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Okemo resort event celebrates love and marriage

Okemo resort event celebrates love and marriage

By Cara Philbin ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC It was love at first lift for one couple who got engaged at Okemo Mountain on Saturday. “Skiing is the first sport we’ve truly enjoyed together,” Rajesh Budhani of New York City told The Telegraph, after he proposed to his partner Marco Barragan at the Quantum Six lift […]

Ulrich Waldmann, 91, formerly of Springfield

Ulrich Waldmann, 91, formerly of Springfield

Ulrich Waldmann, 91, of Charlotte, N.C., passed away on Jan. 28, 2024 and is now with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He was born on Sept. 16, 1932, in Esslingen, Germany and spent most of his years residing in Springfield, Vt. with his wife and family. Ulrich was preceded in death by his loving […]

GMUSD Board agenda for Feb. 15

GMUSD Board agenda for Feb. 15

The Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday Feb. 15 at the Green Mountain High School, 716 Route 103 south in Chester and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/88449272142 Below is the board’s agenda. I. CALL TO ORDER: A. Roll call II. APPROVAL […]

College News

College News

Vermont State University, consisting of Castleton University, Northern Vermont University, and Vermont Technical College, announces local student who have been named to the fall 2023 President’s List. To qualify for this academic honor, the student must maintain full-time status and a semester grade point average of 4.0. Those students are: Katelyn Ferris of Springfield Teolyn […]

Cavendish Town Elementary among Vermont schools recognized for asthma mitigation

Cavendish Town Elementary among Vermont schools recognized for asthma mitigation

©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Cavendish Town Elementary School is one of 13 schools in Vermont to be recognized by the state Department of Health’s “Asthma-friendly school” initiative for their commitment to asthma-control strategies to support the lung health of their students. Cavendish is among five schools that have earned a Gold designation, which also includes: […]

No one injured, minor damage in Ludlow attic fire

No one injured, minor damage in Ludlow attic fire

By Cara Philbin ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC A fire at a rental home on West Hill Road in Ludlow on Saturday night began with a wood stove, according to Ludlow Fire Chief Pete Kolenda. “The family inside had been renting the place for about a month and were about to go to bed, when they […]

Vermont rivers discussion in Londonderry on Tuesday

Vermont rivers discussion in Londonderry on Tuesday

On Tuesday the Londonderry Conservation Commission presents the first of a three-part Winter Speaker Series on Vermont’s Changing Landscape. Vermont Rivers: Past, Present and Future will feature discussions on river dynamics, historic river management and its outcomes and current thinking surrounding river management and flood hazard mitigation. This is especially important to the Londonderry area, […]

Andover Select Board agenda for Feb. 12

Andover Select Board agenda for Feb. 12

The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday Feb. 12 at the Andover Town Office, 953 Weston-Andover Road. Below is the board’s agenda: 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes of January 22nd meeting and February 1st meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: […]

College News

College News

Elias Allende Stowell Alemán of Proctorsville has earned a spot on the fall 2023 Dean’s List at Keene State College in Keene, N.H., where he is a sophomore majoring in Spanish and Public Relations.  To be named to the Dean’s List a student must have completed a minimum of 12 graded credits and earned at […]

GMUSD settles White family harassment lawsuit for $300,000

GMUSD settles White family harassment lawsuit for $300,000

By Ethan Weinstein ©2024 VT Digger A lawsuit alleging that Green Mountain Unified School District and some of its administrators failed to protect five sisters from harassment after one of them was raped has been settled for $300,000, according to the sisters’ lawyer. In 2017, Skylar White, a senior at the time, reported that a […]

Chester Select Board agenda for Feb. 7

Chester Select Board agenda for Feb. 7

The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and via Zoom. To access the meeting via Zoom, click here. Below is its agenda. 1. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 2. Approve Minutes from the Jan. 17, 2024 Select Board Meeting and Jan. 19, […]

West River Farmers Market hires new manager

West River Farmers Market hires new manager Applications for vendors now open for 2024 season

The Board of Directors of the West River Farmers Market welcomes Natalie Kapusta of Bondville as its new market manager for the 2024 season. The market manager is a highly detailed position that involves, among other duties, helping vendors and visitors each Saturday during the season and ensuring that the rules of the market are […]

Weston resident, 60, dies snowshoeing

Weston resident, 60, dies snowshoeing

©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC A 60-year-old Weston man who was snowshoeing with a group in the back country of the Magic Mountain Ski Area in Londonderry on Saturday experienced what Vermont State Police called a medical event, collapsed and died. VSP have identified the man as Daniel F. Leiter. According to its social media page, […]

Marjorie Denyou, 72, of Vermont

Marjorie Denyou, 72, of Vermont

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our mother, Marjorie Evelyn Brown Denyou, on Wednesday, Jan. 17. Marjorie was born on Sept. 29, 1951, at Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend, to Phyllis and Kenneth Brown of Newfane. She attended Newfane Elementary and Leland and Gray Seminary, where she stared in the […]

Who’s on the March 5 ballot for offices in Andover, Cavendish, Chester and Grafton?

Who’s on the March 5 ballot for offices in Andover, Cavendish, Chester and Grafton?

© 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Monday, Jan. 29 was the deadline for candidate petitions to be turned in at Town Clerks’ offices all over Vermont. Here are the candidates for offices in our area who will be voted on by Australian ballot on Tuesday, March 5. Those running for offices in Weston and Londonderry will […]

College News

College News

Jordan Harper of Ludlow has been named to the fall 2023 Dean’s List at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. Jordan is majoring in Criminal Justice with a minor in Child Welfare and Psychology. She is the daughter of Jarrod and Jennifer Harper of Ludlow. Nicolas Houghton of Chester, a junior majoring in Forensic […]

TRSU board agenda for Feb. 1

TRSU board agenda for Feb. 1

The Two Rivers Supervisory Union Board will hold its regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday Feb. 1 at Cavendish Elementary School, 573 Main St. in Proctorsville and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/87289589734 Below is the board’s agenda: I. Call to Order A. Roll Call II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: (Additions & […]

N.H. man arraigned on gun charges after Chester arrest

N.H. man arraigned on gun charges after Chester arrest

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont has announced that Ryan Buckley, 35, originally from New Hampshire, was arraigned in the District of Vermont on Jan. 16 after a federal grand jury in Rutland returned a one-count indictment charging him with possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony. He had […]

Rep. Pajala: School choice flourishes in rural Vermont communities

Rep. Pajala: School choice flourishes in rural Vermont communities

By Rep. Kelly Pajala It has been a tough year for the rural community I represent in southern Vermont. Flooding struck not once, but twice. July ravaged our towns, damaged small businesses, and forced people from their homes (including my own). Now that the legislature is back in Montpelier, I hope my colleagues can work […]

Stan Mack, 76, of Grafton

Stan Mack, 76, of Grafton

Stanley A. Mack, 76, passed away on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023 comfortably at his home in Grafton under hospice care­­­. Stanley was born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Sept. 1,  1947 to Otto and Mildred (Isaacs) Mack. Stan grew up in Trumbull, Conn., and became a volunteer firefighter for the town at age […]