Author Archive for The Chester Telegraph
Parenting classes; senior lunch; join the band; Poetry Month at Misty Valley; theater classes in Weston
Positive Parenting classes at CAES The Collaborative is offering a free, six session, Positive Parenting course at 6–8 p.m., Tuesday, March 19, April 2, April 30, May 14, May 28 and June 11 in the library of the Chester-Andover Elementary School, 72 Main St. The course, facilitated by Nancy Pennell of Chester, will teach strategies […]
Bock, Jonynas re-elected to Select Board; school budgets pass
A political newcomer failed to overtake incumbents Tom Bock and Arne Jonynas, both of whom handily won re-election to one-year terms on the Chester Select Board in Tuesday’s vote. Tami Wilkins Ravlin, a lifelong Chester resident, did garner a respectable 225 votes compared to Jonynas’ 278 and Bock’s 288. With only 496 voters going to […]
Vacation raffle to benefit Keewaydin trip for CAES
Chester-Andover Elementary School students are selling raffle tickets for a seven-day Florida vacation as they continue to raise money for the biennial trip to Keewaydin Environmental camp. Julie and Jeff Hance have very generously donated a seven-night stay at the beautiful RCI – Summer Bay Resorts, in Clermont, FL, [http://www.summerbayresort.com/orlando.htm] minutes from Orlando, Disney World, Universal […]
To the Editor: Vote yes for kids
The Green Mountain Union High School Board respectfully requests your support of the FY 2013-14 budget on Town Meeting Day. The budget proposal to be voted on Town Meeting Day represents a decrease in the amount to be raised by taxes of 1.73%, largely due to revenues that will offset increased expenditures. Our estimated education […]
GMUHS announces 2nd Quarter Honor Roll
Green Mountain Union High School has announced its Honor Roll for the 2nd Quarter. 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-). High School Honors means that […]
VTica film & arts events; St. Luke’s Maple dinner & Seder; Nature Museum
At 7 p.m. on Friday, March 15, the Vermont Institute for Contemporary Arts will present the documentary Happy as part of its Projections: Reel to Real Conversation series at 15 Depot St., Chester. Happy explores the secrets behind this valued emotion. Immediately following the movie will be a discussion of the film with Jon Bliss, […]
Start Your Own Business Workshop offered
Vermont Small Business Development Center is offering a workshop on how to start your own business and write a business plan, 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 7 in the 1st floor conference room of the Springfield Regional Development Corp., 14 Clinton Square in Springfield. The Starting Your Own Business workshop is designed as a […]
Select Board meeting agenda for Wednesday, March 6
The Chester Select Board meeting for Wednesday March 6 begins at 7 p.m. Meetings are held in Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Agenda 1. Select Board organization following elections 2. Approve Feb. 20, 2013 Select Board Meeting minutes 3. Citizen Comments 4. Old Business 5. Town Appointments 6. Appoint Chester Transportation Advisory Committee representative 7. […]
GMUHS senior heads to Poetry Out Loud Competition
Four Windsor County students — one a senior from Green Mountain Union High — will be heading to the Barre Opera House on Wednesday, March 13 to compete in the 2013 Vermont Poetry Out Loud State Competition. There they will meet 34 other students vying to win the State Championship in the national poetry recitation […]
Police Log for Jan. 4 to Feb. 10, 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. Friday, Jan. 4, 3:41 p.m. About $600 in uncirculated $2 bills and Kennedy half dollars were reported taken from two cash registers at a […]
Town Meeting Monday, Election Day Tuesday
Chester’s annual Town Meeting begins at 6 p.m. Monday, March 4, at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Voters will decide on a number of articles including Chester Town School District items and a Chester Town government spending measure totaling $540,000 for: a new dump truck ($128,406); a new grader ($250,000); sidewalk replacement ($60,000); $44,000 […]
Weston Playhouse lineup; natural grasses workshop at VTica; free healthy living workshops
Educating Rita, 42nd Street among Weston Playhouse offerings Weston Playhouse Theatre Company’s summer season runs from June 25 through Sept. 11, opening with Educating Rita and three other familiar titles. Educating Rita is the story of a gutsy hairdresser seeking to better herself with an Open University course. The play runs through July 6. Weston’s […]
Election Day bake sales; Lenten worship services; VTica potluck; diabetes program; raw milk meetings; hands-on demonstrations; free tobacco cessation course
Chester-Andover Family Center Election Day bake sale Chester-Andover Family Center Election Day Bake Sale at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 5 upstairs in the Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Money raised will support the center’s Food Shelf and the emergency financial assistance program. As a result of the recent House Warming fundraiser sponsored by former […]
Chester Rec Dept. holds baseball camp, softball clinic
The Chester Recreation Department is accepting registrations for two March programs. Both will take place at Green Mountain High School, 716 VT Rte. 103 S. The Green Mountain Softball Clinic will be 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday and Sunday March 9–10. Run by GM varsity baseball coach Terry Farrell, the clinic is recommended for children […]
To the editor: No to assisted suicide
An amended version of S-77 has passed the Vermont Senate and will be read in the Vermont House sometime soon. As a Vermont resident, I ask that all our representatives vote no on assisted suicide. If assistance to die becomes a medical procedure, then what will stop my insurance company or whomever the hospital requires […]
Political newcomer challenges Select Board incumbents
On the cover: from left, Tami Ravlin, Arne Jonynas and Tom Bock. All photos by Cynthia Prairie The Chester Telegraph recently interviewed the three candidates who are vying for two seats on the Chester Select Board, incumbents Tom Bock and Arne Jonynas and political newcomer and lifelong Chester resident Tami Wilkins Ravlin. Discussions centered around […]
Select Board meeting agenda for Wednesday, Feb. 20
The Chester Select Board is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20 at the Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Following is the agenda. 1. Approve Jan. 7, 2013 and Feb. 6, 2013 Selectboard Minutes 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. Solar Farm Project Presentations Sovernen Soveren Solar presentation regarding possible installation […]
Break Maids play Magic; scholarship funds available; hands-on Montshire exhibit
The Break Maids are bringing their soulful sounds back to Magic Mountain in Londonderry for a free concert from 8 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16. If you haven’t been out to Magic’s Black Line Brew Pub located in the base lodge of Magic Mountain, now is time. These three local women are bringing […]
Everything’s coming up roses at Chester Flowers
Aflorist shop on Valentine’s Day can be a mix of artists’ studio, take-out restaurant, couples counselor and NASA mission control. Few retail settings perform such hire wire acts of timing and aesthetics. And tomorrow Diane Stocker and Cheryl LeClair of Chester Flowers will be working to make a lot of sweethearts happy. Their small shop […]
Select Board considers special town meeting to OK fire truck purchase
By Karen Zuppinger The Chester Select Board agreed last Wednesday to consider holding a special town meeting to allow voters to decide whether to allocate $250,000 for a new fire truck. The Chester Fire Department hopes to get approval for the truck now, but pay for it in 2014, thereby saving the town about $10,000. […]