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Chester Town Dem Committee to meet to choose Justice of the Peace candidates

The Chester Town Democratic Committee will hold a meeting to elect nominees to stand for election as Justice of the Peace on the 2014 general election ballot. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Aug. 21, 2014 at the Whiting Library, 117 Main St., Chester, VT 05143. If you have any questions concerning this […]

Redeemable bottles, cans sought to aid area family

The Chester Andover Elementary School is seeking donations of redeemable bottles and cans to help a local family in need.  The drive will continue until Wednesday, Aug. 27. Redeemable bottles and cans can be dropped off at the school, 72 Main St. in Chester, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. If you’d like […]

Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014

The Chester Select Board will hold its next meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. This is a change in time from its usual 7 p.m. meeting. Below is its agenda. Approve minutes from the July 16, 2014 Special Select Board meeting, July 16, 2014 Regular […]

Family Center to raffle off hand-braided rug

Family Center to raffle off hand-braided rug

The Chester-Andover Family Center Thrift Shop is raffling off a 3 foot by 4 foot hand-braided wool rug. The rug will be on display during September and October at People’s United Bank, 57 S. Main St., Chester. The rug will also be on display during the CAFC Election Bake Sale from 9 a.m. to 1 […]

Editorial: Penny wise and still no new Chester government website

Editorial: Penny wise and still no new Chester government website

©The Chester Telegraph — 2014 If members of the Chester Select Board honestly believe that $10,000 would buy the town a brand-spanking new website with all the bells and whistles that would lure businesses to Chester and be a useful tool for its residents, I’ve got a ski mountain in Ludlow I’d like to sell […]

After a year's wait, new Chester website caught in a web of uncertainty

After a year’s wait, new Chester website caught in a web of uncertainty

By Shawn Cunningham ©The Chester Telegraph — 2014 On July 3, 2013, the Chester Select Board voted to have a new town website constructed, using economic development funds to pay $10,000 to a company that had not yet been incorporated and had constructed just one website – its own. Kyle Rogstad, one of the partners […]

Public meeting in Chester to address school funding, tax formulas

The Chester Select Board has invited Steve Jeffrey, executive director of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, and James Knapp, director of the state’s Department of Property Valuation and Taxes, to address issues surrounding school funding and tax formulas, Chester town manager David Pisha said on Monday. School funding and property tax formulas have […]

Grafton residents petition junk ordinance to town-wide vote

Grafton residents petition junk ordinance to town-wide vote

By Mark Burbela Grafton ©The Chester Telegraph – 2014 Although the Grafton Select Board meeting on Monday, Aug. 4 was slated to be short because of an executive session to discuss a personnell matter and a proposal that a portion of a public roadway be turned into a private road, there was much discussion about […]

Upcoming events: Shape note singing at Bread & Puppet; Joinery wraps up Chester concert series; silent movies come to Ludlow; wine dinner at Fullerton; learn to fix a bike flat; Roominators play Saxtons River; and Election Day bake sale in Chester

Upcoming events: Shape note singing at Bread & Puppet; Joinery wraps up Chester concert series; silent movies come to Ludlow; wine dinner at Fullerton; learn to fix a bike flat; Roominators play Saxtons River; and Election Day bake sale in Chester

For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Aug. 12: Bread & Puppet shape note sing B read and Puppet Farm, located at Route 122 in Glover, is presenting a series of shows and […]

Story Time to start at Wilder Library in September

The Wilder Memorial Library 24 Lawrence Hill Road in Weston, will be offering weekly Story Time programming starting in September beginning 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, downstairs in the Jeremy R. Orton Memorial Children’s Room. Story Time is free of charge and open to preschool through elementary school aged children. After the storybooks are read, […]

Free August Community Meal canceled; September date set

There will be no Chester-Andover Free Community Meal in August. The next free meal is scheduled for noon on Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Andover Town Hall, 953 Weston-Andover Road in Andover. Invite a friend for a great meal and an opportunity to see old friends and make new ones. For information: call 802-875-3236; email […]

To the editor: New England lacked energy foresight

Observers of the New England energy scene can be forgiven for asking “what were they thinking” when New England’s state energy planners backed building 25 cent/kilowatt-hour wind projects while opposing reliable, existing, low-cost generators like Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. They were thinking New England would have endless amounts of “fracked” natural gas; they were […]

Get your taste buds ready for bold clams on the half shell

Get your taste buds ready for bold clams on the half shell

By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com Look at this simple list of ingredients and preparation. Now you have no reason not to incorporate something great tasting into your summer gathering year after year. When you are ready to remove the black “sleeve” that is found over the siphon of the clam, all you need to do is […]

Weston Select Board agenda for Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014

The Weston Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12 at Weston Town Offices, 12 Lawrence Hill Road in Weston. Below is its agenda. 1. Any Requested Changes to the Agenda. 2. Public Comment. 3. Road Foreman: Shaw Knoll – Holden Engineering Knowlton Access Permit Coffey Access Permit Bids 2002 […]

After tanker wreck, homeowner keeps his sense of humor

After tanker wreck, homeowner keeps his sense of humor

By Shawn Cunningham ©The Chester Telegraph – 2014 When Joel Brookes sat down to his morning coffee and looked out the window on Friday, May 16, he had no idea he was about to begin a journey that would stretch two years into the future. After watching the 10,000-gallon P&H tanker turn over and slide […]

Chester police log for April 25 through July 23, 2014

Chester police log for April 25 through July 23, 2014

Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph Police Log is a sampling of incidents directly from Chester Police reports. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Friday, April 25, 8:29 p.m. A complaint of barking dogs brought a Chester officer to a Main Street address where one dog who was […]

Flood cleanup estimates over $1.5 million; FEMA tours damage

Flood cleanup estimates over $1.5 million; FEMA tours damage

By Cynthia Prairie ©The Chester Telegraph – 2014 Preliminary figures indicate that the Chester-Andover-Windham area suffered between $1.5 million and $1.8 million in damage from the torrential rain storm and subsequent flooding of Monday, July 28. These figures also include $100,000 in damage to both Reading and Weathersfield. On Tuesday morning, Aug. 5, representatives from […]

To the editor:  Thanks to good neighbors during flood

To the editor: Thanks to good neighbors during flood

For the second time in three years, my family has endured the flooding of our surroundings. Believe me, we have been active in seeking improvement and speaking to the proper authorities.  My vocabulary now contains words like  “hazard mitigation” and I’m becoming an expert on what our costly flood insurance won’t cover. Amid all of […]

Upcoming events: Keller band in Chester; BRAM talk on Mt. Rushmore; author chat at Book Nook; pastor makes a hair-dare; Chester Family Night set; blues band in Cavendish; Londonderry arts exhibit; brass ensemble in Rutland; NYTimes correspondent speaks in Weston

Upcoming events: Keller band in Chester; BRAM talk on Mt. Rushmore; author chat at Book Nook; pastor makes a hair-dare; Chester Family Night set; blues band in Cavendish; Londonderry arts exhibit; brass ensemble in Rutland; NYTimes correspondent speaks in Weston

For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Aug. 7: Dave Keller Band returns to Chester Summer Series On Thursday, Aug. 7 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Chester’s Summer Concert Series welcomes back the […]

Public hearing on Chester zoning reg proposals postponed; Select Board meeting canceled

The Chester Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday Aug. 6 to formally postpone its already warned hearing, which resumes the public discussion on proposed updated zoning regulations. Town manager David Pisha said this meeting will instead be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday Aug. 27, at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. The […]