Weekly Covid Update: Vaccinations to begin for Vermonters 75 and up
©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC On the morning of Monday, Jan. 25, Phase 2 of the Vermont vaccination plan will begin, allowing Vermonters age 75 and older to begin registering for inoculations. The first vaccines for this group will start on Wednesday. The website and phone number for vaccination registration will be released on Monday morning. […]
GMUSD budget up less than 1% despite special ed hike
By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC The directors of the Green Mountain Unified School District approved a $14.2 million budget last Thursday. It represents an increase of less than 1 percent over last year’s spending plan, despite a recent 14 percent increase by the Two Rivers Supervisory Union, which charges its spending back […]
Vermont vaccine rollout shifts to age based eligibility
By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC With the supply of the vaccine to combat Covid-19 in Vermont smaller and less reliable than anticipated, the administration of Gov. Phil Scott is changing its strategy for rolling it out. In what has been called Phase 1A, workers in health care, residents in long-term care facilities […]
Derry Board still mulls details of Town Meeting; opts for caretaker service, nixing full-time hire
By Cherise Madigan ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC A new Highway and Buildings maintenance position mulled by the Londonderry Select Board earlier this month will not come to fruition following criticism of the expenditure from some residents and board members. The proposed position, which would have totaled nearly $80,000 per year with benefits, will now be […]
Weston board reviews increased T&G tax rate, eyes Town Meeting delay
By Cherise Madigan ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Despite a decreased budget, the Taconic & Green Regional School District’s estimated tax rate is expected to increase by 3.9 cents in fiscal 2022, according to Weston’s representative on the district board, Deborah Lyneis. The increase will bump the current equalized rate of $1.603 to about $1.642, she […]
Covid Weekly Update: State of emergency, vaccine rollout continue
©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Gov. Phil Scott extended the state of emergency throughout Vermont through mid-February as new weekly Covid-19 totals again topped 1,000 for the second week in a row. The new weekly total of 1,115 was down slightly from the record-setting high of 1,207 last week, for a total of 9,734. Seven Vermonters […]
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Weekly Covid Update: Vaccinations to begin for Vermonters 75 and up Signups begin Monday, shots on Wednesday, with Phase 2
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Andover Select Board agenda for Jan. 25
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Mass. man thought missing in the area
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Vermont vaccine rollout shifts to age based eligibility
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Derry Board still mulls details of Town Meeting; opts for caretaker service, nixing full-time hire
By Cherise Madigan ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC A new Highway and Buildings maintenance position mulled -
Project Londonderry volunteers establish new non-profit organization Members work toward North Village Master Plan, seek community input
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Chester Dems hold Share Heat Fundraiser; One Credit Union donates to Vermont Make-A-Wish
Chester Dems hold annual Share Heat Fundraiser The Chester Town Democratic Committee is holding its -
Weston board reviews increased T&G tax rate, eyes Town Meeting delay
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Chester Rotary donates 2,000 masks to educators, first responders
The Chester Rotary on Tuesday donated 2,000 face masks, courtesy of Rotary International, to educators -
Project Londonderry volunteers establish new non-profit organization Members work toward North Village Master Plan, seek community input
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Chester Dems hold Share Heat Fundraiser; One Credit Union donates to Vermont Make-A-Wish
Chester Dems hold annual Share Heat Fundraiser The Chester Town Democratic Committee is holding its -
Left in Andover: Communing with commune life
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Chester Chatter: Long winters spent indoors
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Henry Homeyer: Helping your plants to survive the winter
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Left in Andover: Joe Gould kills his own pig
By Susan Leader ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Joe Gould’s Teeth, by Harvard historian and New -
Chester Chatter: A winter to remember other winters
By Ruthie Douglas ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Like so many others, I am experiencing a - More in Community & Arts Life
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Chester Dems hold Share Heat Fundraiser; One Credit Union donates to Vermont Make-A-Wish
Chester Dems hold annual Share Heat Fundraiser The Chester Town Democratic Committee is holding its -
Grace Cottage’s Rosenblum elected to board of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants
Joshua Rosenblum of South Londonderry, a physician assistant at the Grace Cottage Emergency Department, has -
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South Central Vermont Realtors donate $18,475 to seven food pantries
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Opinion: Historic day in Montpelier and Washington, D.C.
