Archive for 2026
Whiting Library offers one-on-one tech help
Whiting Library is offering free, one-on-one technology help sessions to assist community members with basic computer and digital device skills. Library staff will provide individualized help with tasks such as downloading eBooks, using library eResources, setting up an email account and completing other common computer-related activities. Participants may bring their own device or use a […]
To the editor: How and what to donate to the Thrift Shop at CAFC
As we welcome the start of a new year, many of us feel the familiar pull to organize, refresh our homes and clear space for what’s next. The Chester-Andover Family Center, located at 908 VT-103 in Chester, is deeply grateful that you think of the Thrift Shop when deciding where your gently used items should […]
Middle, high school teachers offered scholarships on teaching financial literacy
BURLINGTON Middle and high school educators in New England and New York State interested in honing their personal finance teaching skills, or newcomers to the field, can attend a free, online, asynchronous graduate course offered by the Center for Financial Literacy at Champlain College. Scholarships are available to Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Jan. 12
The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday Jan. 12 at the Andover Town Office 953 Weston-Andover Road. Below is the board’s agenda: 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes of December 22nd meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, […]
College News
Grayson Frazer of Springfield was named to the President’s List for the fall 2025 semester at Trine University in Angola, Ind. Frazer is majoring in Exercise Science. To earn President’s List honors, Trine University students must complete a minimum of 12 hours and have a grade point average of 3.750-4.000. Kelli Prosser of Springfield has been […]
Henry Homeyer: A quick look back as we look forward to the 2026 growing season
By Henry Homeyer ©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Overall, my gardens did well last summer despite the lack of rain – largely because of all that sunshine. Most of us had a wet spring and early summer, then a very dry summer and fall. For people planting new trees, shrubs and perennials it meant lots of […]
SoVerA’s January meeting features ‘Mars: the Dust Bowl of Dreams’
Southern Vermont Astronomy Group will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 13 in the 1879 Perkinsville Schoolhouse, 1862 VT-106 in Perkinsville. This hybrid meeting will also be available via Zoom. Longtime SoVerA member Kevin Paquet will give a presentation titled Mars: the Dust Bowl of Dreams. Was there life on Mars? […]
Locals protest U.S. action in Venezuela
By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Hours after President Trump announced the military raid on Venezuela and the seizure of that country’s president, Nicholas Maduro, on a U.S. federal indictment, protesters gathered in cities and towns across this country – including Chester. On a sunny but frigid afternoon with a brisk wind, a […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Jan. 7
The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday Jan. 7, 2026 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. and online via Zoom. Below is the board’s agenda. 1. Zoning Bylaw Amendment re: Signs; Public Hearing 2. Approval of Minutes from the Select Board Meeting dated Dec. 17, 2025 3. Citizen’s […]
Op-ed: Private philanthropy is not enough to create economic opportunity
By Bill Schubart ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Is what we’re learning about healthcare and the critical role of primary care a metaphor for what we can learn about reducing poverty with equitable economic policies that create opportunity? Vermont’s current budget is $9.1 billion. For 648,500 Vermonters, that’s $14,400 each. The 2025 U.S. budget was $7.01 […]
Afternoon fire destroys garage on Cummings Rd. No one injured in two-alarm blaze
UPDATE: At 4:41 a.m. on Monday, firefighters from Chester, Proctorsville and Weathersfield were called back to the scene for the reported re-ignition of the remains of the building. By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Seven area fire companies with 35 firefighters responded to Cummings Road in Chester Sunday afternoon to quell a fire […]
VSP identifies Ludlow officer, resident in New Year’s Day shooting
© 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Late this afternoon, Friday, Jan. 2, Vermont State Police identified the man who was shot in Ludlow on New Year’s Day as well as the Ludlow Police officer who shot him. According to the Vermont State Police, Jaime Gomez, 18, who lives in a room at the Fox Run Inn […]
Ludlow officer shoots, injures man in New Year’s Day incident
©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC A member of the Ludlow Police Department shot and injured a man early on New Year’s Day, according to a Vermont State Police press release. According to the press release, the man who was shot was taken to the hospital although the extent of his injuries and the name of the […]