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Education finance panel brainstorms cost containment

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Education Finance subcommittee of Vermont’s Commission on the Future of Public Education met for the second time on Monday. In the first two hours of a three and a half hour meeting, the committee received presentations by the Agency of Education and the Vermont Tax Department.  […]

Chester’s Festival on the Green celebrates 50 years of fun, family and the arts

© 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Festival on the Green started 50 years ago as the  Sale on the Green.  And while it has been through a number of changes of the years — including who manages it and what is sold — it has still become an iconic tradition for Chester and all […]

Future of Education panel narrows focus to engagement, short-term cost containment

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two months into its work, the commission that’s charged with looking at the future of public education in Vermont is preparing to hold the first of a series of public sessions on Oct. 21, with a venue still to be identified. The sessions are intended to solicit […]

Derry goat farmer tests fenceless tech at Magic

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC More than three quarters of the way up Magic Mountain on a sunny September afternoon, Aimee Braxmeier sets up a yell. From up one of the mountain’s steep ski trails – far enough to be out of sight – comes bleating of goats. After a couple more […]

Kicking off the school year in style with music and circus

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC On a picture perfect Thursday evening, the Two Rivers Supervisory Union kicked off the school year in style with the West Philadelphia Orchestra and the Cirque Kikasse troupe performing on the playing field of Chester-Andover Elementary School with everyone in the SU’s communities invited. Playing Fields is […]

Chester GOP holds event for State House candidate Tom Charlton

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Around 40 people turned out in front of the Fullerton Inn in Chester on a cool, blustery Sunday afternoon to hear Vermont House candidate Tom Charlton speak on a wide range of topics including infrastructure, education and the state’s “clean heat standard.” But the event’s main message […]

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  • To the editor: State legislature's priorities do not include us

    To the editor: State legislature’s priorities do not include us

    In a letter to the editor of The Chester Telegraph last week, state Sen. Alison Clarkson talked about the large property tax increase.  In essence, she said they saw the education costs rising rapidly but did nothing about it for three years because they had “free” Covid money they could use to hide the issue […]

  • Preorder a Chester Townscape raised wooden planter by Oct. 1

    Preorder a Chester Townscape raised wooden planter by Oct. 1

    Master woodworker and Chester Townscape member Stu Stocker will create a maximum of 10 handcrafted wooden planters to sell in support of  the group’s beautification efforts in Chester. Buyers may choose a rustic style or a Victorian style raised planter; the sealed finish may be painted or stained to accent a desired decor. The Victorian […]

  • UU Meetinghouse hosts lasagna dinner Sept. 21

    UU Meetinghouse hosts lasagna dinner Sept. 21

    The Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse, 21 Fairground Road in Springfield, is hosting a last-day-of-summer Lasagna Dinner from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21. The menu includes different kinds of homemade meat, vegetarian and gluten-free lasagna, fresh garden salad, garlic bread, beverages and dessert. Takeout is available. The cost is $15 for adults and $8 […]

  • To the editor: Progressive policies are making Vermonters poorer

    To the editor: Progressive policies are making Vermonters poorer

    Concerning Sen. Alison Clarkson’s recent letter to the editor: Clarkson on why taxes increased so much and what can be done about it: The Vermont legislature is so out of touch with hard working Vermonters that I find it offensive how they find every excuse to blame high property taxes on nearly everything but themselves. […]

  • Ludlow Rotary ducks navigate Black River to benefit Lake Rescue Association

    Ludlow Rotary ducks navigate Black River to benefit Lake Rescue Association

    For the 25th time, the Ludlow Rotary Club’s ducks, more than 850 of them, successfully navigated the Black River. The proceeds will benefit the Lake Rescue Association. Lake Rescue members, along with LRC Rotarians, helped to guide the ducks from the Depot Street Bridge to the finish line at Walker Bridge. The winning ducks belonged […]

  • GMUSD Board agenda for Sept. 19

    GMUSD Board agenda for Sept. 19

    The Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday Sept. 19, 2024 at the Green Mountain High School, 716 Route 103 South and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to: https://trsu.zoom.us/j/86893724427 Below is the board’s agenda. I. CALL TO ORDER: A. Roll call II. APPROVAL OF […]

