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Food drive enables Shaw's in Ludlow to deliver truckloads to BRGNS

Food drive enables Shaw’s in Ludlow to deliver truckloads to BRGNS

On Friday, Feb. 12, Shaw’s Ludlow grocery store director Scott Dickie and grocery manager Jeff Hance personally delivered and unloaded more than $3,000 worth of food for the Food Shelf at Black River Good Neighbors Services. The donation was the result of “The Spirit of Giving” food drive held at Shaw’s Ludlow store during the […]

To the editor: Jonynas deserves another term on Chester Select Board

To the editor: Jonynas deserves another term on Chester Select Board

Having known Arne Jonynas for nearly 20 years, it’s quite easy for me to endorse him in his bid for re-election to the Chester Select Board. I know Arne to be a good, honest, hard-working businessperson, an involved citizen of our town, a solid, caring parent to his children and a thoughtful, pragmatic selectman who […]

4 from GMUHS, CAES are first in MathCounts competition; <BR ...>   RVTC students design new website for St. Luke's Episcopal

4 from GMUHS, CAES are first in MathCounts competition;
RVTC students design new website for St. Luke’s Episcopal

4 students earn First Place in MathCounts competition Four students representing Green Mountian Union High and Chester-Andover Elementary schools finished in First Place among the six schools participating in the Southeast Vermont Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition in Windsor in early February. These students that were selected to compete from the National Math Club members are Kameron […]

Begin to create your financial and life legacy

Begin to create your financial and life legacy

By Ronald J. Theissen Skygate Financial Group LLC  Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.  – Shannon L. Alder The desire to leave a legacy may be the height of altruism for it is a gift to the future, […]

To the editor: Chester needs new leadership with vision

To the editor: Chester needs new leadership with vision

Chester needs new leadership. The current focus of our town governance is on managing the tax rate – that is, the annual town budget divided by the cumulative assessed valuation of all the properties in the town. This puts the focus on nickel-and-diming the services the town provides while ignoring the far more important factor, […]

Here's a pickle you'll be happy to get yourself into

Here’s a pickle you’ll be happy to get yourself into

By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com My children wanted the same kind of pickle chip that the fast food restaurants carry…. Go figure! My daughter, especially, loves the sour, salty, tangy thin sliced pickles found at most restaurants and, as a chef, I do know that most of these pickles are identical and come in 5 gallon […]

Chester-Andover Elementary School District No. 29 Warnings;     Green Mountain Union High School District No. 35 Warnings

Chester-Andover Elementary School District No. 29 Warnings; Green Mountain Union High School District No. 35 Warnings

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Chester Water & Sewer Commission, Select Board meetings for Feb. 17, 2016

Chester Water & Sewer Commission, Select Board meetings for Feb. 17, 2016

The Chester Water and Sewer Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17, followed by the Chester Select Board. Both meetings will be at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below are their agendas. WATER & SEWER COMMISSIONERS AGENDA 1. Review & Recommend Change in Water Rate SELECT BOARD AGENDA 1. Approve […]

UPDATE -- 2016 Chester Winter Carnival schedule changes

UPDATE — 2016 Chester Winter Carnival schedule changes

UPDATED Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 Due to the anticipated wind chill, the Winter Carnival Committee is postponing Saturday night’s events. These include the sculpture fire, bonfire and skate party at Cobleigh Field. The bonfire and skate party will now be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday Feb. 27.  The Broom Ball Tournament on Sunday, […]

A big chill is coming: Vermont Emergency Management urges caution

A big chill is coming: Vermont Emergency Management urges caution

© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont’s Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security is warning Vermonters to brace for this weekend’s chill, in what might be the coldest temperatures of the season.  The National Weather Service is forecasting below zero wind chills Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Some areas could reach a wind chill of 30 […]

Chester Police Log for Jan. 3 to Feb. 3, 2016

Chester Police Log for Jan. 3 to Feb. 3, 2016

©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph Police Log is a sampling of incidents directly from Chester Police reports. In general, we do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Sunday, Jan 3, 12:48 a.m. A Chester officer was dispatched to a local bed and breakfast for a […]

Girls State program seeking high school applicants

Girls State program seeking high school applicants

©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The American Legion Auxiliary Green Mountain Girls State program, which engages young women in a weeklong exercise in citizenship and self-government, is seeking applicants for the summer 2016 session. High school girls who have completed their junior year are eligible to apply. ALA Girls State participants spend an intensive week of […]

Grafton Town Administrator Williams stepping down

Grafton Town Administrator Williams stepping down

By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Grafton Town Administrator Rachel Williams is leaving her position to complete her bachelor’s degree and pursue a master’s in business management and accounting in St. Albans. Williams, 34, the mother of two elementary school-age children, has been in the post for two years.  It’s a job that involves […]

To the editor: A change in Chester for more opportunities

To the editor: A change in Chester for more opportunities

Did you know that the Town of Chester is in the center of the fastest fiber optic cable network in the United States? VTel is currently converting our entire network to state-of-the-art fiber-optic to deliver blazing gigabit-per-second Internet speeds to every home in its south-central Vermont service area of 14 rural Vermont villages. This is […]

Chester introduced to erosion, runoff issues in relatively quick Select Board meeting

Chester introduced to erosion, runoff issues in relatively quick Select Board meeting

By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC “Wow,” exclaimed Chester Select Board member Bill Lindsay as that body adjourned its Wednesday, Feb. 3 meeting after only an hour and 12 minutes. While there may have been a light agenda, that’s seldom kept the board from adjourning before two hours. Katherine Otto of the Southern […]

GMUHS announces Honor Roll for 2nd Quarter 2016

GMUHS announces Honor Roll for 2nd Quarter 2016

©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Green Mountain Union High School has announced its 2st Quarter Honor Roll for the 2015-2016 school year. Honors Middle School Honors are earned by those students with one off-setting grade not below a C-.(There must be an A+, A, or A- to offset the one grade of a C+, C or […]

Wandering Grafton man found after search

Wandering Grafton man found after search

By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC An 82-year-old Grafton man suffering from dementia was reported missing on Sunday night when he went outside his Chester Road home, but did not return after an hour. The Vermont State Police began searching for Thomas Brown  just after 7 p.m.  A “canine track” began at about […]

BRGNS Thrift Store needs volunteers

The Thrift Store at Black River Good Neighbor Services is looking for volunteers to help take out the trash – literally. If you have a pickup truck or SUV, or don’t mind filling the back of your car with trash, and you can spare two hours once a month, BRGNS can use your help. The […]

Southern Pie Company holds Grand Opening on Saturday

Southern Pie Company holds Grand Opening on Saturday

The Southern Pie Company, 287 Main St. in Chester, will hold its Grand Opening on Saturday, Feb. 13 starting with a ribbon cutting at noon. From 3 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, owners Scott and Leslie Blair will have a plated pie tasting and coffee sample event. Plates of Leslie Blair’s homemade pies will sell […]

Community events: Feb. 10 through Feb. 17, 2016

Community events: Feb. 10 through Feb. 17, 2016

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. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Feb. 10: Ash Wednesday at St. Luke’s St. Luke’s Episcopal […]