Author Archive for The Chester Telegraph
To the editor: Family center thanks all for donations of time and goods
On Monday, Nov. 5, a caravan of pick-ups with open trailers loaded with racks of clothes headed to the new home of the Chester-Andover Family Center, thanks to Les Hale and John Hennessey. The center’s volunteer angels were out in full force getting the job done and the CAFC Board would like to give a […]
7th graders fundraise to aid Hurricane Sandy victims
The 7th grade class of Green Mountain Middle School is holding a “Every Penny Counts” fundraiser to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic Hurricane on record that tore through the East Coast in late October. The “superstorm” killed more than 100 people, destroyed hundreds of homes and left millions without power. The […]
2 arrested in tool thefts; Family Center bake sale; Manchester Restaurant Week; Noye’s Fludde preview
Following a five-month investigation, Chester Police announced they have arrested two people on Wednesday, Oct. 24 and charged them with a burglary at the Gary Watkins residence on Popple Dungeon Road in Chester. Nearly $8,000 in tools were stolen. Luella Powell, 31, and Jason Morin, 27, both of the Springfield area, were arrested on felony […]
Archer Mayor kicks off Vermont Voices, Evensong at St. Luke’s, Rural Vermont storytelling
Archer Mayor, Vermont’s favorite mystery writer and raconteur, returns to Chester to kick off Misty Valley Books’ Vermont Voices 2012 series at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4. Accompanying Mayor will be his new – and 23rd – Joe Gunther tale, Paradise City, which unfolds in Vermont, Boston and Northampton. Each year in November, Misty Valley […]
To the editor: Charlie Macko Racing thanks local sponsors
Three years ago, our family formed a kart racing team, Charlie Macko Racing. Charlie was 5 years old, and had began kart racing at Twinstate Speedway in Claremont, NH. At that time, we asked two local businesses if they would like to sponsor Charlie in his racing efforts. The Killarney and the Verespy family of […]
Police Log for Sept. 9 to Oct. 8
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. Sunday, Sept. 9, 11:14 a.m. Flamstead. Officer responded to a report of nine horses in the road. On arrival, the officer found all of […]
To the editor: Pearce for state treasurer
Our state treasurer, Beth Pearce, was enormously helpful to our communities in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene, especially the actions she took to help our towns through the cash flow burden we faced to repair our municipal infrastructures so badly damaged that day. I represent two of the towns that suffered the highest financial […]
Briefs: Operation Christmas; Halloween for kids, adults; 5th annual outerwear drive; cooking classes & governor exhibits Chester artist’s work
Operation Christmas shoebox decorating A workshop to decorate shoeboxes and make toys and games for Operation Christmas Child will be held in Willard Hall at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 313 Main St. in Chester, from 1 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Refreshments will be available. Come for […]
Briefs: Trunk or Treat for Halloween; GMUHS kids get Academy grant; Opera Theatre receives grant
Children’s Halloween set with bonfire, Trunk or Treat The Annual Chester Halloween Bonfire and Trunk or Treat will begin with costumed children gathering at Chester Andover Elementary School, at 72 Main St., at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27. Sandwiched between an escort of the Chester Vermont Police Department and the Chester Fire Department, the […]
News in Brief: Water quality for farms; drug bust
Farm Water Quality seminar in Hartland Would you like to know what government programs are available for farmers interested in protecting water quality? From 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, Vital Communities is hosting a panel discussion of farmers and representatives from the Natural Resources Conservation Service to highlight programs and practices that support […]
Community & Arts in Brief: Banned Books Week at Whiting; Lew Watters’ photo class coming up; VTica workshop
The Whiting Library is commemorating Banned Books Week through Saturday, Oct. 6. This national event is sponsored by the American Library Association and many other organizations that champion the freedom to read. The Whiting will be highlighting books that have been challenged and/or banned in the United States through the years. There’s a rotating display […]
News in Brief: Memorial contributions for Carly Ferro; Select Board to hear Village Center presentation; Army seeks input on Armory re-use
Memorial contributions for Carly Ferro Contributions are being accepted in the memory of Carly Ferro, the 17-year-old daughter of long-time Chester-Andover Elementary School teacher Ellen Ferro. She was a senior at Rutland High School. According to the Burlington Free Press, Carly Ferro was killed in Rutland on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 26 when a […]
Single payer: A common sense approach to health care
By Leigh Dakin Nationally, health care has emerged as a central issue in this election. Rightly so, with nearly 50 million Americans without health insurance and the cost of insurance and health care growing much faster than our incomes. The United States spends far more on health care than any other country: on average $8,000 […]
Megan Ives, 16, full of joy, a skier who loved sports, friendships worldwide
Megan Virginia Ives, 16, of Farmington, CT, and most recently of Londonderry, VT, died in her sleep of undetermined natural causes on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. She was outside of Santiago, Chile, participating in an alpine skiing training camp. A student of the Farmington public school system through 8th grade, Meg attended Miss Porter’s School […]
Whiting Library, biomass plant dominate Select Board meeting
By Karen Zuppinger Whiting Library chairman Bruce Parks and several members of the Library Board of Trustees voiced their concerns during the Select Board meeting of Wednesday, Sept. 19, about a memorandum of understanding that the Select Board wants the trustees to sign. The main issue stems from the most recent outside audit that called […]
Business startup workshop in Chester; blended families for professionals
Vermont Small Business Development Center is offering a three-hour workshop on how to start your own business and write a business plan. The course will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday Oct. 5th in the conference room of the TD Bank, 44 Main St. in Chester. The seminar is designed for individuals […]
Palma explores T.S. Eliot; healthy living workshops
Michael Palma returns to Misty Valley Books on the Green in Chester to discuss the poetry of T.S. Eliot on four Wednesday evenings, beginning Sept. 26. The free seminar will begin at 7 p.m. and last about an hour. The final three sessions are Oct. 10, Oct. 17 and Oct. 24. This seminar will focus […]
Veteran foreign correspondent introduces new book
Veteran ABC News foreign correspondent and Rutland Herald columnist Barrie Dunsmore will present his new book, There and Back, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16. In an era of instant access to worldwide news, we are lucky to have voices who can speak from the vantage point of many years of on-the-ground experience. Dunsmore traveled […]
To the Editor: Why money for China?
Vermont Law School has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. State Department to support a three-year project designed to improve environmental and public health in China. The project’s goal is help legal advocates, citizen groups, NGOs and government agencies to act individually and together within Yunnan Province to create a model for advancing […]