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Grafton Select Board meeting for Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017

Grafton Select Board meeting for Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017

The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: Feb. 6, 2017 4. Presentation of Audit: Fred Duplessis, Sullivan, Powers & Co., P.C. 5. Highway Report 6. Increase in Dog […]

New crop of canines arrives at Springfield Humane Society

New crop of canines arrives at Springfield Humane Society

By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Twenty dogs from Virginia and North Carolina arrived in snowy Springfield on Tuesday night in search of new homes. The dogs — puppies and adults, males and females — come from shelters that are overflowing, says Springfield Humane Society Executive Director Anne Eddy. “We always take local […]

Oven roasted potato and apple dish a simple, tasty dish

Oven roasted potato and apple dish a simple, tasty dish

By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com If you don’t have a mandolin for this recipe, it is easily prepared by slicing the potatoes and apple with a sharp knife as thinly as possible. If desired, cut potatoes in half and lay the flat side on a work surface to cut. Other than slicing, this recipe is simple, […]

UPDATE: I-91 Bridge Construction in Rockingham

UPDATE: I-91 Bridge Construction in Rockingham

© 2017 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Vermont Agency of Transportation has begun replacing the bridges on I-91 over the Williams River in Rockingham. The projected completion date is May 18, 2020. Here is the anticipated construction schedule this week. Periodic temporary daytime lane closures in the southbound high-speed lane (left lane) to allow crews/equipment access […]

Chester's rookie K-9 captures a lot of attention

Chester’s rookie K-9 captures a lot of attention

By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Police Department has a new officer, and he’s just a year old. Dutch, a Dutch shepherd belonging to Chester Police Chief Rick Cloud, has been learning on the job, but his formal, 6-week training begins on March 6. According to Cloud, Dutch will be trained […]

Green Mountain RED merger moves forward; Ludlow, Mt. Holly reject plan

Green Mountain RED merger moves forward; Ludlow, Mt. Holly reject plan

By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Monday night, school merger study committee representatives from Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester who are working to form a Regional Education District heard from Mount Holly and Ludlow reps that those towns will not participate in the RED – even as a fallback position in their […]

Full Derry board meeting opens with tribute to Prouty

Full Derry board meeting opens with tribute to Prouty

By Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC With his voice breaking, Londonderry Select Board chair Paul Gordon opened the meeting of Feb. 13 saying, “It is with great sadness that I step in as vice chairman. The sudden passing of our chairman and friend, Steve Prouty, leaves us without our dedicated leader.” Prouty, 66, who […]

Ludlow, Mt. Holly schools close door on RED; 3 options remain

Ludlow, Mt. Holly schools close door on RED; 3 options remain

By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Thursday night, Feb. 9, the Act 46 sub-committee for Mount Holly and Ludlow voted unanimously to tell the four towns working to form a Regional Education District that they would not participate in that effort – even as a backup in case other options don’t work […]

Residents hear Act 46 merger proposal at Flood Brook School

Residents hear Act 46 merger proposal at Flood Brook School

By Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Around 50 people braved the single digit temperatures and blowing snow on Thursday, Feb. 9 to attend an Act 46 School Merger Forum at Flood Brook School in Londonderry. The hour-long presentation by study committee member Debra Lyneis  outlined the proposed merger of schools for nine towns into […]

Chester Town School Board of Directors agenda for Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017

Chester Town School Board of Directors agenda for Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017

The Chester Town School Board of Directors will meet at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16 at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. I.     Call to Order: Roll Call II.     Approval of Agenda-Additions & Deletions III.     New Business a.   TRSU Act 46 Study Committee Report i. Formal Review and Comments b.   […]

To the editor: From breakfast to lunch to Iron Chef Jr., GMUHS is cooking

To the editor: From breakfast to lunch to Iron Chef Jr., GMUHS is cooking

Here we are mid-winter and everything is going great in the kitchen at Green Mountain Union High. We offer a great breakfast everyday from 7 a.m. and throughout the morning. You will find on any given day a number of choices to satisfy everyone. We offer a great breakfast sandwich on a wrap, biscuit or […]

Barn dance adds to CAES playground fund coffers

Barn dance adds to CAES playground fund coffers

© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Chester-Andover Elementary School’s barn dance and chili cook-off contest on Saturday, Feb. 4 raised more than $1,000 for the ongoing Pennies for the Playground project. With music by the Specker family, dance calling by music instructor Cindi Austin and dance instruction by Austin and phys ed teacher Elise Lisle, a […]

Community events: Feb. 17-Feb. 24, 2017

Community events: Feb. 17-Feb. 24, 2017

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. Feb. 17: Good Neighbors holds President’s Day sale Black River […]

To the editor: Orange-1 recount was conducted properly

To the editor: Orange-1 recount was conducted properly

An Open Letter to the Vermont House of Representatives Re: H.R. 8, House resolution relating to conducting a recount in the election for the House of Representatives for the Orange-1 District As you may know, we were Election Officials for the District Orange 1 recount that took place on Nov. 21, 2016 at the Orange […]

Chester Select Board meeting for Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017

Chester Select Board meeting for Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017

The Chester Select Board will hold a public hearing on the Chapters 2 and 3 of the proposed Unified Development Bylaws at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, after which it will go into its Select Board hearing. Both meetings will be held at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its […]

To the editor: Arrison announces candidacy for Chester Select Board

To the editor: Arrison announces candidacy for Chester Select Board

My name is Kelly Arrison, and I’m running for a seat on the Chester Select Board. I’ve lived in Chester for 45 years. Twenty-six years ago, I brought my auto racing business to Chester, where it has thrived. Chester is a great place to live and work. Because it has given me so much I […]

Phoenix Books, owner of Chester shop, buys Woodstock store

Phoenix Books, owner of Chester shop, buys Woodstock store

The owners of Phoenix Books, a Vermont-owned bookstore with locations in Essex, Burlington, Rutland and Chester, have purchased Woodstock’s Yankee Bookshop, the oldest continuously operated independent bookstore in Vermont. Phoenix’s Michael DeSanto and Renee Reiner met with Susan Morgan – who bought the shop in 2001 – for the closing on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Yankee […]

Weston's 2017 New Musical Award winner announced <br> <small> <center>Free public concert to be held March 4</small> </center>

Weston’s 2017 New Musical Award winner announced
Free public concert to be held March 4

The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company has chosen writer/composer Zack Zadek’s Deathless for its 11th annual New Musical Award. Nominated by Jennifer Ashley Tepper of Feinstein’s/54 Below, Deathless follows the road trip of a grieving family who are asking questions about life and death in the modern age in the face of the development of a […]

Canadian split pea soup a warming dish on a frigid day

Canadian split pea soup a warming dish on a frigid day

By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com If pancetta is too expensive, by all means try other cured hams or even boiled ham. I have used a new product from my deli called Italian Hot Ham, and the heat is absolutely perfect. And if you are wondering if there is a difference between Canadian split peas and green […]

To the editor: Champion Fire Company thanks Thrifty Attic

To the editor: Champion Fire Company thanks Thrifty Attic

The Champion Fire Company #5 of South Londonderry would like to thank the Thrifty Attic for its continued support in the improvement of our firefighting operations. This year’s financial assistance from the Thrifty Attic is allowing us modify and upgrade our current self contained breathing apparatus compressor to a higher pressure and to purchase four […]