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Scott: No masks required outdoors, with caveat

Scott: No masks required outdoors, with caveat

© 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Gov. Phil Scott announced on Friday that beginning Saturday, May 1 — Green Up Day — masks are no longer required outdoors as long as physical distancing can still be maintained. The change in Vermont’s mask mandate is based on revised guidance by the Centers for Disease Control. With Vermont […]

Chester Planning Commission agenda for May 3

Chester Planning Commission agenda for May 3

The Chester Planning Commission will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday May 3, 2021 at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81029256359. Below is the commission’s agenda: 1. Review minutes from March 29, 2021 and April 19, 2021 meetings. 2. Citizen comments. 3. […]

To the editor: Spring brings Sunshine Acres' 19th season

To the editor: Spring brings Sunshine Acres’ 19th season

Spring is here at last, and bulbs and perennials – planted by Chester Townscape volunteers – are beginning to bloom at public locations around town. Soon to follow, when the danger of frost has passed, will be the annuals in bridge boxes and planters that make Chester such an attractive and joy-filled town for visitors, […]

SBA offers restaurants Covid revitalization funds

SBA offers restaurants Covid revitalization funds

Isabella Casillas Guzman, administrator for the Small Business Administration, has announced that the SBA will begin registration at 9 a.m., April 30 and open applications at noon  on May 3 for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. The online application will remain open to any eligible establishment until all funds are exhausted. “Restaurants are the core of […]

Vermont Afterschool offers $1.5m in summer enrichment grants

Vermont Afterschool offers $1.5m in summer enrichment grants

Vermont Afterschool announces that the 2021 Summer Matters for All Grant Program is open to applicants. Established in partnership with Gov. Phil Scott’s office and the Vermont Agency of Education, at least $1.5 million will be available through the grant program to expand access to summer enrichment opportunities for youth statewide. “This grant offers a […]

Mother's Day weekend: Bird amble in Proctorsville, music at Gassetts Grange

Mother’s Day weekend: Bird amble in Proctorsville, music at Gassetts Grange

Audubon bird amble in Proctorsville on May 8 Calling all birders: Join Marianne and Michael Walsh of the Mount Ascutney Audubon Society at 7 a.m. Saturday, May 8 for a two-hour amble in Proctorsville along 20 Mile Stream Road and into the surrounding fields. You will have a chance to identify various birds by their […]

Chester High/GM alums postpone annual celebration to 2022

Chester High/GM alums postpone annual celebration to 2022

By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Citing ongoing concern about the Covid-19 pandemic, Chester High/Green Mountain Alumni Association director Jon Clark, a 1977 graduate,  says that the organization will again forgo holding its regular annual festivities — including the parade — this June, but will instead begin planning for the 2022 celebrations. The […]

Chester board reaffirms paper of record decision, adds The Commons as well

Chester board reaffirms paper of record decision, adds The Commons as well Members call Press Association's claims 'condescending,' 'bullying'

By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board reaffirmed its March 18 decision to name The Chester Telegraph the town’s paper of record last Wednesday, but also decided to add a printed paper – The Commons – for its required legal notices. The choice reflected the board’s displeasure with the way […]

Op-ed: What could go wrong? Senate Finance Committee bakes a broadband cake

Op-ed: What could go wrong? Senate Finance Committee bakes a broadband cake

By Sen. Randy Brock Imagine if you were baking a birthday cake and you had the benefit of having the Vermont Senate Finance Committee helping you. That’s what it’s like as we debate how to extend broadband throughout Vermont.  The birthday we want to celebrate is coming soon and we have to make decisions about […]

Chester Chatter: Getting cozy with farm life

Chester Chatter: Getting cozy with farm life

By Ruthie Douglas ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Coming to Chester and moving into the big farm house, I faced a brand new way of life. Especially when my new husband Don said, “Come out to the barn and see the cows.” I had lived my entire life in Vermont, but until that day I had […]

Henry Homeyer: Pollen and allergies and plants, oh my!

Henry Homeyer: Pollen and allergies and plants, oh my!

By Henry Homeyer ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC If you suffer from spring allergies, this would be a good time to know what plants are affecting your comfort. Right now, many trees are dumping their pollen. Most trees are wind pollinated and produce lots of pollen. They depend on the wind to move pollen around – […]

Weekly Covid Update: Proms to be allowed with guidelines

Weekly Covid Update: Proms to be allowed with guidelines

©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine said he doesn’t expect word on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine until the end of the day on Friday as the Centers for Disease Control advisory committee, which is investigating the incidence of six cases of rare blood clots out of more than 7 million […]

After reorganization fracas, planning panel looks forward

After reorganization fracas, planning panel looks forward

By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two weeks after a contentious reorganization meeting, which saw the chair elected by a coin flip and the nomination of a vice chair as “a joke,” the Chester Planning Commission was back together on Monday night but seeming more restrained in front of a guest – Jason […]

Andover plans for Green-Up Day

Andover plans for Green-Up Day

Saturday, May 1 is the official Green–Up Day.  This year, Andover residents plan to rid the roadsides of trash and spruce up cemeteries.  Trash bags will be available at Town Hall, 953 Andover Road, beginning at 9 a.m. on May 1. But volunteers who would like to get a head start may obtain bags from […]

Andover Select Board agenda for April 26

Andover Select Board agenda for April 26

The Select Board for the town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 26 via Zoom. To join: https://zoom.us Personal Meeting ID 869 021 5007 Passcode 146374 or call in: 1 929 436 2866. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on […]

Chester Select Board agenda for April 21

Chester Select Board agenda for April 21

The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday April 21, 2021 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129. In person attendance is limited, so please consider whether your physical attendance is needed or if you can participate via zoom. Below […]

Troopers investigate gunfire into Derry home

Troopers investigate gunfire into Derry home

© 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police are investigating a shooting that took place in Londonderry on Monday night. No one was injured. According to a VSP press release, troopers were called to a home on Chaves Road at about 10:47 p.m. on Monday, April, 19. The homeowner, John Ross, 54, told police […]

Keith Hill accepts 1-year contract as GM principal

Keith Hill accepts 1-year contract as GM principal

By Cynthia Prairie ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Keith Hill has accepted the position of principal of Green Mountain High School, informing Superintendent Lauren Fierman of his decision on the morning of Monday, April 19. The past two weeks have been a roller coaster ride for Hill, the school system and much of the community since […]

Cavendish board ponders fate of Vermont Apple Pie Co. water allocation

Cavendish board ponders fate of Vermont Apple Pie Co. water allocation

By Jasmin Gomez ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Cavendish Select Board, acting as Board of Waste Water Commissioners at its meeting on Monday, April 12, is trying to determine if Vermont Apple Pie Co. needs to retain its second allocation for town water now that its business is confined to homebased baking. An allocation is equal […]

Left in Andover: Taking a little break

Left in Andover: Taking a little break

By Susan Leader ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: Susan Leader is taking a little time off.