Archive for 2016
Community events: Dec. 8-Dec. 22, 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@chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Dec. 8, 15 & 22: Young families invited to drop […]
12 things to do before you ring in the New Year
By Kevin Theissen Skygate Financial Group LLC Here are 12 things to do before the ball drops to usher in the New Year. 12. Leverage your Health Plan Deductible Have you hit your health plan deductible for the year? Then now might be the best time to consider getting to the doctor to check out […]
Two hot toddies to warm your holidays
NOTE: I’m extending my offer for my newest cookbook, Refreshed, for sale to you, the reader, for the month of December for the price of $20 (including shipping and handling). Each is signed and personalized as a thank you for all the emails I have received. Simply email me at theyankeechef@aol.com. I have truly been […]
Londonderry Select Board Agenda for Dec. 5, 2016
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Londonderry Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5 at the Town Office, 100 Old School St., South Londonderry. Below is its agenda. At 5 p.m. town departments and commissions will present their 2017 budgets requests. The regular board meeting to begin immediately following the budget presentations. […]
Police looking for stolen trailer
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Vermont State Police are looking for a stolen trailer. In a press release, troopers said that a Doolittle trailer was taken from a residence on Spencer Road in the town of Rockingham at about 11 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2. The thief drove the trailer away with a gray truck. […]
GMUHS Board of Directors meeting Dec. 8, 2016
The Board of Directors of the Green Mountain Union High will meet at GMUHS’s Library Learning Commons, Route 103 South, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda-Additions and Deletions III. Approval of Minutes: a. Minutes of Nov. 15, 2016 – Regular Meeting IV. […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Dec. 5, 2016
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 5 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: Nov. 21, 2016 4. Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll 5. Highway Report 6. Signature for Cemetery Deed 7. Budget Review: Update 8. Should […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Dec. 7, 2016
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Approval of Minutes from the Nov. 16, 2016 Selectboard Meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. VAST Trail Request 5. SEVCA Appointment 6. Planning Commission Expansion Discussion 7. Budget Timeline 8. […]
Andover board wrestles with Act 46, addresses relationship with Chester institutions
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Ahead of a public information session on the Act 46 school consolidation law, the Andover Select Board on Monday got an update on the progress of efforts to “study the advisability of forming a union school district” from school board member Joe Fromberger. Pointing to a 20 […]
Parents, teachers raise new concerns over school merger plans
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With discussions at three meetings in three towns in just two days, it seems the movement toward an Act 46 school merger plan for schools in the Two Rivers Supervisory Union may go from a walk to a trot. But, if a plan is going to be […]
Material in town right-of-way worries Weston board
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The three members attending the Weston Select Board meeting of Nov. 21 spent much of their time discussing how to approach a Longley Loop resident about his possessions that encroach on the town’s right-of-way. Jim Linville, who was acting as chair in Denis Benson’s absence, said the […]
Vermont State Police Log Aug. 26 through Nov. 8, 2016
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: The Vermont State Police incident report is a sampling of incidents directly from the Vermont State Police. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Tuesday, Aug. 26, Rockingham – Police are investigating a burglary/vandalism at the Bellows Falls Country Club. Someone […]
‘Once’ kicks off Weston theater season that ends with Walker Farm opening
©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Weston Playhouse Theatre Company will lead off its 2017 season with the Vermont premiere of the 2012 Tony Award winning musical Once and conclude with the opening of the company’s new second stage on the Walker Farm property in Weston, which has been 10 years in the making. “We’re planning a […]
Ludlow Rotary donates $3,195 to Meals on Wheels program
The Ludlow Rotary Club on Tuesday, Nov. 29 presented a check for $3,195 from its 26th Annual Chili Cook-Off to the Black River Valley Senior Center in support of its Meals on Wheels program that serves the Black River areas of Ludlow, Plymouth, Cavendish and Proctorsville. According to Richard North, executive director of the BRVSC, […]
GMUHS announces 1st Quarter Honor Roll
©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Green Mountain Union High School has announced its 1st Quarter Honor Roll for the 2016-2017 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 […]
Road Conditions Update
The Vermont State Police have issued the following: *ADVISORY * CURRENT ROADS STATUS 9:45 AM – WEATHER RELATED DELAYS AND BLOCKAGES Please DO NOT CALL 911/DISPATCH for traffic conditions Keep 911 clear for emergencies UPDATE 10 a.m. Traffic is moving on Interstate 89 between exits 7 and 8, and the exit 8 off-ramp has been […]
Route 4 closed between Bridgewater and Killington
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Vermont State Police are advising that Route between Bridgewater and Killington is closed due to a motor vehicle crash near the intersection of Pearson Road. Police have no estimate of how long the road will be closed and ask that drivers plan on using alternate routes. There are freezing rain […]
Workshop to aid small business get federal contracts
The Vermont Procurement Technical Assistance Center and U.S. Small Business Administration are holding a series of workshops around the state to help local companies understand what the new HUBZone Program expansion could mean for their business. One of those workshops will be held in Springfield from 10 a.m. to noon on Monday, Dec. 12 at […]
Let these books lure you happily into the spirit of Christmas
By John Hoover © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC As December rolls around once again the staff at Phoenix Books Misty Valley are reminded that lots of our customers need to find that perfect gift for this holiday season. Each of us have come up with a book or two that we think would either be […]
Community events: Nov. 28 through Dec. 7, 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@chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Overture to Christmas in Chester Chester celebrates the season with two […]
