Archive for 2019
Peaches and cream: What more do you need?
By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com One word for this peaches and cream dessert: AMAZING! Nonstick cooking spray 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened 2 cups sugar 4 eggs 1 teaspoon almond extract 2 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 2 large peaches, peeled, pitted and diced small Cheesecake Middle: 1 cup cream cheese, softened […]
Henry Homeyer: It takes more than plants to make a garden
By Henry Homeyer ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC If you’ve visited any great gardens, you know that they consist of more than just flowers. They have fine trees and shrubs, pathways, stonework or pottery, maybe a bit of whimsy, and great views. Now, before your trees are fully leafed out and the perennials have begun to […]
Police seek information in daytime burglary
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Vermont State Police are asking the public for information in their investigation of a daytime burglary in Westminster. At about 2:30 p.m. today, Saturday, the owner of a house on Alden Street returned home to find that someone had broken in and stolen a beige Sentry safe, cash and prescription […]
Londonderry Select Board agenda for May 6, 2019
The Londonderry Select Board will hold its regular meeting on at 7 p.m. on Monday May 6, 2019 at the Twitchell Office Building 100 Old School Street, Londonderry. Below is its agenda: 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 3. Minutes Approval – Meeting(s) of April 15, 2019, April 23, […]
Londonderry Select Board agenda for May 2
The Select Board for the Town of Londonderry will hold a special meeting at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 2 at the Twitchell Building, 100 Old School St. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 3. Visitors and Concerned Citizens 4. New Business a. 1 Class […]
GMUSD board balks at hearing CTES complaints
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC While the agenda for the Green Mountain Unified School District’s Thursday, April 25 meeting was full — and the public portion of the meeting went on for three hours — one question hung over the proceedings until the end and even then some members of the public […]
After April 15 flooding, Weston board considers repairs to Town Office basement
By Bruce Frauman ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The longest discussion at the April 23 Weston Select Board meeting revolved around installing sump pumps in the Town Office building at 12 Lawrence Hill Road following flooding in the basement during heavy rains and melting snow in mid-April. Acting chair Jim Linville said the basement flooded on […]
Chester Planning Commission agenda for May 6
The Chester Planning Commission will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 6 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Review minutes from April 10 and April 18, 2019 meetings. 2. Citizen Comments 3. Proposed Bylaw revisions: Finalize proposed district boundaries 4. Set date for next meeting
Carol Hoyt, 79, dedicated therapist loved gardening, performing
Carol Ann (Cummings) Hoyt died peacefully at home in April 19, 2019, surrounded by family. She was born Dec. 20, 1939 in Los Angeles, Calif., to the Rev. Dr. Oliver and Edith Cummings. Mrs. Hoyt attended local schools and later graduated from Redlands University with a teaching degree. During college, she met her future husband, […]
Business Ticker Springfield Med to restore pay on Sunday; Manchester granola maker honored as Exporter of Year
SMCS to restore employee salaries after budget cuts Springfield Medical Care Systems has announced that it plans to restore employee salaries and wages effective May 5, 2019 with the reduction of its operating budget by more than $6.5 million on an annualized basis. Through implementation of a series of expense reduction strategies, including workforce restructuring, […]
Celebration of life for Ricky Bliss, 51, expert farmer, friend for life
Ricky Allen Bliss 51, of Chester passed away at home after a long battle with a lung disease on Friday, March 29, 2019. He was born on May 11, 1967, in Springfield to Robert and Barbara (Record) Bliss, and spent much of his childhood on the farm of his grandparents Bill and Alice Bliss. If […]
TRSU board agenda for May 2
The Board of Directors of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 2 at the Roost at Fletcher Farm, 611 Route 103 in Ludlow. Below is its agenda. I. CALL TO ORDER: a. Roll Call II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: a. April 04, 2019 Special Meeting […]
Community & Arts events: May 4 and May 5
For a full listing of upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph Calendar. To find out how to become a Calendar Partner, email or call Cynthia Prairie at cprairie@chestertelegraph.org or 802-875-2703. To be included in events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on […]
Chester Chatter: May baskets for kind neighbors
By Ruthie Douglas ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC May Day, a time for May baskets when I was young. We kids in the neighborhood went to the nearby woods to gather wild flowers, pine cones and moss. My sister Marie and I made baskets out of wallpaper, glue and staples. We line it with fresh green […]
A Yankee Chef’s take on Carolina dipped chicken
By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com Boy, I thought we Mainers had a contentious chowder debate with New York, but it is nothing compared to North and South Carolina when it comes to dipped, fried chicken. Seems though every single region of the Carolinas is feverishly devout to what they think is the correct way of making […]
Chester Select Board agenda for May 1
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Approve Minutes from the April 17, 2019 Selectboard Meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. Loader Replacement; Discuss Options with Public Works Director 5. Chester Townscape Funding Request 6. […]
Henry Homeyer: Understanding flowers from petal to stem
By Henry Homeyer ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC At a recent used book sale I purchased a copy of a lovely book called One Hundred Flowers by Harold Feinstein (Bullfinch Press, 2000). This large-format book includes not only 100 amazing, huge close-up photos of flowers against black backgrounds, it has a lovely introductory essay by Sydney […]
Green Up Day events in our communities
©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC ANDOVER Come help beautify Andover town grounds, clean our roadsides, and spruce up our cemeteries at Andover’s Green Up Day, held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 4. Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. at the Andover Town Hall, 954 Andover Road. Vermont Coffee Company coffee and homemade doughnuts […]
UPDATE: Rolling roadblock on I-91 early MONDAY – expect delays
UPDATE: The rolling roadblock scheduled for tomorrow has been changed to Monday © 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Tomorrow, April 26, 2019 beginning at about 6:30 a.m. (weather permitting) there will be a northbound rolling road block on I-91 at the Williams River Bridge in Rockingham. The delay will be for line striping. Then northbound motorists […]
Paul Truax, 84, pioneering male nurse, entrepreneur and genealogist
Paul Truax of Chester died on April 23, 2019. He was 84. Born in Huntington Center, Vt., Mr. Truax was the only child of Nina (LaForce) and Albert Truax. In 1935, he had the distinction of being born on Nov. 4, the birthday of his father’s paternal grandfather. Although an only child, he enjoyed the […]