  • Meeting to address re-imagined South Derry

    Meeting to address re-imagined South Derry

    The South Londonderry Master Planning Task Force and Stevens & Associates engineering consultants will present maps and information for making the South Londonderry community a vibrant walkable district from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23. The public is invited to this event, which will be held at Neighborhood Connections, 5700 Route 100, in […]

  • WRC partners with Londonderry, Weston, Jamaica, Winhall to address housing needs

    WRC partners with Londonderry, Weston, Jamaica, Winhall to address housing needs

    A new partnership has formed to explore housing needs and solutions in the towns of Jamaica, Londonderry, Weston and Winhall. The Windham Regional Commission is partnering with the University of Massachusetts Center for Resilient Metro Regions in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning and the American Institute of Architects Foundation’s Communities by Design […]

  • VINE's 'Pasture Pals' program returns Sept. 14-Oct. 5

    VINE’s ‘Pasture Pals’ program returns Sept. 14-Oct. 5

    Due to popular demand, VINE Sanctuary, located at at 158 Massey Road in Springfield, is bringing back its Pasture Pals program. Come hang out from 10 a.m. until noon every Saturday from Sept. 14 through Oct. 5. Pasture Pals is a fun, hands-on humane education program designed for kids. Each session is led by a […]

  • Chester board reopens vicious dog hearing for new testimony; orders Beau euthanized

    Chester board reopens vicious dog hearing for new testimony; orders Beau euthanized

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Last Wednesday, Sept. 4, the Chester Select Board reopened a vicious dog hearing from early August to take testimony from the dog’s owner, accept documents into evidence and consider an alternative to euthanasia, which the board had ordered. Terri Steele, the owner of Beau, a white dog […]

  • To the editor: Clarkson on why taxes increased so much and what can be done about it

    To the editor: Clarkson on why taxes increased so much and what can be done about it

    Most towns in Windsor County have received their education and municipal property tax bills by now. Many, but not all, towns have big tax increases. Woodstock residents have yet to receive their bills but we can expect a 30% increase. These are increases none of us have budgeted for, and one that will be a […]

  • Hildene welcomes new board members, chair

    Hildene welcomes new board members, chair

    Hildene, the historic Lincoln Family Home located in Manchester, announces the appointment of two people to its Board of Directors, as well as a new board chair. Robert Hallenbeck, the new chair of the board, brings a wealth of experience in law, business strategy and board leadership. Splitting his time between Baltimore, Md. and Stratton,  […]

  • Annual Phineas Gage Walk & Talk Sept. 15 in Cavendish

    Annual Phineas Gage Walk & Talk Sept. 15 in Cavendish

    The annual Phineas Gage Walk & Talk will take place, rain or shine, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15 at the Cavendish Historical Society Museum, 1958 Main St. in Cavendish. Gage, a railroad foreman, had a tamping rod pass through his head as a result of a blasting accident on September 13, 1848 and […]

  • To the editor: Thanks to Williams River volunteer water quality samplers

    To the editor: Thanks to Williams River volunteer water quality samplers

    The Chester Conservation Committee wishes to thank the six volunteers who sampled the Williams River every other week this summer. The samples collected give scientists with the Vermont Agency of Natural of Resources and the Connecticut River Conservancy a summer’s worth of data points about the water quality on specific days, at specific times. This […]

  • South Derry Library celebrates Dot Day Sept. 14

    South Derry Library celebrates Dot Day Sept. 14

    Children of all ages (and their grown-ups too) are invited to celebrate International Dot Day with art teacher Casey Junker Bailey at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14 at the South Londonderry Free Library, 15 Old School Road. The program is free. Everyone is encouraged to dress in their polka dots and join us in […]

  •  Bellows Falls concert features seven-piece Colombian band Sept. 15

     Bellows Falls concert features seven-piece Colombian band Sept. 15

    The Bandwagon Summer Series continues at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15 on the lawn at 21 Island Street with a Colombian seven-piece band: La Sonora Mazurén. This family-friendly outdoor cultural performance series is hosted by Next Stage. La Sonora Mazuren is the latest band to emerge from the rich indie-tropical scene in Bogotá, Colombia. […]

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