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Chester Board addresses preserving ancient roads

Chester Board addresses preserving ancient roads Conservation Committee could aid with public accessibility

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC In the middle of a rather routine “housekeeping” meeting last Wednesday, the Chester Select Board took time to discuss the town’s 16.67 miles of Class 4  roads. Often called “ancient roads,” Class 4 roads are town-owned rights-of-way that are no longer maintained. Some are still recognizable as […]

Ludlow braves snow to hold fundraiser for revitalized farmers market

Ludlow braves snow to hold fundraiser for revitalized farmers market

Updated at 10:36 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2024. ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC According to market manager Emma Wright, “We sold out our 100 in-advance tickets and sold 20 more for a total of 120 guests and roughly 20 volunteers. … together we raised a total of $5,589,” and included $1,000 in additional donations other than […]

Community invited to 'reimagine S. Derry' event

Community invited to ‘reimagine S. Derry’ event

Residents and interested citizens are invited to a community meeting at 6 p.m. on  Thursday, April 4  at the Londonderry Town Offices, 100 Old School Road in South Londonderry, to “reimagine South Londonderry.” The Londonderry Planning Commission has engaged consultants Stevens and Associates to develop a master plan for Londonderry’s South Village. Stevens and Consultants […]

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Regional meeting on housing resources set for March 27

A meeting to talk about resources to help towns plan for and address the housing crisis will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27 at the Mount Ascutney Regional Commission office at 38 Ascutney Park Road in Ascutney. Staff from the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust will make a presentation and answer questions. […]

Local short-term rental regulation one year later

Local short-term rental regulation one year later

By Shawn Cunningham ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC A a year ago, The Telegraph published an article about where area towns stood in dealing with short-term rentals such as AirBnb and VRBO. At Town Meeting earlier this month, Andover residents voted down making short-term rentals a conditional use while the Town of Londonderry began advertising for […]

Okemo's women ski patrol takes over the mountain for International Women's Day

Okemo’s women ski patrol takes over the mountain for International Women’s Day

By Cara Philbin ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC LUDLOW Friday, March 8, 2024 marks the second time in its history that Okemo Mountain  organized an all-women ski patrol team to honor International Women’s Day. The first time was just last year, when the women realized they were enough to cover the mountain. It’s 7 a.m., and […]

Andover Select Board agenda for March 25

Andover Select Board agenda for March 25

The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday March 25 at the 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 March 11th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, 10 […]

Chester Select Board agenda for March 20

Chester Select Board agenda for March 20

The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday March 20 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 Below is the board’s agenda 1. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 2. Approve Minutes from Previous Meeting 3. Citizen’s Comments 4. Old […]

After almost closing for good, Ludlow Farmers Market hopes to make a strong comeback

After almost closing for good, Ludlow Farmers Market hopes to make a strong comeback

By Cara Philbin ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC LUDLOW The farmer’s market that took place on summer Friday nights on Route 103 in Ludlow may be moving to Depot Street in the center of town, says its new director, Emma Wright, as part of numerous changes she hopes for the 15-year-old market, which almost shut down […]

Windsor Sen. McCormack won't seek re-election

Windsor Sen. McCormack won’t seek re-election He'll retire in January serving 31 years in state Senate

By Sarah Mearhoff ©2024 VT Digger After more than three decades representing Windsor County in the Vermont Senate, Dick McCormack plans to retire next January at the conclusion of his term. The veteran Democrat disclosed his decision to constituents on Town Meeting Day last week and explained his thinking to VTDigger in an interview Monday. […]

Chester hones STR ordinance changes as moratorium nears end

Chester hones STR ordinance changes as moratorium nears end

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC After a routine reorganization following Tuesday’s Town Meeting Day election, the Chester Select Board, with new member Tim Roper, got down to working on some proposed changes to its Short-Term Rental Ordinance. The board’s six month moratorium on new un-hosted rentals ends on April 1 and it […]

A Local Guide to the Solar Eclipse: Partial or total, prepare to be awed, if the clouds stay away

A Local Guide to the Solar Eclipse: Partial or total, prepare to be awed, if the clouds stay away

By Roderick Bates ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Monday, April 8, a band of midday darkness about 100 miles wide will move in a northeasterly path across North America from Mexico to Newfoundland as the moon crosses in front of the sun. In Vermont, the southern edge of that path will cross through Middlebury and […]

Andover Select Board agenda for March 11

Andover Select Board agenda for March 11

The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday March 11 at the Andover Town Office, 953 Weston-Andover Road. The board’s agenda is below. 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes of February 26th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, […]

Voters nix GMUSD budget; Other area results

Voters nix GMUSD budget; Other area results Wunderle, Leahy win school board seats; Roper wins, Knapp re-elected to Chester Select Board

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Last year was a rocky one for the board of the Green Mountain Unified School District and to cap it off, on Tuesday, voters shot down the proposed $17.4 million budget by a vote of 699 to 620 in a turnout substantially higher than one year ago […]

Andover voters reject 'short-term rental' article; set Monday meeting next year

Andover voters reject ‘short-term rental’ article; set Monday meeting next year

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC In an otherwise routine Town Meeting in Andover on Monday night one thing stood out. On Tuesday, the town government asked its voters to weigh in by Australian ballot on whether it should add “short-term rental” to the list of conditional uses under its zoning bylaws. But […]

Cavendish voters narrowly approve cannabis sales, end 'from the floor' voting

Cavendish voters narrowly approve cannabis sales, end ‘from the floor’ voting

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Voters in Cavendish on Tuesday voted 182 to 168 to allow retail sale of cannabis in the town. But the hot topic at Monday’s informational meeting were articles that would permanently eliminate voting from the floor of the annual Town Meeting in favor of Australian balloting. The […]

Chester Select Board agenda for March 6

Chester Select Board agenda for March 6

The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday March 6 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 Below is the board’s agenda. 1. Organization 2. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 3. Adopt Rules of Procedure 4. Adopt Conflict of […]

Chester voters approve $3.975 million for budget; $39,811 for social programs

Chester voters approve $3.975 million for budget; $39,811 for social programs Ballot voting til 7 p.m. today; officers to be elected

By Cynthia Prairie ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC The 60 or so Chester voters attending Monday night’s Town Meeting in person  approved, with a few objections, to raising $3.975 million in taxes to fund the town budget, a budget that Town Manager Julie Hance said is “what it takes to maintain the services that we now […]

New group seeks public input on events for Chester Town Hall

New group seeks public input on events for Chester Town Hall Upstairs at Town Hall to hold open house on March 13

©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC A small group of volunteers is spearheading an effort to bring back music, theater and arts events to the 2nd floor of Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St., the refurbished theater space that seats 245 and is currently used mostly for Select Board and other government meetings. The group, known as […]

Bridge #20 on Route 121/35 in Grafton down to one lane during replacement

Bridge #20 on Route 121/35 in Grafton down to one lane during replacement

©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont Agency of Transportation announces a single-lane closure on Bridge #20 over the Saxtons River along Vermont Route 121  in Grafton beginning Friday, March 1. VTrans is in the process of replacing Bridge #20, which is located on VT 121/35 East, just east of the intersection with Fisher Hill Road. […]