By Sen. Alison Clarkson Windsor District Last Wednesday, Jan. 6, we saw a sharp contrast -
To the editor: Al and Karnie DeCell thank all for wonderful good wishes in 2020
We wish to send a sincere thank you to our children Greg, Judy and Verlene, -
To the editor: Chester-Andover Family Center thanks all for Food Shelf donations More than 100 households fed through public, private efforts
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To the editor: Local ‘Nutcracker’ an especially special event this year
I saw some good news this weekend: My wife, Ashley Hensel-Browning, directed the “The Nutcracker” - More Commentaries
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GMUSD budget up less than 1% despite special ed hike
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Chester Rotary donates 2,000 masks to educators, first responders
The Chester Rotary on Tuesday donated 2,000 face masks, courtesy of Rotary International, to educators -
VSAC offers Zoom webinar on understanding financial aid offers
Join VSAC from 6 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 26, for the next -
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Vermont Technical College of Randolph Center congratulations to the following students who graduated after the - More in Education
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Daniel A. Putnam 67, of Chester
CHESTER Daniel A. Putnam 67, died unexpectedly on the evening of Saturday Jan. 16, 2021 -
Emily N. Chambers, 24, of Chester
Emily N. Chambers, 24, of Chester, passed away unexpectedly on the morning of Friday, Nov. -
‘Ruthie’ Rowley, 90, of Londonderry
Ruth “Ruthie” Lucille Holton Rowley, of Londonderry and originally from Weston, died surrounded by her -
Jon Peters, 79, former teacher, coach at GMUHS
Jon M. Peters, of Charlotte, N.C., and recently of Corning, N.Y., and Chester, Vt., died - More Obituaries
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Chester Select Board/Water Sewer agenda for Jan. 20
The Chester Select Board will hold a meeting as the Water and Sewer Commission followed by a meeting as the Select Board beginning at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at Town Hall and via Zoom. The Select Board meeting is labeled “special” because it will not begin at its regular time. To participate via […]
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Londonderry Select Board agenda for Jan. 18
The Londonderry Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021 via Zoom. To attend remotely go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87226079702 Via telephone: (929) 205-6099 (Meeting ID: 872 2607 9702) Below is the board’s agenda: 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 3. Minutes Approval – […]
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TRSU board approves 14% budget increase
By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Last Thursday night, the board of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union unanimously approved a budget of $6.548 million, which taxpayers in the SU’s two districts will see as assessments in the district budgets for the 2021/22 school year. The spending plan included an overall increase of $807,764 […]
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Chester board opts out of in-person Town Meeting
By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board last Wednesday opted to hold an informational meeting on Monday, March 1 followed by a vote on all issues before the voters by Australian ballot on Tuesday, March 2 — Vermont’s Town Meeting Day. At the beginning of the discussion, board chair Arne […]
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Project Londonderry volunteers establish new non-profit organization
From the editor: To correct the record: Project Londonderry organizers have notified The Chester Telegraph that the 501(c)(3) organization recently established is actually known as The Community Fund for Londonderry, and is separate from the Project Londonderry initiative, which remains a volunteer effort coordinated by the Town Planning Commission. The Community Fund for Londonderry is […]
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College News
A number of area students have been named to the Castleton University Dean’s List for the fall semester of the 2020-21 academic year. To qualify for this academic honor, the student must maintain full-time status and a semester grade point average of 3.5. Wilson, a member of the class of 2024 is majoring in Physical […]
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FBI warns of threats to state Capitol buildings through Biden inauguration
© 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC During a press conference held by Commissioner of Public Safety Michael Schirling Monday afternoon regarding security during protests in the days leading up to the inauguration of President-lect Joe Biden, the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a bulletin warning that armed protests are being planned for all 50 state capitol […]
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GMUSD Board agenda for Jan. 14, 2021
The Green Mountain Unified School District Board will meet via Zoom from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 14. To access via Zoom: Location: https://trsu.zoom.us/j/88395602119 | Phone: 646-876-9923 Below is its agenda. I. CALL TO ORDER: a. Roll call II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: a. Dec. 17, 2020 Regular Meeting; b. […]
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Henry Homeyer: Lessons from ‘A Guide to Nature in Winter’
By Henry Homeyer ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC This is a good time to be outdoors exploring the fields and woods. There is so much to see that will be buried in snow later on. But you may ask, what is there to see? Trees, winter weeds, animal footprints, signs of insects, shelf fungi on trees, […]
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Weekly Covid Update: Cases balloon as state ranks No. 2 in vaccine rollout
©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC The beginning of the new year is already breaking records, with the first days of 2021 seeing an astounding 1,207 new cases of Covid-19 for a total of 8,619 cases, and 20 more deaths, totaling 156, since the last 2020 report on Thursday, Dec. 31. The seven-day positivity rate has also […]
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Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union seeks candidates for T&G, Winhall, Mettawee districts
Running for your local school board is another endeavor altered by the pandemic. For 2021 elections, signed petitions are no longer required to qualify to run for any of the 19 open positions in the three school districts of the Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union: Mettawee, Winhall and the Taconic & Green Regional. “Finding candidates to run […]
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Andover Select Board agenda for Jan. 11
The Select Board for the town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 11 via Zoom. To access via Zoom: https://zoom.us Personal Meeting ID 869 021 5007; Passcode 146374; or call in: 1 929 436 2866 US (New York). Below is its agenda. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act […]
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Local Covid-19 numbers grow in post-holiday spikes
By Cherise Madigan © 2021 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Vermont Department of Health announced 165 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, with 38 hospitalized, eight of whom are in intensive care. Now more than 500 new cases have been reported since Thursday, Dec. 31. Since Sunday, Vermont’s seven-day average positivity rate has risen from 2.3 […]
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Chester Rotary seeks ‘competent organization’ to take over Fall Festival
By Cynthia Prairie ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Rotary is hoping that a “competent organization” will soon step forward to take over the annual Chester Fall Festival “for the sake of the community and the town,” said Rotary President Ian Montgomery on Tuesday morning. The festival, which was in its 45th year with the […]
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Derry board nixes new maintenance position, seeks volunteers
By Cherise Madigan © 2021 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The suggestion of a new Highway, Building and Grounds Maintenance employee drew a crowd to Londonderry’s virtual Select Board meeting on Monday night after a number of residents expressed opposition to the position’s cost in a year that has been financially difficult for many. The $20-per-hour full-time […]
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Chester Select Board agenda for Jan. 6, 2021
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 6 both in person at 556 Elm St. and via Zoom. To access via Zoom, https://zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 819 8884 2129 or https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 Below is its agenda. 1. Approve Minutes from the Dec. 16, 2020 Selectboard Meeting 2. Citizen Comments/Answers from Previous Meeting 3. […]
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