Author Archive for The Chester Telegraph
Development Review Board for June 24, 2013
The Chester Development Review Board, an independent, quasi-judicial body, meets Monday, June 24 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. The DRB begins at 5:30 p.m. with a site visit at 18 S. Main St. Its public hearing begins at 6 p.m. The Agenda 1. Review minutes of the June 10th meeting. 2. Scarlet Veil LLC-Meyer […]
Depression author at Misty Valley; temporary digs for Rockingham Library; Weston opening & Cavendish Music Series.
Brattleboro author David Blistein will talk about his book, David’s Inferno, My Journey through the Dark Wood of Depression, at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 23 at Misty Valley Books, 58 the Common, followed by a reception and book signing. With a forward by Ken Burns, David’s Inferno combines intensely personal reminiscences of the author’s two-year nervous […]
CAES arts & literary e-zine, Zeenalini, now in its 4th year
On the cover: Students work on the magazine; one student’s offering and the latest Zeenalini cover. By Wendy Svec Zeenalini, the arts and literary online magazine of Chester-Andover Elementary School, now in its fourth year, has published the works of more than 50 local students in its latest edition. Any student, ages 5 to 12, […]
Ralston valedictorian, McNally salutatorian of GMUHS Class of 2013
Jessica Ralston has been named valedictorian of Green Mountain High School’s Class of 2013 and Katie McNally has been named its salutatorian, the school has announced. A valedictorian is chosen to give the closing speech of a school’s graduating class, and that honor usually is conferred on the person achieving the highest in academic excellence […]
Select Board agenda for June 19
The Chester Select Board meets at 7 p.m. June 19 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. Approve June 5, 2013 Selectboard Minutes Citizen Comments Old Business DRB appointments Ken Barrett Mark Curran Playground Equipment Update Grant Update; Julie Hance Storm Water Library Funding Financial Update General Fund Water & […]
A sinking ship rises to the top at Alumni Day Parade
Chester’s annual Alumni Day Parade kicked off on Saturday morning under threatening skies that dissipated as the musicians, floats and vehicles kicked off and headed down Main Street. This year’s theme was The Movies, and the classes did not disappoint. First Place went to the Class of 1984 1983 for its sinking and floating rendition […]
Bonnie’s Bundles celebrates 45 years; Cavendish calendar contest; Brattleboro music and Putney garden tour
Bonnie’s Bundles Dolls of 250 North St. in the Stone Village in Chester is celebrating 45 years of doll making with a series of events. The first will be held 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 15 and features three activities: wheat pasting images of the most popular dolls as a mural on the […]
Police log March 14 to May 6, 2013
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 14, 9:49 a.m. A woman was charged with petit larceny from a cash register at the Sunoco on Main Street. Sunday, March […]
TARPS fund-raiser at Pizza Stone; ballet recital; blood drive; cookbook author at Misty Valley; learn about ponds at Nature Museum; Whiting Summer Reading program and host families sought
The Pizza Stone will host a fundraiser for The Animal Rescue and Protection Society Chester’s animal shelter 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday, June 10. The restaurant, at 291 Pleasant St., will offer a special menu for the evening. Josh and Beth Adams from DV8 will perform their Southern outlaw country rock to entertain diners, and […]
Dollar General Act 250 appeal to be heard in September; solar projects abound in Rutland
The appeal by Chester residents of the District 2 Commission decision to give Zaremba Group an Act 250 land use permit to build a 9,100-square-foot Dollar General store is scheduled to go before the Environmental Division of the Vermont Superior Court from Tuesday, Sept. 10 through Thursday, Sept. 12th. Judge Thomas Walsh will hear the […]
Development Review Board agenda for June 10
The Chester Development Review Board meets Monday, June 10 beginning at 6 p.m. at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is the agenda for that evening. 1) Review minutes from May 13th 2) Final Plat Review of a Minor Sub-Division by Prusak-Estes on Dean Brook Rd 3) Comments from citizens 4) Deliberative session to review […]
Chester Select Board agenda for June 5, 2013
The Chester Select Board will meet in regular session beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 5 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Here is its agenda: Approve May 15, 2013 Selectboard Minutes and May 17, 2013 Special Selectboard Meeting Citizen Comments Old Business Economic Development DRB Appointments Property Sale Unified Development By-Laws Review General Use […]
College student film captures childhood with help of local actors
Nine children and one adult from Chester are featured in a new, 23-minute film made by a crew of Keene State College seniors. The film, Childhood, I Love You, was screened Friday evening to a group of actors and their families at Green Mountain Union High. Click on any photo below to launch the gallery. […]
To the editor: Good Neighbors thanks all who gave during food drive
The staff, volunteers and clients of the Black River Good Neighbor Services’ food shelf extend their thanks to all who participated in the U.S. Post Office’s 2013 Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive – the largest one-day food drive in the nation and probably in the world. Mail carriers for each of the towns and […]
Family Center annual dinner; diabetes class; young playwrights read; and VSO in concert
Chester-Andover Family Center will acknowledge and thank its student volunteers at its annual dinner meeting at 5:30 p.m., Monday, June 3, at the Chester American Legion, 637 VT Route 103 S. in Chester. As an all-volunteer organization, the family center counts on these young people for help with many of the daily tasks such as […]
To the editor: With a lot of volunteer help, Music in Meadow turns 11, raising $28,000 for Komen
When my husband and I moved to Chester in March 2001 on a very snowy day it was impossible to really appreciate the meadow we had acquired. By the middle of April, we were able to walk the property. As we were coming back to the house I mentioned to him what a great place […]
Four businesses sponsor Ludlow movie series
Four Ludlow businesses have joined with Friends of Ludlow Auditorium in sponsoring a special series of summer movies at the Ludlow Auditorium, 1 Whispering Pine (located on the second floor of Town Hall) in Ludlow. Sponsored by the DJs Restaurant, the series begins on 7 p.m., Sunday, June 16 with Frank Loesser’s musical tribute to […]
GMUHS Prom Pix! Send in yours
Green Mountain Union High School’s 2013 Prom was held at the Roundhouse at Jackson Gore in Ludlow last Saturday night. The theme was The Great Gatsby, and the room was suitably decorated. The elegance of the prom was certainly reflected in the dresses, gowns, suits and tuxedos of the young men and young women in […]
Volunteers ready Grateful Garden for planting
On Saturday, May 18, a number of families came together to clean up the Grateful Garden beds, on the Chester-Andover Elementary School campus, transforming them from weed-infested to ready-to-plant beds. Along the way, says Grateful Garden founder Carrie King, the volunteers met beetles, toads, old potatoes, rocks, worms and favorite perennials like asparagus, lemon balm, […]
It’s farmers market season, and there’s plenty to choose from
Although the Chester Farmers Market remains closed for the 2nd year in a row, within a short drive, area residents still have a lot to choose from when it comes to fresh produce, organically grown plants, farm-raised meats, homemade foods and fine handicrafts. The Bellows Falls Farmers Market opened its season on Friday, May 10, […]