Archive for 2022
A day filled with parade, pizza and pride
©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC A perfect spring Saturday, June 4, drew out smiling folks carrying rainbow flags and wearing rainbow clothing to the Chester Green to show support for LBGTQ rights and celebrate Pride Month with a parade and children’s storybook readings at the Pizza Stone. Restaurant owner Darlene Doane and her enthusiastic staff, with […]
GM girls shock BF 7-5 in softball quarter final
By Evan Chadwick © 2022 Telegraph Publishing BELLOWS FALLS Progress is a word that equates to improvement. And while progress can be subtle at times, even unnoticeable, there are times when the progress of a team can be as clear as day. On a pleasant Saturday afternoon in front of a massive crowd at Bellows […]
UPDATE: Chester’s Local Cannabis Control Commission agenda for June 7, 2022
Chester’s Local Cannabis Control Commission will hold its first meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83094974051 Below is the commission’s agenda 1. Organization of Board2. Citizen Comments3. Discussion regarding Purpose and Goals of Board4. New Business/Next Agenda5. Adjourn Note: […]
Vermont Apple Festival & Craft Fair seeks craft, food vendors for October event
Do you handmake a special craft or delicious food that you’d like to share with the community? The Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce’s 38th Vermont Apple Festival and Craft Show returns to Riverside Middle School, 13 Fairground Road, Springfield from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8. In 2019, 60 vendors filled the […]
GM Girls’ and Boys’ track and field teams each place 2nd at D4 state meet
By Dan Tyrrell © 2022 Telegraph Publishing MANCHESTER On a beautiful day for a track and field meet, Green Mountain’s girls’ and boys’ track teams each delivered performances worth second place at the Division 4 Vermont State competition in Manchester on Friday. With only six girls representing GM, it was hard to overcome the winning […]
Saxtons River native recognized as regional Forester of the Year Ethan Tapper named the winner from a 20-state alliance
The Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance has presented Saxtons River native Ethan Tapper, Chittenden County forester, with the Cooperative Forest Management Forester of the Year Award. This highly competitive regional award is presented annually to a forester from one of the 20 states stretching from Maine to Minnesota and from West Virginia to Missouri for outstanding […]
Henry Homeyer: Think green and be green
By Henry Homeyer © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Do you want to be a better steward of the environment? If so, the first step is to be a gardener: Grow some of your own vegetables, plant some native trees, shrubs and flowers while using no chemicals. But there is even more to think about than […]
Five more Whiting Library Trustees resign Management of library in question without enough Trustees
UPDATE: 4:55 p.m. Wednesday, June 1: Hance says that town attorney Jim Carroll believes that there is no reason for the library to be shut down and that there is authority in statute to ensure any bills and paychecks get paid. By Cynthia Prairie ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Five more Trustees of the Whiting Library […]
Chieftains walk to easy, one-hit win 10-0 over Cosmos
By Evan Chadwick © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC CHESTER It is not often that you hear of a team being one-hit in a baseball game and still cruising to an easy victory. Regardless of the rarity of the feat, Green Mountain Boys Baseball Coach Matt McCarthy knows that the five inning 10-0 win over rival […]
Community breakfast at Public Safety Building this Sunday
© 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Chester’s Emergency Services Department – Police, Fire and Ambulance – will hold the first of its summer community breakfasts on Sunday, June 5 at the Public Safety Building on Pleasant Street. The community breakfasts are a way for residents to get to know the members of the three organizations, learn […]
Bridge replacement to close Popple Dungeon for up to nine weeks
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Starting Monday June 13, Popple Dungeon Road from Zezza Road west will be closed while the bridge and culvert there now are replaced. Alpine Construction estimates that doing the job will take about nine weeks, although Town Manager Julie Hance says that’s the outside projection and she […]
The Right Stuffed: Smitty’s honored by Everyone Eats
Photos and Text by Cynthia Prairie ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Click on any photo to launch the gallery. Chris Meyer of Chester Helping Hands and Trish Paradis of the Springfield Family Center last week presented Garrison Smith, owner of Smitty’s Chester Market, and in-house chef Bonny Hudson with plaques honoring their work on behalf of […]
College News
Ainsley Bertone of Springfield graduated Magna Cum Laude from Nazareth College with a bachelor’s degree in Musical Theatre and a minor in Dance during the 95th Commencement ceremony on the school’s Rochester, N.Y., campus at the Golisano Training Center on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Bertone also was named to the dean’s list for the spring […]
Connecticut River Valley Stingrays summer swim team registration open
The Edgar May Health and Recreation Center announces that registration is open for the summer session of the Connecticut River Valley Stingrays youth swim teams. The season will begin on June 13 and continue through Aug. 6. Children between the ages of 6 and 18 years are invited to join the developmental, junior or senior […]
UPDATED – Chester Select Board Agenda and Hearing for June 1, 2022
The Chester Select Board will hold a public hearing on a proposed amendment to the town’s Unified Development Bylaws to create a new Village Green District. That hearing will be followed by a select board meeting. The hearing will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday June 1, 2022 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and […]
Poor Cousins performs at West River Farmers Market on June 4
Come to the West River Farmers Market between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 4 for artisan crafts, fresh organic produce, live music and delicious made-to-order food. The market, located at the junction of Route 11 and Route 100 in Londonderry, will feature music from The Poor Cousins, an Irish fiddle and guitar […]
Lindsey Pollard receives 2022 Spirit of Nursing Award
Springfield Hospital is pleased to announce Lindsey Pollard, RN OCN, Clinical Leader, Specialty Clinic, as recipient of the 2022 Eileen Austin Neal RN Spirit of Nursing Award. She has been working at Springfield Hospital since 2004. This award was created in 2004 in honor of Eileen Austin Neal, RN, who worked at Springfield Hospital for […]
Chester Alumni Day Parade returns on June 11 GM Class of 1977 to hold 45th reunion potluck celebration
After a Covid-related hiatus, the Chester Alumni Day Parade will take place in Chester on Saturday, June 11. Participants should line up at 10 a.m. in front of the Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. The parade will wind through downtown Chester and end at Cobleigh Field. Judging of floats will take place, and a […]
Pizza Stone in Chester to host Drag Queen Story Hour on June 4
Drag Queen Story Hour will be hosted by the Pizza Stone, 291 Pleasant St. in Chester, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 4. This event is sure to renew a love of reading and community. This event was originally scheduled to be at the Whiting Library. Kids of all ages will enjoy the creative theatrics […]
To the editor: The real Second Amendment
If the Founding Fathers were around today, they would be flabbergasted by our inability to take even the most basic, common sense steps to protect our children from being murdered at school. Passively accepting, year after year, horrific school shootings, like the recent slaughter in Uvalde, Texas, would strike them as collective madness, which it […]
