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Committee plants bulbs for a brilliant spring in Chester

Committee plants bulbs for a brilliant spring in Chester

©The Chester Telegraph – 2014 Next spring, Chester will light up with the brilliant yellow of 1,800 giant King Alfred daffodils thanks to the Chester Beautification Committee with the help of the Springfield Garden Club and students from the Green Mountain Union High School’s Opportunities in Learning Program. Yesterday, Tuesday, Sept. 30, at least a […]

An invitation to Walk in the Woods with Chester tree farmers

An invitation to Walk in the Woods with Chester tree farmers

Jim and Ellie Gustafson of Dodge Road in Chester will be hosting Walk in the Woods: 50 Years of Stewardship and 40 Years of Tree Farming from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4. Everyone is invited to attend this morning of tours, stories and refreshments. The Gustafsons began tree farming when Jim was […]

Upcoming events: Ghost hunters in Weston; Chester Rotary hosts former U.N. ambassador; VT cemetery group meets; Enchanted Forest tales welcome all; blessing of pets at St. Luke's; 'Playbook' screened by FOLA; and tracks expert at Misty Valley

Upcoming events: Ghost hunters in Weston; Chester Rotary hosts former U.N. ambassador; VT cemetery group meets; Enchanted Forest tales welcome all; blessing of pets at St. Luke’s; ‘Playbook’ screened by FOLA; and tracks expert at Misty Valley

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. Sept. 30: Ghost Hunters come to Weston Have you ever felt like you’re not alone? Or do a few too many things go bump in the […]

Wilder Library awarded grant for children’s books

The Wilder Memorial Library in Weston has been awarded a Books for Children grant from the Libri Foundation. This past spring, the library wrote a Books for Children grant because its children’s nonfiction collection was in desperate need of new material. With the help of its patrons and board members, the library raised the required […]

Two-day artist workshops on plein air, photography and still lifes

The Southern Vermont Arts Center’s Fall Art Workshop Series wraps up with three two-day, all-level workshops in plein air oil painting,  High Dynamic Range digital photography and still life pastel painting. All workshops meet from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oil painter Walt Pasko leads off on Saturday Oct. 4 and Sunday, Oct. 5 with  […]

Recently read favorites include fantasy, history and thrillers

Recently read favorites include fantasy, history and thrillers

By John Hoover ©The Chester Telegraph — 2014 If you’re a reader, a person who thinks there’s nothing better than losing yourself in a good book, you most likely have found that each new book has the potential to be the best book you ever read. We call those our “recently read Good Reads” because […]

Taste of the fall with a gingerbread-apple bar dessert

Taste of the fall with a gingerbread-apple bar dessert

By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com Many things set this recipe apart from every other bar treat. I took the memory of the age-old charlotte dessert and combined it with the taste of gingerbread. Apples and cheddar cheese transformed this great treat into a true New England dessert. Use stale bread if you like, but you will […]

To the editor: Thanks to all who helped make Fall Festival a success

Thanks to everyone in the community who came together to make the 40th Fall Festival a great success!  With a cool cloudy day on Saturday, vendors were pleased to find Sunday sunny and warm. Both visitors and locals enjoyed the fine crafts displayed on The Green, watched craftspeople demonstrating their skills, had a face painted […]

Grafton voters overturn junk ordinance

Grafton voters overturn junk ordinance

By Mark Burbela Grafton ©The Chester Telegraph — 2014 In a 56 to 37 vote, the voters of Grafton defeated an ordinance that would have limited the number of unregistered vehicles that could be stored on a residential property and required screening from view of so-called “junk.”  The ballot was taken at a special town […]

League of Women Voters offers online election guide

The League of Women Voters of Vermont offers Vote411.org, a free non-partisan resource, where voters can get the information they need to make knowledgeable choices on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. www.VOTE411.org offers simple tools that make it easy and convenient to access election-related topics such as: Absentee ballot information Ballot measure information (where […]

To the editor: Thanks to farms, folks who donated fresh veg to Food Shelf

To the editor: Thanks to farms, folks who donated fresh veg to Food Shelf

The Chester-Andover Family Center extends its thanks to Abundance Acres, local merchants, the Vermont Food Bank, the Healthy Harvest Network, the School-to-Work Program at Green Mountain Union High Schoo and individuals who donated Community Sustainable Agriculture shares and veggies from their own gardens. Thanks also to the center’s wonderful group of Food Shelf volunteers who […]

Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014

The Chester Select Board will hold its next public meeting beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1 at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Approve minutes from Sept. 17, 2014 Select Board meeting, Sept. 17, 2014 Executive Session 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. Ambulance Department Restructuring 5. General […]

To the editor: Milne campaign letter needs to be clarified, corrected

We in Vermont are fortunate that we have a choice. In some states, the politics is so one-sided, there is no real choice. Here, we have a choice and that’s a good thing. That said, I feel the need to comment on a couple of items in Hayden Dublois’ letter to the editor. First off, […]

Chester wrestles with tight budget; Hearse House planning moves ahead

Chester wrestles with tight budget; Hearse House planning moves ahead

By Shawn Cunningham ©The Chester Telegraph — 2014 During the Chester Select Board’s regular meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 17, town manager David Pisha reported that funds – including property taxes — are coming in slower than last year. Select Board member Derek Suursoo noted that the financial report handed out didn’t give him the detail […]

Objections to zoning changes fail to sway Chester Select Board

Objections to zoning changes fail to sway Chester Select Board

By Shawn Cunningham ©The Chester Telegraph — 2014 On Wednesday, Sept. 17, about 25 Chester business owners and residents gathered at the Chester Select Board to express their views on several proposed changes to the town development bylaws. Most were concerns about two specific changes — raising a minimum residential lot size and rezoning a […]

Green Mountain Flyer Fall excursions right on track

Green Mountain Flyer Fall excursions right on track

Yesterday, Tuesday, Sept. 23 was the premier run for the Green Mountain Flyer’s Fall Foliage excursions running out of Chester Depot. About 75 passengers boarded the morning train, most coming from outside the area. Cars in the newly refurbished Vermont Railway’s parking area in front of Erskine’s sported license plates from as far away as […]

Londonderry extends hours for tax payments, offers e-payment options

Tina Labeau, treasurer for the Town of Londonderry, says that the Londonderry Town Office, located on School Street in South Londonderry, will be open extended hours next week to accept tax payments. Its usual hours are 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday. For […]

Weston Select Board agenda for Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014

The Weston Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, Sept. 23 at Town Office, 12 Lawrence Hill Road in Weston. Below is its agenda. 1. Any Requested Changes to the Agenda 2. Public Comment 3. VLCT: Health Insurance 4. Road Foreman Cargill Contract Furnace 2002 International Truck Bids Bridge #10 […]

Upcoming events: Day of Art in Barton; community meal returns; 6th Annual Fairy House Tour in Grafton; autumn art classes in Londonderry

Upcoming events: Day of Art in Barton; community meal returns; 6th Annual Fairy House Tour in Grafton; autumn art classes in Londonderry

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. Sept. 27: Day of Art in Barton Greater Barton Vermont Art and Artists Co-operative presents  A Day of Art in Barton with two events on Saturday, […]

Shelburne Museum presents exhibit on Civil War era textiles

Shelburne Museum presents exhibit on Civil War era textiles

Vermont’s Shelburne Museum will contribute to the sesquicentennial commemoration of the American Civil War (1861-1865) with the special exhibition Homefront and Battlefield: Quilts and Context in the Civil War,  an intriguing and absorbing look at the most divisive period in American history. The American Textile History Museum  produced this traveling exhibition, which will be on display […]