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College News
The following students recently graduated Castleton University and will be recognized during the 231st Commencement on Saturday, May 12 at the Castleton Pavilion. Grandon Smith of Londonderry graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Health Science. Rachel Yrsha of Londonderry graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. Mack Walton of Chester, […]
Green Mountain girls basketball wins 10th against Springfield
© 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Green Mountain girls basketball team improved their season record to 10-2 with a 46 -44 win over Springfield at home on Monday night. The Cosmos pulled out an early 10 point lead but the Chieftains battled back to end the first half just one point down. The game remained […]
Chester Rotary donates books to CAES first-graders
On Tuesday, Jan. 16, members of the Chester Rotary Club made a special delivery to the first-graders at Chester-Andover Elementary School. Nearly 30 children received a gift of a new book called School Is Fun. Each book is a story personalized with the individual child’s name as well as the names of their siblings and […]
Chester Police log for Jan. 1-Jan. 13, 2018
© 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph Police Log is a sampling of incidents directly from Chester Police reports. In general, we do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Monday, Jan. 1 at 12:30 p.m. A burglar alarm sounded on Temple Road. The alarm company indicated […]
Powden claims ‘no intentional violation’ in Telegraph open meeting complaint
© 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC After approving a budget and re-adopting the “limited school transfer program” at its Jan. 17 meeting, the Green Mountain Unified School District board turned its attention to a complaint by The Chester Telegraph alleging that the during the recent run up to the budget the board had twice violated Vermont’s Open […]
To the editor: Free and reduced meals program helps our students, our schools
Let me encourage everyone who has children in our schools to apply to participate in the free or reduced meals program anytime during the school year. In addition to ensuring that all our students get nutritious meals to keep them fueled up to learn, a lot of state and federal funding for our schools is […]
College News
The following students have been named to the Dean’s List of the University of Vermont, based in Burlington. To be name to the list, students must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or better and rank in the top 20 percent of their class in their respective college or school. Kyle Cyr of Chester Marjorie […]
Ret. Sgt. Carl Bailey, 70, Londonderry native was dedicated to State Police
Carl E. “Buck” Bailey, 70, of Cocoa, Fla., passed away on Jan. 15, 2018. He was born on Oct. 28, 1947 to Carlin and Norma Bailey of Londonderry, Vt. Mr. Bailey died peacefully at home, with his wife Paulette Picard by his side. Born and raised in Londonderry, everyone knew Mr. Bailey as “Buck.” He […]
Weston Liquor Board, Select Board agendas for Jan. 23, 2018
The Liquor Control Board for the Town of Weston will meet at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23 at Town Office, Lawrence Hill Road, followed at 7:30 p.m. by the Select Board meeting. Below are its agendas. Liquor Control Board agenda 1. Any Requested Changes to the Liquor Control Board Agenda: 2. Public Comment: 3. […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Jan. 22, 2018
The Andover Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 22 at the Town Office, 953 Andover Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: Act on minutes from Jan. 8 meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Jan. 22, 2018
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 22 at Grafton Garage, 220 Bell St. Below is its agenda. 1. Adopt Agenda 2. Approve Minutes: Jan. 2, 2018 & Jan. 12, 2018 3. Highway Report 4. Sullivan & Powers 5. Assistant Town Administrator 6. Review Road Crew Contacts (Pagers) 7. Excess […]
Mark Pluff, 56, devoted to daughter, family and friends, an avid sports, muscle car fan
Mark Pluff , 56 , of Jamaica, Vt., passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018. He was the son of Mary Pluff of Canaan, Conn., and the late Robert E. Pluff. He attended Bement School in Deerfield, Mass., the Stratton School in Stratton, Vt., and graduated from Leland & Gray High School in 1980. […]
Chester DRB agenda for Monday, Jan. 22, 2018
The Development Review Board for the town of Chester will meet for a site visit at 60 Vt. Route 103 at 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 22, prior to its 6 p.m. public hearing at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1) Review minutes from Jan. 8,2018 meeting 2) Comments from citizens […]
GMUSD Finance Committee meeting agenda for Jan. 17, 2018
The Finance Committee of the Green Mountain Unified School District will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 5 p.m. in the Green Mountain Union High School Library Learning Commons. Below is its agenda: I. Call to order A. Roll Call B. Approval of Agenda C. Approval of Minutes – i. Minutes […]
College News
Emma Hallett of South Londonderry and Alecia Rokes of Andover have made the Dean’s List for the fall 2017 semester at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. This status is granted to students who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses. Kyle White of Springfield […]
Cavendish Elementary School board meeting agenda for Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018
The Cavendish Elementary School board will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 5:30 p.m. followed by a meeting with the Chester-Andover Elementary School board at 6:15 p.m. The agenda is below: I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda-Additions and Deletions Action III. Minutes: a. Minutes of December 19, 2017-Regular Meeting Action […]
Chester-Andover Elementary School Board meeting agenda for Jan. 16, 2018
Chester-Andover Elementary School will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 5:30 p.m. followed by a meeting with the Cavendish Town Elementary Board at 6:15 p.m. The agenda is below: I. Call to Order II. Approval of CAES Agenda-Additions and Deletions III. Approval of minutes: a. Minutes November 13, IV. Communications: a. Written/Oral; […]
Special meeting of Green Mountain Unified School District Jan. 17, 2018
A special meeting of the Board of Directors of the Green Mountain Unified School District of Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018 at the GMUHS Library Learning Commons. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda III. New Business: a. FY2018-19 […]
Op-ed: As new unified school district gets under way, board needs to listen closely to parents, families and teachers
Editor’s note: Chester resident Sue Willis wrote this open letter to the new Green Mountain Unified School District Board. By Sue Willis ©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC After sitting through the meeting of the Green Mountain Unified School District Board last Tuesday evening, I was compelled to write a letter to all members regarding some of […]
Chester Select Board meeting for Jan. 17, 2018
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Approval of Minutes from the January 3, 2018 Select Board Meeting and January 8, 2018 Special Select Board Meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Establish Implementation Committee 4. General Fund Budget Review […]