Author Archive for The Chester Telegraph
To the editor: Start building for annual St. Luke’s LEGO contest
The eighth annual St. Luke’s LEGO Contest will take place on Saturday March 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the NewsBank Conference Center, 352 Main St. in Chester. The event is open to LEGOmaniacs Pre-K through Grade 8 and their families. Participants should construct their original creations (no kits allowed), with a maximum […]
POSTPONED due to weather – CAES Keewaydin fund-raising dinner
POSTPONED – According to CAES teacher Frank Kelley, the Keewaydin fundraising dinner will be postponed until next month due to the impending snowstorm. We will post a new date when it becomes available. The community is invited to dine at Chester-Andover Elementary School, 72 S. Main St. in Chester, on from 5 to 7 p.m. […]
Chester Winter Carnival schedule
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The annual Chester Winter Carnival will be held Friday, Feb. 15 through Sunday, Feb. 17 with events for children of all ages. Friday: 5-7 p.m. Dinner at the American Legion $13 a person. Pay at the Legion on the evening of the event. 8 p.m. Green Mountain Boosters Comedy Night […]
To the editor: Blair announces write-in candidacy for Chester Select Board
Hi, I am Scott Blair. I’d like to announce that I am a write-in candidate for the one-year term for the Chester Select Board and would like your vote. Five years ago, my family and I happily moved to Chester. Chester appealed to us as the perfect town to raise a young family and start […]
John ‘Gramp’ Spaulding, 83, lifelong area resident was Army veteran
John Leon “Gramp” Spaulding, 83, passed away on Wednesday morning Feb. 6, 2019 at the Gill Odd Fellows Home in Ludlow. He was born Aug. 5, 1935 in Rockingham, the son of Edward William Sr. and Lulu Ellen (Witham) Spaulding. He attended Chester Schools, graduating with the Chester High School class of 1957. He served in […]
Chester Water Commission, Select Board agendas for Feb. 13
The Chester Water & Sewer Commissioners will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. It will be followed by the Special Meeting of the Chester Select Board. Below are their agendas. These meetings had been scheduled for last Wednesday, Feb. 6 Chester Water & Sewer Commissioners agenda 1. […]
To the editor: Route 103 repaving a disaster
During the summer and fall of 2018, I watched in amazement and wonder at the haphazard manner in which Pike Industries approached the repaving of Route 103. I do not know who planned that exercise in futility as the paving process leap-frogged over the entire route. It ended in late fall, after our first snow, […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Feb. 11 and Town Warning
The Select Board for the Town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11 at Town Offices, 953 Andover Road. Below is its agenda. (Click here to read the Town Meeting Warning.) 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: Act on minutes from Jan. 28 […]
Chester DRB agenda for Monday, Feb. 11
The Chester Development Review Board will hold its next public meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1) Review draft minutes from the Nov. 26, 2018 meeting 2) Citizens comments 3) Reconvene the Preliminary Plat application for the Gold River Partners LLC Major Sub-Division […]
Police probe threat against Green Mountain High
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Two Rivers Supervisory Union is saying that a “threat directed at” Green Mountain High School has prompted a police probe today and police presence on campus when classes resume tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 5. According to a TRSU press release, Chief Richard Cloud of the Chester Police Department today informed […]
David ‘Tuffy’ Lewis, 83, Air Force veteran, Legion historian
David “Tuffy” Lewis 83, passed away on Saturday evening Feb. 2, 2019 at the Springfield Health & Rehab Center in Springfield. He was born July 26, 1935 in Springfield, the son of Harold and Ruth (Howe) Lewis. He attended school in Chester, graduating from the Chester High School Class of 1953. He served in the […]
To the editor: Dakin announces write-in campaign for Chester Select Board
I am a write-in candidate for the one year term currently held by Lee Gustafson for the Chester Select Board at the election to be held on Town Meeting Day, March 5, 2019. Lee Gustafson is running for a three year term. Serving my town as a member of the Chester Select Board will give […]
CANCELED: Chester Water Commissioners, Select Board agenda for Feb. 6
The Chester Water & Sewer Commissioners will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. It will be followed by the Special Meeting of the Chester Select Board. Below are their agendas. Chester Water & Sewer Commissioners agenda 1. Citizen Comments 2. Set Water Rate 3. Adjourn Chester Select […]
College News
Champlain College Brianna Luman of Chester, who is majoring in Game Art and Animation, has been named to the President’s List for the fall 2018 semester at Champlain College of Burlington. Students on the President’s List have achieved a grade point average of 4.0 or higher during the semester. The following students have been named […]
Bill Schubart: It’s time to ban plastic bags
By Bill Schubart All of the plastic manufactured since Bakelite debuted during the Depression still litters the earth. The world is choking on an invention that’s barely a century old. Today, shoppers worldwide use 500 billion single-use plastic bags a year or a million bags a minute. A million sea birds and 100,000 marine mammals […]
No candidate for one Chester Select Board seat Hopefuls also lacking for nine other positions
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Chester Select Board member Dan Cote, serving a three-year term, apparently is not running again, but incumbent member Lee Gustafson, who has served two one-year terms, is running for that three-year term. And Ben Whalen is seeking re-election to a one-year term. However, by deadline at 5 […]
POSTPONED: To the editor: Weston to meet on dam removal, Cold Spring Brook Park
POSTPONED DUE TO IMPENDING SNOWS on TUESDAY, FEB. 12 The Cold Spring Brook Memorial Park Task Force of Weston consisting of members from the Weston Conservation Commission, Weston Community Association and landscape professional, is inviting the public to attend an important public information meeting at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at the Weston Playhouse to discuss […]
Sunderland woman killed in Derry crash
© 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC A Sunderland woman was killed and a small child was seriously injured this afternoon when the woman’s car collided with a pickup truck on Rt. 11 near Little Pond Road in Londonderry. According to a Vermont State Police press release, just before 3 p.m. Darryl J. Davis, 58, was traveling west […]
Chester Planning Commission agenda for Feb. 4
The Chester Planning Commission will hold its public meeting from 6 to 9 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 4 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. 1. Review draft minutes from the Jan. 26 Work Shop 2. Citizen Comments 3. Continue Work Shop on proposed changes to the Unified Development By-Laws
To the editor: Grafton officials should have attended Planning hearing
To the residents of Grafton, I was absolutely appalled at the meeting Jan. 15, 2019 that key Select Board members — chair Joe Pollio and member Al Sands — as well as Town Administrator Bill Kearns were not attending this very important public hearing presented by the Planning Commission. Those attending gave important comments to […]