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Andover Select Board agenda for Sept. 11, 2017
The Select Board of the town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 at Town Offices, 953 Andover-Weston Road. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: Act on minutes from Aug. 28 meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, […]
To the editor: Whiting Library Summer Reading Program a success
Whiting Library in Chester has just completed a highly successful Summer Reading Program. Jeanne Waldren, the new Youth Services librarian, gives a mighty thanks to the Nature Museum for presenting nine incredible programs each Wednesday. Both children and adults were offered programs of all variety regarding our natural world. Friday morning Story Time for preschoolers […]
Commentary: Get your family, neighbors prepared for disaster
By Erica Borneman Like most of you, we at Vermont Emergency Management have been watching events unfold in Texas following Hurricane Harvey. As we watch, most of us are no doubt reminded of our own historic disaster: Tropical Storm Irene. We’ve seen many stories from Houston about individuals and families who were rescued from their […]
Chester DRB hearing agenda for Sept. 11, 2017
The Chester Development Review Board will hold its public hearing at 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1) Comments from citizens 2) Review Minutes from August 28th public hearing 3) Final Plat Review (#503) for Payne Junker Minor Sub-division 4) Final Plate Review (#504) […]
CAES Board of Directors agenda for Sept. 11, 2017
The Chester-Andover Elementary School Board of Directors will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11 at the CAES Library, 72 S. Main St. Below is its agenda I. Call to Order II. Approval of CAES Agenda-Additions and Deletions III. Approval of Minutes: a. Minutes of June 12, 2017 Regular Meeting; b. Minutes of July […]
Green Mountain Board of Directors agenda for Sept. 14, 2017
The Green Mountain Union High School Board of Directors will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 at the Library Learning Commons, 716 VT-103 in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda-Additions and Deletions III. Approval of Minutes: a. Minutes August 24, 2017 Regular Meeting IV. Communications: a. Public […]
Baltimore Town School Board of Directors agenda for Sept. 13, 2017
The Board of Directors of the Baltimore Town School District will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13 at Baltimore Town Office, 1902 Baltimore Road. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order: a. Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda-Additions & Deletions III. Approval of Meeting Minutes: a. Minutes Aug. 9, 2017-Regular Meeting IV. […]
Green Mountain Unified School District organizational meeting Sept. 12, 2017
The organizational meeting of the new Green Mountain Unified School District will be held at the Library Learning Commons at Green Mountain Union High School, 716 VT-103 in Chester. It will be held following the Special Public Meeting. Below is the agenda. I. Call to Order by Superintendent II. Elections: a. Board Chair: Board Chair […]
Londonderry Select Board agenda for Sept. 5, 2017
The Select Board of the Town of Londonderry will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at the Twitchell Building, 100 Old School St. in South Londonderry. Below is its agenda. 1. Call meeting to order 2. Additions or deletions to the agenda 3. Minutes: a. Approval of Regular Board Meeting Minutes – […]
To the editor: A letter of thanks to Gov. Scott for Route 11 work
To: Gov. Phil Scott Re: Vermont Route 11 Dear Gov. Scott, Thank you! On behalf of the residents of the Town of Andover and surrounding communities, we appreciate your thoughtfulness and consideration in authorizing the paving of Vermont Route 11, correcting the dangerous conditions that existed. Please share our gratitude with your staff, the VTrans […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Sept. 6, 2017
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Approval of Minutes from Aug. 25, 2017 Special Select Board Meeting; Aug. 30, 2017 Special Select Board meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. New England Forestry Foundation Presentation 5. […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Sept. 5, 2017
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at the Grafton Town Garage, 220 Bell St. Below is its agenda. 1. Adopt Agenda 2. Minutes: Aug. 21, 2017 3. Highway Report 4. GIA/Rivers 5. Marie Caduto/Watershed Coordinator, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation 6. Carrie King/Nature Museum 7. Radio Licenses 8. […]
Telegraph Business Ticker
Milk House design showroom opens in Chester Home decor company Atelier Annex is opening a showroom on Popple Dungeon Road, steps away from the studios of artists and Annex owners Katherine Henry and Harry Hudson. The new showroom, The Milk House at Atelier Annex, is in the former milking room of their beautiful old dairy […]
Chester legion Auxiliary hosts Girls State delegate;
Good Neighbors Services seeks volunteers
Townshend Food Shelf seeks Tons of Tomatoes
At its Aug. 14 monthly meeting, the American Legion Auxiliary of Post 67 of Chester hosted Girls State attendee Sofia Gulick of Springfield, who was sponsored by the Chester post and was elected a Vermont senator during the weeklong event that teaches about the inner workings of government and civic life. Sofia, who intends to […]
College News
William Baker of Londonderry, a Burr and Burton Academy alum, has earned the spring 2017 Dean’s Award for academic excellence at Colgate University, located in Hamilton, N.Y. The Dean’s Award is given to students with a 3.3 or higher term average. James Mobus of Springfield was named to the Dean’s List at the University of […]
Community events: Aug. 31 through Sept. 7, 2017
For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming Events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Aug. 31: Manchester hosts overdose awareness rally On Thursday, Aug. […]
To the editor: Voters should participate in new school district meeting
On May 2, 2017 the citizens of Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester voted to approve the Act 46 merger plan to form one school district with one budget, one tax rate and one board of directors. At the same time the members of the new board were elected. That vote has since been certified by […]
Guide to the 2017 Chester Fall Festival
©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC N ow in its 43rd year, the Chester Fall Festival is a fun-filled weekend of music, arts, crafts, food and friends. And it’s set in the gorgeous Vermont town of Chester. Is it any wonder that the Vermont Chamber of Commerce named it one of the state’s Top 10 Fall Events? […]
Dr. Joseph Jurkoic, retired pediatrician, former Bellows Falls resident, dies
Joseph “Jay” Jurkoic, MD, a retired pediatrician and U.S. Navy Korean War veteran, formerly of Point Pleasant, N.J., and Bellows Falls, Vt., died peacefully at home in Jamaica Plain, Mass., on Aug. 23, 2017. Dr. Jurkoic was the beloved husband of the late Patricia (Egan) Jurkoic and the loving father of Nancy Jurkoic Wilson and […]
Chester Select Board Special meeting agenda for Aug. 30, 2017
The Chester Select Board will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Citizen Comments 2. Review Rainbow Rock Document with Town Attorney 3. Continue Selectboard Visioning Process 4. Adjourn