Author Archive for The Chester Telegraph
Crown Point Realtors donate $2,500 to local needs; Hunter gets research internship at Vanderbilt
The Crown Point Board of Realtors raised a total of $2,494 during its annual Memorial weekend tag sale on the Ludlow Green. With that money, it was able to donate money to a number of local charities and people with needs. At a recent event at the Heritage Deli in Chester, the board presented $659 […]
Chester Police log for March 6 through April 28, 2014
Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph Police Log is a sampling of incidents directly from Chester Police reports. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Thursday, March 6 A Weston woman was charged with three counts of petty larceny and three counts of retail theft from Mitch’s Maples on […]
Chester Development Review Board agenda for Monday, June 9, 2014
The Chester Development Review Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 9 for a site visit at 315 Pleasant St., Gold River Partners LLC. At 6 p.m. it will meet for its public hearing at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1) Benson-Massey Final Plat Review of minor sub-division; 2) […]
‘Help Wanted:’ Middle schoolers answer the call of the stage
By Josh Bodin On Thursday and Friday, May 15 and 16, the Green Mountain Middle School presented the play Help Wanted in the auditorium of the Chester high school, giving middle schoolers the opportunity to have a part in a theatrical production without having to compete with high school students. “The play was about a […]
Chester Select Board agenda for June 4, 2014
The Chester Select Board will hold its next meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 4 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. Approve Minutes from May 7, 2014 and May 21, 2014 Select Board Meetings & May 21, 2014 Executive Session May 19, 2014 Town Solar Farm Site Visit May […]
Chester Select Board calls special meeting Friday, May 23, 2014
The Chester Select Board has called a special meeting for Friday, May 23 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. 1. LaRochelle Resignation 2. Adjourn
Kaiman honored for farm activism; Weston Playhouse names new managing director
Chester farmer Lisa Kaiman, owner of Jersey Girls Dairy and Jersey Girls Farm Cafe and Market in Gassetts, was honored last week by Rural Vermont, a education and advocacy organization that lobbies for family farming and local consumer interests. The honors were bestowed upon Kaiman at the annual Rural Vermont meeting, this year held at […]
To the editor: Thanks to volunteers, donors for successful CAES Staff Appreciation Week
The week of May 5 through 9 was Staff Appreciation Week at Chester-Andover Elementary School. On Monday, each staff member received a little box of treats in his or her mailbox. On Wednesday the PTG sponsored a luncheon for all the staff to enjoy. We would like to thank Chef Michael Kennedy, the parents and […]
AGENDA CHANGE – Chester Select Board meeting for Wednesday, May 21, 2014
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, for its bimonthly public meeting. The meeting will take place at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Agenda for the Chester Select Board 1. Citizen Comments 2. Old Business 3. Adopt Emergency Operations Plan 4. AT&T Lease: Paul Debole 5. […]
Special Chester Select Board meeting on Monday, May 19
The Chester Select Board will be meeting at 9 a.m. Monday, May 19 to tour the site of the town solar farm on Route 103 North across from Trebo Road on the Town Well property. Here is the agenda: 1. Tour Town Solar Farm site; Town well-site on Route 103 North 2. Adjourn
Chester Alumni Weekend events June 6-June 8
Chester High School and Green Mountain Union High School will hold its annual alumni association weekend Friday, June 6 through Sunday, June 8 at various locations around Chester. On Friday, June 6 will be the annual banquet annual evening bash at the American Legion featuring music and dancing; a pancake breakfast on Saturday morning, June […]
Celebration of Georgette Thomas’ life on Saturday
A memorial celebration for Georgette Thomas, better known to her friends as “Georgie,” will be held on Saturday, May 17 on the 2nd floor of the Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St., Chester. Georgette Thomas was 83 when she died on Feb. 13 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was best known as […]
GMUHS Honor Roll for 3rd Quarter
Green Mountain Union High School has announced its Honor Roll for the 3nd Quarter of the 2013-2014 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 C-). […]
Chester Select Board meeting for Wednesday, May 7, 2014
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 7 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. 1. Approve Minutes from April 16, 2014 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. Request to use the Gazebo on the Town Green: Laurie Nowlan 5. Halfway House Proposal: Wendi Germain […]
NECA announces 3rd quarter honor roll
New England Classical Academy based in Claremont, N.H., announces the third quarter honor roll for its students in grades 7 through 12 for the 2013-2014 school year. Summa Cum Laude (students earning a grade point average of 97% and higher) Marguerite Cottrill (7th), Greenfield, MA Autumn Rose Prunier, (8th), Springfield, VT Sam Lavertue (12th), Claremont, […]
‘Wonder:’ A ‘different’ boy finds acceptance in a different place
Editor’s note: The Chester Telegraph is happy to run this review of R.J. Palacio’s ‘Wonder,’ written by students at Chester-Andover Elementary School. By Taylor Cote, Olivia Wright and Frank Kelley Chester-Andover Elementary School August Pullman thinks of himself as ordinary on the inside, but not so much on the outside. He was born with a […]
Two Londonderry parks seek volunteers for building projects
Flood Brook School Two parks in Londonderry will soon be needing help in building playgrounds. Both the Flood Brook School and Pingree Park have projects in the wings. The Flood Brook School Community Playground Build will be taking place Thursday through Sunday, May 15 through May 18 at the school. The organization says it […]
Chester Development Review Board meeting for April 28, 2014
The Chester Development Review Board will be meeting tonight, Monday April 28 beginning with a site visit at 5:30 p.m. at 90 The Commons. The public hearing portion will begin at 6 p.m. At Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda: 1) Conditional Use Application for the Free Range Restaurant 2) Preliminary Plat […]
CANCELED: Special Select Board meeting for Thursday, May 1, 2014
The Chester Select Board has canceled this meeting and will address the issue at the May 7 meeting. The Chester Select Board is holding a special meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 1 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. The board will address an update on the solar farm planned for town land at Route […]
To the editor: Help Nicolas raise awareness, funds for celiac disease
Nicolas Houghton is a 5th grade student at Chester-Andover Elementary School. On Saturday, May 10th, he will be running his first 5k race in Merrimack, N.H., to help provide clinical care and scientific research relating to celiac disease. Nicolas was diagnosed with celiac when he was in the second grade, and would like to raise […]