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Chester Select Board meeting for May 18, 2016
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 18 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. 1. Approve Minutes from May 4, 2016 Selectboard Meeting and May 13th Special Selectboard Meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. Trees on the Green; Chester Townscape 5. Cemetery […]
Grafton Select Board meeting for May 16, 2016
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 16 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: May 2, 2016 Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll Highway Report Work Schedule Other Highway Issues: Approval of $352.31 to be added to EMPG grant money supplied […]
Chester Select Board special meeting at Yosemite Firehouse
The Chester Select Board will hold a special meeting at the Yosemite Firehouse, on Depot Street and around the corner from Town Hall at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 13. Below is its agenda. Site visit at Yosemite Firehouse Yosemite Firehouse Committee Discussion Water Project Bid Acceptance Authorization Citizens’ Comments Adjourn
Vermont State Police Incident Log for May: April 3-April 29, 2016
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: The Vermont State Police incident report is a sampling of incidents directly from Vermont State Police. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Sunday, April 3, Windham – A 55-inch flat screen television was taken in a burglary from a residence […]
RVTC cinematography winners hold fund-raiser toward next competition; Norwich U., VSAC team to offer STEM scholarships
The River Valley Technical Center announces that Elliot Thompson and Rebekah Ferreira of the Audio Video Production Program won a first place in Digital Cinematography at SkillsUSA, Vermont. These students have qualified to represent Vermont at the SkillsUSA National Conference/Competition in Louisville, Ky. Their gold medal winning film was produced within 24 hours and earned […]
College News
Jessica Ralston of Chester was recently selected to present at the annual Castleton Scholars Celebration: A Showcase of Original Student Work. The annual celebration gives the university the opportunity to showcase students’ scholarly and creative endeavors at Castleton across academic departments and programs. This year’s event featured work from 45 students, representing 11 programs. Presentation […]
Chester summer sports camps signups begin
Chester Recreation Department Director Matt McCarthy announces that the rec department begins summer camp signups on Monday, May 9, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Offices are open Monday through Friday. Below are a preview of the camps. BASKETBALL CLINIC: TBA BASEBALL CAMP: 10 a.m. to noon, […]
Grafton Planning Commission, Select Board meeting for May 10
A joint meeting of the Grafton Planning Commission and the Grafton Select Board will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. There will be a presentation of the final report of flash flood hazard mapping and analysis by Evan Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Environmental, supported by a […]
CAES Board of Directors meeting Monday, May 9
The Chester-Andover Elementary School Board of Directors will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, May 9 at the CAES Library, 72 Main St. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order-Determination of Quorum II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of Minutes a. Minutes of April 14, 2016 – Regular Meeting IV. Communications a. Written/Oral b. […]
Public forum on school consolidation options in Chester
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC There will be a public forum on Act 46, Vermont’s school consolidation law, on Wednesday, May 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the library at Green Mountain Union High School, 716 Rt. 103 South in Chester. A committee consisting of school board members, educators and the public have been studying the […]
Historical society votes to offer Yosemite Firehouse to Town of Chester
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The membership of the Chester Historical Society voted on Thursday night to give the Yosemite Firehouse to the Town of Chester. Organization President Ron Patch told the April meeting at the Academy Building that he thought most people would be pleased with the proposal for disposing of the firehouse that […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for May 2, 2016
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 2 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Adopt Roberts Rules of Order Minutes: April 18, 2016 Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll Highway Report Work Schedule Other Highway Issues Selection of Town Service Officer (Cynthia […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday, May 4, 2016
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. 1. Approval of Minutes from the April 20, 2016 Selectboard Meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. 250th Celebration Update: Ratify Chester’s Financial Commitment 5. Antique & Classic Car […]
46th annual Green-Up Day events around the region
ANDOVER Andover Green-Up Day will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 7. Residents and friends are invited to beautify the town grounds, clean the roadsides and spruce up the cemeteries. Participants are encouraged to bring gardening gloves and tools including wheelbarrows, rakes, clippers, loppers and leaf blowers and join in the […]
Weston Select Board meeting for Tuesday, April 26
The Weston Liquor Control Board will meet tonight at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, at the Weston Playhouse to consider the First Class Liquor Licenses for West Town Eatery and The Inn at Weston. At 7:30 p.m., the Weston Select Board will meet, also at the Weston Playhouse. Below is it agenda. 1. Any Requested […]
With high fire danger, towns ban open burns
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Without significant rain and with gusting winds, area towns including Chester, Andover, Grafton, Weston and Rockingham have banned open burning. The burn ban will be in place until the area gets significant rain. Rain is in the forecast for Monday. The National Weather Service has announced that the danger of open […]
GMUHS announces Honor Roll for 3rd quarter
©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Green Mountain Union High School has announced its 3rd Quarter Honor Roll for the 2015-2016 school year. Honors Middle School Honors are earned by those students with one off-setting grade not below a C-.(There must be an A+, A, or A- to offset the one grade of a C+, C or […]
‘Screenagers’ film on digital impact screened at GMUHS; Ludlow Elementary gets rehab funds; Springfield Hospital offers nursing scholarship
Green Mountain Union High School will be screening the film Screenagers: Growing up in the Digital Age, exploring the fallacy of multi-tasking and the impact of social media, the Internet and screen time on a child’s brain and family life. The movie is free and open to the public and will be shown at 6 […]
GM-RVTC students earn health-related certifications
A number of Green Mountain Union High School students were recognized on Thursday, April 14 during the GMUHS Board of Directors meeting for having earned health-related certificates in a variety of career programs at River Valley Technical Center. They are: Culinary Arts Program, ServSafe industry-recognize credential: Trevor Moore American Heart Association’s Basic Life Support for […]
To the editor: Chester Historical Society is upholding lease
At the Chester Select Board meeting on April 6, 2016, Dan Cote, a recently elected select board member, made some insinuations about the Chester Historical Society and the Academy Building which it leases from the Town of Chester. To wit, he implied that the 15-year lease of the building should be reviewed (the insinuation being […]