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GMUHS seeks host families for exchange program

GMUHS seeks host families for exchange program

Green Mountain Union High School and PAX Academic Exchange are searching for families interested in volunteering to be host families for foreign students. By hosting an exchange student for a whole or half school year, you will help promote global understanding, maintain a valuable resource in our educational community, and learn some exciting new aspects […]

Green Up in Londonderry, Weston, Rockingham

Green Up in Londonderry, Weston, Rockingham

Green Up Day events in Londonderry As Londonderry gets ready for Green Up Day on Saturday, May 5, Green Up bags are now available for pickup at the Transfer Station, on Route 100, and Londonderry Hardware in Mountain Marketplace. Beginning Monday, April 30, bags may picked up at the Town Office, 100 Old School Road. […]

Arts events: May 4-May 6, 2018

Arts events: May 4-May 6, 2018

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. May 4: NEYT’s ‘James and the Giant Peach, Jr’ New […]

Community events: May 2-May 8, 2018

Community events: May 2-May 8, 2018

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. May 2: How to downsize your garden Cheryl Wilfong, a […]

To the editor: GM Iron Chefs serve winning recipe at State House

To the editor: GM Iron Chefs serve winning recipe at State House

We are pleased and proud to announce that one of our winning teams of this year’s Jr. Iron Chef competition was invited to the Vermont State House to witness the reading of a Jr Iron Chef Vt resolution, to be recognized by their representatives in the House chamber and then to cook their award-winning recipes […]

Chester Chatter: A joyful, early Green Up Day

Chester Chatter: A joyful, early Green Up Day

By Ruthie Douglas © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC When driving around our state, one quickly realizes how beautiful our countryside is. And why is that you wonder? Is it because there are no billboards cluttering up our roadsides? Is it because there’s little trash or rubbish to be seen? Earth Day and Green Up Day […]

High blood pressure? Treat yourself to these brownies

High blood pressure? Treat yourself to these brownies

By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com Due to my son’s daily struggle with high blood pressure, I thought of this old (almost forgotten) recipe from my father’s collection. My son had no clue what was in them and neither will you! The term “moist” doesn’t even begin to do them justice; they are super chocolatey and just […]

TRSU Executive Committee meeting agenda for May 3, 2018

TRSU Executive Committee meeting agenda for May 3, 2018

The Two Rivers Supervisory Union Executive Committee will meet on Thursday May 3, 2018 at 6 p.m. in the Roost Building at Fletcher Farm 609 Vt. Rt. 103 in Ludlow. I. CALL TO ORDER: II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A. April 12, 2018 Executive Committee  B. April 12, 2018 Full Board IV. […]

Special GMUSD board meeting agenda for April 30, 2018

Special GMUSD board meeting agenda for April 30, 2018

The Green Mountain Unified School District board will hold a special meeting on Monday April 30, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. in the Library of Chester-Andover Elementary School, 72 Main Street, Chester, Vt. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda III. Communications: a. Public Comments IV. New Business: a. Cavendish Town […]

Henry Homeyer: Spring harvest from the garden

Henry Homeyer: Spring harvest from the garden Parsnips, sorrel, rhubarb and chives make an early debut

By Henry Homeyer ©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC It occurred to me as I walked up from my vegetable garden recently with a dozen fat parsnips, that gardening has something in common with fishing: You never know if you’re going to come home with something for dinner or not. Those parsnips, which were planted last summer, […]

Judith Naylor, 75, grew up in Chester, was accomplished nurse, generous in love

Judith Naylor, 75, grew up in Chester, was accomplished nurse, generous in love

©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Judith Naylor, of Newfane, N.Y., entered into rest on April 25, 2018 at the age of 75.  She passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family after a brief illness. Mrs. Naylor was born on Sept. 26, 1942  in Bellows Falls, Vt., to James Angus Allan and Adorée Maria (nee […]

Message closed; sale to Vermont Journal expected

Message closed; sale to Vermont Journal expected Owner calls talk 'premature'; office dark, phones forwarded

Prompted by this Chester Telegraph article, Bob Miller of the Vermont Journal issued a short statement in his publication, writing, “he has purchased The Message of (sic) the Week. The sale will merge the newspapers but continue to be published only under The Vermont Journal and The Shopper banners. … The Message, as a separate […]

Chester water panel, Select Board agendas for May 2, 2018

Chester water panel, Select Board agendas for May 2, 2018

The Chester Water Commissioners, which is made up of the Chester Select Board, will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. It will be followed by the Select Board meeting. Below are their agendas. The Chester Water Commissioners 1. Public Comment 2. Set Water Rate 3. Adjourn Special […]

Grafton Select Board agenda for May 7, 2018

Grafton Select Board agenda for May 7, 2018

The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 7, 2018 at Grafton Garage, 220 Bell St. Below is its agenda. 1. Adopt Agenda 2. Approve Minutes: April 16, 2018 3. Warrants, as signed, presented to Selectboard 4. Highway Report 5. VTAlert – Randall Bronson – Action may be taken 6. Consolidation […]

Claremont man arrested in Chester

Claremont man arrested in Chester Charged with possession of fentanyl and other drugs

A Claremont N.H., man was arrested Tuesday in Chester, Vt., on drug and DUI charges. According to a Vermont State Police press release, at about 6 p.m. on April 24, Myron G. Scott, 37,  was pulled over for erratic operation of a white Chevy van on Route 103. Scott was given sobriety tests, then looked at […]

College News

College News

Two area men from the Reserved Officer Training Corps in the Charleston, South Carolina Corps of Cadets were recognized for academic and military leadership and excellence on Thursday, March 29. They are: Christopher Armstrong (Army) of Chester received the Reserve Officers Association of the United States Award. The Reserve Officers Association Award is presented to […]

To the editor: GM students pioneer French exchange program

To the editor: GM students pioneer French exchange program

This year, nine students and two faculty members of Green Mountain Union High School pioneered an exchange program with Lycée St. Joseph La Pommeraye, a high school in France. The 2018 St. Joseph La Pommeraye Exchange Program was an opportunity for GM students to better understand French culture and gain fluency in French language through […]

Chester board picks Dungeon bridge alternative

Chester board picks Dungeon bridge alternative Begins consideration of salvage yard ordinance

By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Chester Select Board considered its options for replacing a failing culvert on Popple Dungeon Road and rejected the recommended alternative last Wednesday evening. The engineering firm VHB presented four alternatives for the project but recommended the one that would have closed Popple Dungeon from just west […]

Cavendish residents seek permanent principal

Cavendish residents seek permanent principal Petition open to Chester, Andover, Baltimore residents

By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC A group of Cavendish residents are gathering signatures from Cavendish, Chester, Andover and Baltimore residents asking that Two Rivers Supervisory Union make the position of principal of Cavendish Town Elementary School permanent instead of interim. The online petition can be found here. On Monday, the group sent […]

Stoddards seek to build storage units at old chapel

Stoddards seek to build storage units at old chapel

By Bruce Frauman ©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Monday, Edgar and Susan Stoddard had signed the papers closing on the former St. Joseph Chapel. By Wednesday, they were appearing before the Londonderry Development Review Board asking for a change of use permit for the former chapel on High Street, off Route 100. The building had […]