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5 chosen for Chester Police Advisory Committee

By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC At it’s March 22 meeting, the Chester Select Board chose five of the 10 residents interviewed to serve on  a new committee to advise the town’s Police Department and communicate with their community. After the interviews, the board went into executive session to discuss the appointments, then […]

Residents near Julian quarries haul in truckload of complaints to Chester board

  By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Gassetts residents turned out in force for the Chester Select Board’s Wednesday, March 22 meeting to complain that quarry operations in their area is in violation of its permits and that the noise, traffic, unsafe blasting and pollution have become too much to bear. Listed on […]

Short-term rentals: Towns’ pace for regulation between snail and speedy

By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC While the growth in the number of homes in area towns that are being converted into short-term rentals — like Airbnb and VRBO — is concerning to many residents, state and local governments are moving at different paces to address the trend. The Vermont legislature has taken […]

Snow ‘dump’ sends a chill through s. Vermont, causes widespread power outages, car accidents

By Cynthia Prairie and Shawn Cunningham ©2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC For those in the southern Vermont region straddling Windham and Windsor counties, you know you got hit with snow – anywhere from 18 to more than 36 inches of it. Can’t open the front door snow; trees and power lines are down snow; don’t care […]

Election results: Andover, Cavendish, Chester, Grafton, Weston, GM District budget

By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Residents in area towns made some big changes and rejected others as Town Meeting 2023 unfolded. Chester voters chose two new select board members out of a field of five — Arianna Knapp and Peter Hudkins — and gave that body the power to appoint the town […]

Cavendish passes $1.95 million budget; discusses ARPA fund use

By Cara Philbin © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Monday night’s Cavendish Town Meeting attracted about 50 residents to the Cavendish Town Elementary School and 15 on Zoom, mostly to discuss the proposed budget, which was among items to be voted on by Australian ballot on Tuesday, and uses of funding received from the federal pandemic […]

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  • Rotary to hold April Fool Trivia Night fundraiser

    Rotary to hold April Fool Trivia Night fundraiser

    On Saturday, April 1, the Chester Rotary and Interact clubs will hold an April Fool’s fundraiser — April Fool Trivia Night — to raise funds to help Rotary continue its tradition of contributing to the needs of the community, including its Scholarship Fund. This fund aids high school students entering either college or a vocational/trade […]

  • Astronomy series continues March 31 at Whiting

    Astronomy series continues March 31 at Whiting

    The Southern Vermont Astronomy Group continues its astronomy mini-series at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 31 at the Whiting Library, 117 Main St. in Chester. Rick Bates will present a talk on archeoastronomy. This will include an overview of information that the ancients learned about the skies and how it was used in navigation. Also […]

  • GM honors Student of the Month awardees

    GM honors Student of the Month awardees

    To recognize students who embody the spirit of the core values at Green Mountain Union High School, which include relationship, respect, responsibility and academic excellence, the school has established a “Student of the Month” recognition award. This award honors those students who actively help make GM a vibrant school community. Following the end of the […]

  • Mountain School at Winhall names new Head of School, Assistant Head

    Mountain School at Winhall names new Head of School, Assistant Head

    WINHALL The Mountain School at Winhall, an independent school serving the communities of Winhall, Stratton, Bondville and other southern Vermont communities, has appointed Margaret Schlachter as the school’s new Head of School and Joseph Frigo as Assistant Head of School and as Upper School Math and Science teacher. Both assume their new roles in July. […]

  • Henry Homeyer: When to prune your fruit trees

    Henry Homeyer: When to prune your fruit trees

    By Henry Homeyer © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Ask a farmer, when you should prune your apple trees and you will most likely hear, “March.” That’s an old tradition – but not because it is the only time to prune. You can prune any time. However, March is a month on a farm when not […]

  • Secretary French leaving Agency of Education

    Secretary French leaving Agency of Education

    MONTPELIER Secretary Dan French of the Vermont Agency of Education will be leaving his job next month to take a senior leadership role at the Council of Chief State School Officers, Gov. Phil Scott announced on Friday. Prior to becoming Secretary, French was brought in as a consultant to the Ludlow-Mount Holly school district merger […]

