Connecticut Covid-19 numbers continue thankfully to decline, area businesses [...Read More]
Business Re-Openings in Cornwall
As the state slowly re-opens in stages, Cornwall businesses work [...Read More]
Ahem, Cornwall!
In March, Covid-19 changed our lives utterly. We were cut [...Read More]
Business as (Un)usual
In Cornwall, the coronavirus has impacted the health of our [...Read More]
On and Off the Trail
As might be expected, trail use is up in the [...Read More]
Cornwall Son: Recalled Home on Short Notice
I spent 22 months as a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) [...Read More]
Say Cheese…
Trending these days is the Front Porch Project, where individuals [...Read More]
Thank You to Front Line Workers
With the pandemic rapidly shutting down New York City, on [...Read More]
Hell-Bent for Cornwall
Four and a half years ago, while we were celebrating [...Read More]
The Woman Who Gave Birth in the Barn
“Are you Tyler Cheney’s wife?” I’ve been asked this many [...Read More]
I’m the One: Surviving Coronavirus in Cornwall
The first time I read about the coronavirus, I was [...Read More]
Walking Cornwall
Though we are stuck home indoors, we want to be [...Read More]
Three Hilarious TV Shows for a Pandemic Pick-Me-Up
There are countless quality shows on the various streaming services, [...Read More]
Small Town, Big Heart: A Week at the Cornwall Food Pantry
In normal times, the Cornwall food pantry tends to swing [...Read More]
Masks Can’t Disguise the Cornwall Spirit
Nature has awakened in Cornwall. Snowdrops have opened, daffodils have [...Read More]
Let’s Talk About School
Start-of-year enrollment at CCS this year is ninety-six, up from [...Read More]
A Cornwall Companion
This attractive 272-page hardcover book offers over 200 selections from the Chronicle’s first 150 plus issues. The collection has a full-color jacket from an original painting by Marc Simont and includes many witty and elegant drawings.
“A charming evocation of local life.” – The Litchfield County Times
“The stories are informational, serious, whimsical and laugh-out-loud funny.” – The Sunday Republican