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Public invited to Legislative Forum in Ludlow Sept. 4 event hosted by local Republicans
The Ludlow Republican Committee and the Chester Town Republican Committee are inviting the public to attend a Public Legislative Forum with Vermont Republican leadership and local Statehouse representatives from Chester, Weathersfield and Ludlow districts: Reps. Tom Charlton, Kevin Winter and VL Coffin. The event will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 4 at […]
Chester to test pedestrian solutions for the Green
Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Starting this week there will be some strange looking construction around the Chester Green as the town tries out some ideas for solving a few traffic problems in an attempt to make the area safer for pedestrians and cyclists. From Thursday, Aug. 28 to Thursday, Sept. 11, Local […]
Chester considering a local option tax to support new housing initiative
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC At its Wednesday, Aug. 20 meeting, he Chester Select Board again broached the subject of a local option sales tax as a way to begin a town-wide conversation on generating money to spur the development of affordable housing in town. Last January, as the board was finalizing […]
Windham County Dems to hold Aug. 30 cookout Sen. Welch to be featured at family-friendly event
The Windham County Democratic Committee will be holding a family-friendly cookout featuring Sen. Peter Welch from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30, at the Westminster Institute/Butterfield Library on Route 5 in Westminster. The event is free and open to the public. Those who are able to do so are encouraged to consider making […]
Woman in Londonderry incident who died in Bennington ID’d Medical Examiner: Fatal injuries caused by blunt force trauma, not gunshot
By Cynthia Prairie ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington has determined that a woman who was injured in Londonderry and driven 50 minutes away to a Bennington hospital on Friday afternoon died of blunt force trauma to the head and neck, and not from a gunshot wound as was earlier […]
VSP seeks public help in Londonderry theft investigation
© 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Police are looking for a man in connection to a “retail theft” from the Londonderry Village Market on Friday, July 18 but need help in identifying him. According to a Vermont State Police press release at about 9 a.m. on Monday, they received a report of a theft involving the […]
Archeologists dig in Chester, give sewer project a green light
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC For three days last week, a crew of highly educated and well-trained people toiled in the heat and humidity, digging holes and finding nothing of significance. And that constituted “mission accomplished.” The group were archeologists working for Hartgen Archeological Associates of Rensselaer, N.Y., and their job was […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Aug. 25
The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday Aug. 25 at the Town Office 953 Weston-Andover Road. Below is the board’s agenda. 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes of August 11th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, 10 […]
Welcome to Chester, with style
New Welcome to Chester Village signs have been sprouting up around town, offering a warm greeting and introduction to Chester. On the left is the Welcome sign along the Grafton Road near River Street. On the reverse is the Thank You for Visiting sign, which can also be seen in the right-hand photo, taken along […]
Small gathering in Chester protests military occupation of nation’s capital
About 15 Chester residents gather on the Green late Friday afternoon for a Honk and Wave Demonstration to protest the Trump administration’s illegal use of U.S. military troops in Washington, D.C. They were greeted by waves and thumbs up from many of the drivers passing by. The spontaneous protest was part of a nationwide action […]
Labor Day workers rally to be held on the Chester Green
From 10 a.m. to noon on Monday, Sept. 1 — nationally celebrated Labor Day — workers, students, foreign-born neighbors, families, and just about anybody you can think of will hold a rally on the Chester Green, joining hundreds of thousands of people in thousands of cities nationwide to demand Workers Over Billionaires (#WorkersOverBillionaires). The event […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Aug. 20 Following Water Commissioners meeting
The Chester Select Board will meet following on Wednesday, Aug. 20 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and via Zoom, following the Water Commissioners meeting, which begins at 6:30 p.m. To join the meeting go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 Below is the Water Commissioners’ agenda. 1. Citizen’s Comments 2. Findings of No Significant Impact Hearing; Sewer Force […]
Large solar proposal in Chester gets a public airing
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC It’s ironic that a glitch in the video conferencing system at Town Hall delayed a meeting Monday about a large solar field proposed for 14 acres along Route 103 south in Chester, but Planning Commission members found a workaround and the presentation went on, albeit late. Thomas […]
Eagle Scout candidate works to raise funds for Cobleigh Field scoreboard
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC If Jacob Studin has his way, next spring people attending Chester Recreation’s softball games at Cobleigh Field will know the score, and he will have reached the pinnacle of scouting. For his Eagle Scout project, Studin, 15, decided to raise the funds to buy and install a […]
Chester featured in presentation on creating resilient public spaces beautifully Public invited to Aug. 21 event at Town Hall
By Cynthia Prairie ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC A stone table down a stone path on a dead end street, its backdrop a swinging bridge. A gracefully curling bench surrounded by flowering perennials. A town-owned flood area, with trees planted along the embankment. A flat expanse of land once dotted with homes is now a riverside […]
Discuss disaster recovery with Doug Farnham at Newfane, Londonderry events Aug. 12
As part of Gov. Phil Scott’s Capital for a Day in Windham County on Tuesday, Aug. 12, Chief Recovery Officer Douglas Farnham will be holding two roundtable sessions on disaster recovery. These events are meant to bring together staff and leadership from towns in the region to share issues and best practices for recovery and […]
Chester’s National Night Out a big draw for families
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC While rain threatened late in the afternoon, Chester instead was graced with beautiful weather and a large turnout for its National Night Out on Tuesday night. The event took place at the Pinnacle recreation area and although it can be hard to count people in a venue […]
West River Coffee Barn comes to Londonderry after percolating for four years
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Leaving the West River Farmers Market in Londonderry one Saturday in 2021, Kristin Nelson looked at the intersection of Routes 100 and 11 at the flashing light and thought to herself that something was needed to bring the area and the community together — right there. “Something […]
Chester planners invite public for presentation on proposed solar field
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC A large solar farm is being proposed for a cornfield off from Route 103 south, and the Chester Planning Commission is inviting the public to a presentation by the developers, Savage Solar Energy, on Monday, Aug. 11. Commission chair Hugh Quinn said the purpose of the meeting […]
Chester OKs ordinance to seek reimbursement for fighting some fires Update on GM sidewalk plan; traffic calming on the Green
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC A 17 item agenda including a hearing for a new a ordinance and a presentation on alternative designs for a sidewalk to the high school looked daunting, but the Chester Select Board got through all of it – except an executive session – in less than two […]
