Archive for September, 2021
GMUSD Board agenda for Sept. 16, 2021
The Green Mountain Unified School Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday Sept. 16, 2021 in the Chester-Andover Elementary School Library, 72 Main St. in Chester and via Zoom. To attend go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/88161992476 I. CALL TO ORDER (2 min): A. Roll call II. Approval of Agenda (2 min): (Additions & […]
Cavendish Select Board agenda for Sept. 13
The Cavendish Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Office Meeting 37 High Street in Cavendish. Below is its agenda. 1. Call the meeting to order 2. Act upon the minutes of August 9th, 2021 3. Adjust agenda 4. Hear Citizens 5. Update on Route 131 Paving Project. 6. […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Sept. 15
The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. and via Zoom. Join the meeting by going to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 Below is its agenda: 1. Approve Minutes from the September 1, 2021 Selectboard Meeting 2. Citizen Comments/Answers from Previous Meeting 3. Old […]
Henry Homeyer: DIY compost to build better soils
By Henry Homeyer ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Most gardeners do some composting. Some folks compost anything that once was part of a living plant, often mixing it with barnyard waste; they turn and aerate their piles and make terrific compost in record time. Others are lazy composters who just throw kitchen scraps or weeds in […]
State tightens vaxx requirement for employees; AOE extends school masking til Oct. 4
©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC In an ongoing effort to bring the Covid-19 under control, Gov. Phil Scott have announced updated pandemic controls for both state employees and public schools. State employees, Scott said, will be required to be vaccinated against Covid-19, mirroring the recent mandate issued by President Joe Biden for all federal employees. In […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Sept. 13
The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday Sept. 13 at the Andover Town Office, 953 Andover Weston Rd. Below is its agenda: 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: Act on the minutes from the August 23rd meeting. 4. Public […]
Wayne D. LeFevre died Sept. 4
It is with intense sadness that the family of Wayne D. LeFevre would like to share that he has left this earth and has started a new journey. He left on Sept. 4, in the presence of his wife, Kristine, with a warm and loving send off by his children. Wayne will be missed by […]
Schools open with masks, Ludlow man continues to object
By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC At a Thursday, Sept. 2 meeting, Two Rivers Supervisory Union Superintendent Lauren Fierman once again explained that when schools reopened, which they did on Tuesday, everyone in the schools would be masked for the first 10 days and after that any building that had 80 percent of […]
Vermont offers towns grants to update bylaws New homes, housing crisis targeted
The Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development announces that $500,000 is available to support statewide municipal bylaw modernization grants for Vermont’s cities and towns. Municipalities can use this new and innovative funding to hire regional planning commission or consulting staff to collaborate with local stakeholders and prepare bylaw updates that expand opportunities for new […]
Chester board mulls cost of fire, ambulance coverage for Andover
By Shawn Cunningham © Telegraph Publishing LLC Members of the Andover Select Board came to the Sept. 1 meeting of the Chester Select Board to begin discussing the cost of fire and ambulance coverage. Vermont towns are required by statute to provide fire service, however those that are too small to have a fire department […]
Whiting Library seeks public input Planning session set for Tuesday at Chester Town Hall
Whiting Library is holding a strategic planning working session at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7 to engage the community in a dialog about the future of the library. The meeting will be held in person at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and via Zoom, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82810063480. In-person attendees are encouraged to wear a mask. The […]
Tri-Mtn. Lions announces raffle winners
Mike Wilcox, an ice cream vendor at the annual Bondville Fair, is the first place winner of the Londonderry Tri-Mtn Lions Club summer raffle. He won the quilt made by members of the Lions Club with the help of Lions’ friends Sue Ashe and Carolyn Niesuchouski at Country Treasures in Chester. Second place winner of […]
New owner for Country Treasures quilt shop in Chester
Country Treasures, a destination quilt shop in Chester for the past 31 years, has taken on a new look and a new owner. Owner Sue Ashe has semi-retired and sold the shop to Angela Farrar, a Chester native and Green Mountain Union High School grad. Ashe will be at the back of the building operating […]
Injury forces dollmaker to miss 40th year of Chester festival
Doll artist Bonnie Watters of Chester, a veteran of the annual Chester Fall Festival, has announced that she will not be attending what is now known as the Chester Festival on the Green. This would have been her 40th year at the festival. Being on the Chester Green was the grand finale of all the […]
Vermont Supreme Court extends Judicial Emergency Order to Nov. 1
The Vermont Supreme Court has once again amended its order declaring a Judicial Emergency. Administrative Order 49, which was originally adopted in March 2020, has been amended numerous times to ensure the judiciary continues to be responsive to public health guidance relating to Covid-19. The current amendments, like previous measures, aim to protect the health […]
Left in Andover: Our thriving crafts industry
By Susan Leader ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC I forsook the craft fair circuit decades ago to go all-out for farmers markets. They are casual, fun, delicious and aesthetically pleasing. I feel at home exhibiting my wares among fresh picked produce and flowers. Craftspeople have much to offer the markets in return. The weekly farmers markets […]
Chester Chatter: Yes, a dump brings people together
By Ruthie Douglas ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC For some time Chester had a community landfill dump. It was located below our home on the Green Mountain Turnpike, the road that lead to Bartonsville. The landfill was large but became much smaller once the spring rains washed much of the rubbish downstream in the Williams River, […]
Henry Homeyer: Do you deserve a medal?
By Henry Homeyer ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC As I walked around the garden recently with my wife, Cindy Heath, she turned to me and said, “Anybody whose gardens looks great at this time of year deserves a medal.” I allowed that we did not deserve a medal. Wanna get the medal? Here are some tips […]
Levine recommends indoor masks; first 20-29 year old dies of Covid-19
© 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC As area students prepare to return to school on Tuesday and as positive Covid-19 cases are rising in both nursing homes and correctional facilities around the state, Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine is recommending masking indoors in public spaces regardless of vaccination status. This is in line with a […]
Weston board mulls zoning enforcement, talks reappraisal
By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC At its Tuesday, Aug. 24 meeting, the Weston Select Board heard from Zoning Administrator Will Goodwin who spoke about a rewrite of the town’s development bylaws and asked whether the board wanted to move forward on enforcing violations of the zoning regulations. Goodwin told the board that […]
