Author Archive for The Chester Telegraph
Chester holds last info meeting on emergency services building Bond vote to be held on Tuesday, Nov. 5
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Town of Chester will hold its final information meeting for the proposed construction of a new emergency services building and the renovation town highway garage renovation at 6 p.m. on Monday Nov. 4 on the second floor of Chester Town Hall 556 Elm St. The following day, Tuesday, Nov. […]
Derry cemeteries to close for winter on Nov. 1; Chester Food Shelf seeks turkey donations
Derry cemeteries to close for winter on Nov. 1 The Cemetery Commission of the Town of Londonderry has announced that the Town Cemeteries will be closed to burials for the season as of Nov. 1. Flags will be removed from veterans’ graves after Veteran’s Day on Nov. 11. Any items remaining on graves after Nov. […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Oct. 28
The Select Board for the Town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28 at Town Offices, 953 Andover Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: Act on minutes from the October 14th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: […]
Cavendish resident wins $10,000 Springfield Hospital Golf hole-in-one challenge
Mark Huntley, a resident of Cavendish and owner of Huntley Wealth Management of Ludlow, landed a hole-in-one during the 19th Annual Springfield Hospital Golf Challenge at the Okemo Valley Golf Club on Sept. 19, winning a $10,000 cash prize. This was the first time in the history of the Golf Challenge and also the first […]
Trees destroy Derry family’s home during storm Go-Fund-Me campaign set up to aid Cobb-Bryant family
Friends have set up a Go Fund Me account for a Londonderry family whose trailer home was destroyed by a microburst storm during a Nor’easter that sent pine trees toppling into their home late on Wednesday, Oct. 16 into early Thursday, Oct. 17. Chris Cobb, Kristen Bryant, both in their 30s, and their 3-year-old son […]
Chester Select Board special meeting for Oct. 24
The Chester Select Board will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Citizen Comments 2. Town Accounting Discussion and Training; Ron Smith, Auditor 3. EMS Financing Plan 4. Town Manager Search Appoint Manager Search Committee Establish Priority Qualifications 5. Adjourn
Obituary: Carol Lu Spinrad, 91, Chester
Carol Lu Spinrad, 91, passed away peacefully on Sept. 24, 2019. “Grammy” was born in Chicago, the daughter of Richard Grossman and Mildred Saiewitz. She lived in Alabama the first year of her life, then New York City and Long Island until 1977 when her family moved to Chester, where she lived in the same […]
Londonderry Select Board agenda for Oct. 21
The Londonderry Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21 at 100 Old School St. in S. Londonderry. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 3. Minutes Approval – Meeting of October 7, 2019 4. Selectboard Pay Orders 5. Announcements/Correspondence 6. Visitors and […]
To the editor: BRGNS thanks volunteers, shoppers for rummage sale fund-raiser
Throughout the weekend of Sept. 20, 21 and 22, the staff and volunteers of Black River Good Neighbor Services conducted their semi-annual rummage sale at Fletcher Farm in Ludlow. The sale has come to be a well-recognized and eagerly anticipated event for the Black River Valley. This spring the weather was wonderful; the crowds were […]
Chester Planning Commission agenda for Oct. 21
The Chester Planning Commission will meet from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Review minutes from Sept. 16, 2019 meeting 2. Citizens Comments 3. Continue reviewing draft boundaries in R6 & R18 districts 4. Set date for the next meeting 5. Adjourn
Engaged: Franklin Caval-Holme and Cassie Wang
John and Diane Holme of Springfield, formerly of Chester, have announced the engagement of their grandson, Franklin Caval-Holme of Shrewsbury and El Cerrito, Calif., to Cassie Wang of Baotou, China, and El Cerrito. Ms. Wang, whose Chinese name is Wang Zhaoheng, is the daughter of the late Wang Bin, who died in 2018, and his […]
Obituary: Joan Barton, 82, of Perkinsville
Joan Barton, 82, of Perkinsville, passed away on Wednesday Oct. 9, 2019 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. after a brief illness. She was born March 9, 1937 in Springfield, the daughter of Edwin and Marjorie (Hollinbrook) Bromley. She attended Springfield schools, graduating with the Springfield High School Class of 1955. On […]
Telegraph among 4 finalists for investigative journalism award
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Telegraph is one of four finalists for a national journalism award in the Investigative Journalism category for its series on Vermont Open Meeting Law violations within the Two Rivers Supervisory Union. The contest is sponsored by Local Independent Online Publishers, a professional organization of about 300 mostly digital […]
Chester DRB agenda for Oct. 14
The Development Review Board for the Town of Chester will meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 14 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1) Review draft minutes from the Sept. 30th meeting 2) Citizens comments 3) Deliberative session to review previous matters
Andover Select Board agenda for Oct. 14
The Select Board for the Town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 14 at Town Offices, 956 Andover Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: Act on minutes from the Sept. 23 meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: […]
Derry Select Board agenda for Oct. 7, 2019
The Select Board for the Town of Londonderry will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7 at the Twitchell Building, 100 Old School St. in South Londonderry. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 3. Executive Session – The appointment or employment or evaluation of […]
Chester Planning Commission agenda for Oct. 7, 2019
The Chester Planning Commission will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Review minutes from September 16, 2019 meeting 2. Citizens Comments 3. Continue reviewing draft boundaries in R6 & R18 districts 4. Set date for the next meeting 5. Adjourn
Derry, Wallingford artists team up to paint Rutland mural
Garrison Buxton of Londonderry has teamed up with Wallingford artist Stacy Harshman of the Sparkle Barn to create an indoor mural at the Vermont Farmers Food Center, home of the Rutland Winter Farmers Market, 251 West St., in Rutland. The mural, which took 10 days to finish, is painted with a combination of acrylic and […]
To the editor: Chester Rotary grateful to all who helped with successful Fall Festival
This year’s Chester Fall Festival — held on Sept. 21 and 22 — marked the 45th year of the town’s traditional, signature autumnal event. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Chester, the festival is a major fundraiser for the organization’s community programs, such as scholarships. The Rotary Club of Chester would like to extend our […]
College News
Ryan Smith of Weston graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in Sport Management from Western New England University in Springfield, Mass. Graduation ceremonies were held in May. William Baker of Londonderry, a member of the Class of 2020 at Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., has earned the spring 2019 […]