  • Chester Select Board special meeting agenda for March 22

    Chester Select Board special meeting agenda for March 22

    The Chester Select Board will meet hold a special meeting, in place of Wednesday’s storm-canceled meeting, at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22  at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and via Zoom.  To access the meeting via Zoom, click here or https://zoom.us/join with Meeting ID:  819 8884 2129. Below is its agenda. 1. Reorganization 2. […]

  • Chester native Travis Van Alstyne awarded grant to complete film on Romaine Tenney

    Chester native Travis Van Alstyne awarded grant to complete film on Romaine Tenney

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2023  Telegraph Publishing LLC A Chester native who has been painstakingly working on a short, animated film, Love of the Land, since 2019 has been recognized for his work with a $4,100 grant from Vermont Public’s “Made Here Fund.” The grant will help Travis Van Alstyne, who now lives in Burlington, […]

  • Vermont jobless rate falls in January

    Vermont jobless rate falls in January

    By Cynthia Prairie ©2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC The state has seen a slight drop in the unemployment rate for the month of January, the Vermont Department of Labor announced on Monday, bringing it down to a seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate of 2.9 percent. The United States rate for January was 3.4 percent. Both the state and […]

  • Chester Townscape taking tree, shrub orders until April 5

    Chester Townscape taking tree, shrub orders until April 5

    Chester Townscape, an all-volunteer non-profit organization, is holding a tree and shrub sale to raise funds for its beautification projects. River Birch trees and several types of shrubs – Miss Kim Lilac, Rosebay Rhododendron, Oakleaf Hydrangea and Sweetshrub or Carolina Allspice – are being offered at below regular retail prices and with no sales tax. The […]

  • Flood Brook School, Collaborative to host community-showing of 'Screenagers'

    Flood Brook School, Collaborative to host community-showing of ‘Screenagers’

    Flood Brook School and The Collaborative are hosting a screening of the 2016 documentary Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday March 23 at Flood Brook School, 91 VT-11 in Londonderry. Thursday. Admission is free and all community members, especially middle school students and their parents from the mountain towns, […]

  • College News

    College News

    Alexandria Pippin of Chester, a senior who will graduate in the spring with degrees in Elementary Education and Holocaust and Genocide Studies, has been named to the Dean’s List at Keene State College for the fall 2022 semester.  To qualify for Dean’s List, degree-seeking undergraduate students complete a minimum of 12 credits and earn at […]

  • GMUSD board agenda for March 16

    GMUSD board agenda for March 16

    The Green Mountain Unified School District board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday March 16 at the Green Mountain High School Library, 716 Rt. 103 south in Chester or via Zoom. To join the meeting to to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/85863233984 Below is the board’s agenda I. CALL TO ORDER: A. Roll call II. […]

  • Legislative Forum at Hub in Weston Saturday

    Legislative Forum at Hub in Weston Saturday

    From 9 to 10:30 p.m. on  Saturday, March 18, New Thought Vermont and The Hub at Weston will host a Legislative Forum at The Hub Restaurant, 719 Main St. in Weston, for residents of Weston, Chester and neighboring towns. Come listen to updates from state legislators and share your thoughts with them about current issues […]

  • Astronomy series begins March 24 at Whiting Library

    Astronomy series begins March 24 at Whiting Library

    Beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 24, the Southern Vermont Astronomy Group will be hosting a mini-series on four consecutive Friday evenings at the Whiting Library, 117 Main St. in Chester. SoVerA members Rick Bates, Rick Hunter and Claudio Véliz will be providing a little of the intrigue that astronomy inspires, while imparting some […]

  • Henry Homeyer: Making a plan for your Annual Flowers

    Henry Homeyer: Making a plan for your Annual Flowers

    By Henry Homeyer © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Reclining in an easy chair on a recent cold and snowy day, I imagined myself a bumblebee. I meandered from flower to flower, taking in the colors and scents and textures of annual flowers, starting with A (alyssum) and ending with Z (zinnias). I wasn’t a good […]

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