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GMUSD special hearing agenda for April 11

GMUSD special hearing agenda for April 11

The board of the Green Mountain Unified School District will hold a special hearing at 6 p.m. on Tuesday April 11, 2023 at the Green Mountain High School, 716 Rt. 103 south, and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/81803924162. Below is the board’s agenda This meeting is a quasi-judicial proceeding. As such, […]

5 chosen for Chester Police Advisory Committee

5 chosen for Chester Police Advisory Committee

By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC At it’s March 22 meeting, the Chester Select Board chose five of the 10 residents interviewed to serve on  a new committee to advise the town’s Police Department and communicate with their community. After the interviews, the board went into executive session to discuss the appointments, then […]

Judy Lynn Adams, 61, of Chester

Judy Lynn Adams, 61, of Chester

Judy Lynn Adams, 61, of Chester, passed away unexpectedly on March 16, 2023 with her daughters by her side. She was born in 1961 in San Bernardino, Calif., to William O. Richey and Judy Ann Richey. They relocated to Vermont, and eventually settled in Springfield, where Judy, the oldest sister of eight siblings helped look […]

Mamma Mia! at GMUHS March 31, April 1

Mamma Mia! at GMUHS March 31, April 1

The Green Mountain Union High School Drama Department presents its spring musical, Mamma Mia!, an iconic show featuring the music of ABBA. Opening night is Friday, March 31 at 7 p.m., with two performances on Saturday, April 1 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The shows will take place in the GMUHS Auditorium, 716 Route […]

College News

College News

The following students have been named to the President’s List for achieving a grade point average of 4.0 or higher in the fall 2022 semester at Champlain College of Burlington. Ashley Bolton of South Londonderry Grace Guild of Chester Amber Prepost of Springfield The following students have been named to the Champlain College Dean’s List […]

Gassetts Grange to hold April 1 dance

Gassetts Grange to hold April 1 dance

Gassetts Grange #327, located at 3553 Route 103 North, in Chester, will reopen with a dance from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 1. The entry fee is $5. Finger foods will be available for a donation, rather than the hot dogs and fries that were served in the past. The grange is located […]

Drug Take-Back Day slated for April 22

Drug Take-Back Day slated for April 22 Drop-off sites located throughout Windsor County

On Saturday, April 22, the Windsor County Sheriff’s Office, local and state law enforcement agencies and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous, expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. The Take-Back Day event is free and anonymous, with drop-off sites […]

Stone Village Poetry Experience events celebrate National Poetry Month

Stone Village Poetry Experience events celebrate National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month. Chester’s Stone Village Poetry Experience has arranged a series of Saturday events that will touch the hearts of poetry lovers of all ilks. All programs are free and open to the public. Saturday, April 8 Poetry Month will begin with a presentation by former Vermont Poet Laureate Sydney Lea at 7 p.m. at Chester […]

GNAT-TV announces youth media workshops, TV production camps

GNAT-TV announces youth media workshops, TV production camps

GNAT-TV  announces its upcoming youth media workshops at its state-of-the-art studio, 6378 VT Route 7A, Suite #1 in Sunderland. Its new Media Education coordinator, Keegan Douglass, has curated fun and engaging video camps and workshops for spring break week and throughout the summer. The camps will kick off with “Make Your Own Studio Show” from […]

The Grammar School raises $7,630 for Putney Foodshelf

The Grammar School raises $7,630 for Putney Foodshelf

On March 22, at its weekly All School Meeting, The Grammar School in Putney presented a check for $7,630 to Hannah Pick, the Putney Foodshelf’s executive director. This amount beat out The Grammar School’s first-ever Ski to End Hunger event that, five years ago, raised more than $4,000 for the Putney Foodshelf. After a pandemic […]

'How do we know?': Astronomy series continues at Whiting

‘How do we know?’: Astronomy series continues at Whiting

The Southern Vermont Astronomy Group continues its astronomy mini-series at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 7 at the Whiting Library, 117 Main St. in Chester. Rick Hunter will present a talk titled “How Do We Know What We Know?” He will begin to answer the question “How can we really start to know anything about […]

After musical hiatus, GM hits the stage with ABBA hit 'Mamma Mia!'

After musical hiatus, GM hits the stage with ABBA hit ‘Mamma Mia!’

By Basil MacDonald Green Mountain Union High School presents its first musical since 2019. Catherine Johnson’s Broadway hit Mamma Mia!, which reignited a love for the 1970s pop music of ABBA, will be performed in the GMUHS auditorium on Friday, March 31 and Saturday April 1. “Putting on a musical is a really big task,” […]

Henry Homeyer: How to bring spring into your home

Henry Homeyer: How to bring spring into your home

By Henry Homeyer © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Even though spring has arrived according to the calendar, I fear winter is not done with us yet. Mother Nature is full of tricks, so I am not packing away my snow shovel just yet. But to reassure me that she will provide us with flowers this […]

Residents near Julian quarries haul in truckload of complaints to Chester board

Residents near Julian quarries haul in truckload of complaints to Chester board

  By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Gassetts residents turned out in force for the Chester Select Board’s Wednesday, March 22 meeting to complain that quarry operations in their area is in violation of its permits and that the noise, traffic, unsafe blasting and pollution have become too much to bear. Listed on […]

Short-term rentals: Towns' pace for regulation between snail and speedy

Short-term rentals: Towns’ pace for regulation between snail and speedy State legislature, however, puts the onus on local jurisdictions

By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC While the growth in the number of homes in area towns that are being converted into short-term rentals — like Airbnb and VRBO — is concerning to many residents, state and local governments are moving at different paces to address the trend. The Vermont legislature has taken […]

Rotary to hold April Fool Trivia Night fundraiser

Rotary to hold April Fool Trivia Night fundraiser

On Saturday, April 1, the Chester Rotary and Interact clubs will hold an April Fool’s fundraiser — April Fool Trivia Night — to raise funds to help Rotary continue its tradition of contributing to the needs of the community, including its Scholarship Fund. This fund aids high school students entering either college or a vocational/trade […]

Astronomy series continues March 31 at Whiting

Astronomy series continues March 31 at Whiting

The Southern Vermont Astronomy Group continues its astronomy mini-series at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 31 at the Whiting Library, 117 Main St. in Chester. Rick Bates will present a talk on archeoastronomy. This will include an overview of information that the ancients learned about the skies and how it was used in navigation. Also […]

To the editor: Londonderry Rescue Service Raffle deadline is April 1

To the editor: Londonderry Rescue Service Raffle deadline is April 1

The Londonderry Volunteer Rescue Squad Benefit Raffle is our organization’s most important fund raiser. It helps pay for building and vehicle maintenance, fuel, training and a host of other things that help ensure that LVRS is the only squad in Vermont that does not charge for its services. To buy raffle tickets online, click here […]

GM honors Student of the Month awardees

GM honors Student of the Month awardees

To recognize students who embody the spirit of the core values at Green Mountain Union High School, which include relationship, respect, responsibility and academic excellence, the school has established a “Student of the Month” recognition award. This award honors those students who actively help make GM a vibrant school community. Following the end of the […]

Andover Select Board agenda for March 27

Andover Select Board agenda for March 27

The Select Board for the Town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 27 at Andover Town Office, 953 Andover-Weston Road, and via Zoom.  To join via Zoom, click here. Meeting ID: 869 021 5007 and Passcode: 146374. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. […]