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Chester boards meet to kick off Town Plan revisions Planners want public input early and often
By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC With work on a new Town Plan just getting under way, last week the Chester Select Board hosted a meeting of several of its appointed boards to share their thoughts on the plan and the process to rewrite the current version. In Vermont, any town that has […]
Green Mountain graduates 47 as thunderstorms avoid Chester Photo gallery of an evening to remember
By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC The possibility of rain passed by mid-afternoon Friday and the sun was shining through high clouds as 44 members of the Class of 2026 marched out to Pomp and Circumstance and took their seats set up on the lawn of the high school. A little over an […]
Chester Economic Development Commission agenda for June 24
The Chester Economic Development Commission will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday June 24 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and remotely via Zoom. Below is the Commission’s agenda 1. Approve Minutes from Previous Meeting (May 27, 2026) 2. Citizen Comments 3. Discuss / Approve updates to business directory 4. Discuss / […]
Chester Dems to meet June 25 to nominate JPs
The Chester Town Democratic Committee will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 25 in the conference room of the Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. The meeting will include nominating for six candidates for justices of the peace from the Chester Town Democratic Committee. This caucus meeting is open to all. For more […]
Andover Select Board agenda for June 22
The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday June 22 at the Town Hall 953 Weston-Andover Road. Below is the boards agenda: 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes of June 8 meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, 10 […]
REVISED: Chester Select Board/Water Commissioners meeting agenda for June 17
The Chester Select Board will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17 prior to the Water Commissioners meeting at 6:30 p.m., which will then be followed by a special Select Board meeting. The meetings will be held at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and on Zoom by clicking here. Below are […]
Cavendish sets sewer rates, addresses Greven Field work and tax grievance process
By Lorien Strange ©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC This month’s Cavendish Select Board meeting was short and sweet — in sharp contrast to last month, when a discussion about a possible ordinance to increase ATVs’ access to town roads had the Select Board’s meeting room packed to the door. Most of the attendees seemed to support […]
News Analysis: Transforming Vermont’s education system, again As House bill 955 enters the final stretch, here's what's coming at us
By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC As this article is being written, H. 955 is still just a bill. Before it can begin “transforming Vermont’s education system,” it must be checked and double checked for typos and other errors before being sent on to Gov. Phil Scott. His staff will also give it […]
GM outlines $3 million PCB remediation this summer
By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC It was June 2023 when the Green Mountain Unified School District board heard that its high school was contaminated with Polychlorinated Biphenyls or PCBs. “Unfortunately, this will dominate our conversation for the foreseeable future, ” Facilities Director Todd Parah said at that time. Fast forward to a […]
GM school bus runs into ditch, jostling students on route to Cavendish
By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC A Green Mountain School District bus driver, heading north from Chester, pulled over to settle down some rambunctious students just after 3 this Friday afternoon but ended up in the ditch on Route 103 in the Proctorsville Gulf, jostling the passengers as he came to a stop. […]
GMUSD board wrestles with bullying and governance
By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Last Thursday’s Green Mountain Unified School District Board meeting took up the second half of the behemoth agenda that the board started the week before. Before beginning the meeting, board chair Lisa Sanders of Cavendish asked that only one person speak at a time, with no side […]
Andover Select Board agenda for June 8
The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday June 8 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 May 11th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, 10 […]
Chester ‘All boards/committees’ meeting agenda for June 9
The Chester Select Board will hold an “All Boards” meeting as the town begins to work on the next iteration of its town plan. The meeting will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. and remotely via Zoom. Aside from the Select Board, the meeting […]
Grafton man sentenced to six years in jail on drug, firearm charges
©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Terry Russ, 43, of Grafton, was sentenced on Wednesday, May 27, in U.S. District Court in Rutland to 72 months’ in prison followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine and possessing a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking […]
GMUSD board hears of bullying, threats to inclusion at high school Board accepts resignations of two principals
By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC While new GMUSD board chair Lisa Sanders played catch-up on a backlog of work by splitting the agenda and scheduling an additional meeting for May, the board got an earful from the public and continued its combative internal dynamic at its May 21 confab. The board will […]
Local author Ralph Pace publishes novel
Ralph Pace, a Rutland resident and formerly of Ludlow, has published a novel titled Chronicles of a Grumpy Old Man. The book is about a man in his 90s who suddenly rediscovers himself and love, but only after experiencing a number of personal challenges and renewal of memories that shaped him into who he was. […]
Cavendish, GM Middle school principals resign
By Cynthia Prairie ©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a surprising coincidence, two principals within the Green Mountain school district of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union resigned on the very same day. That day — Tuesday, May 12 — was also the day that voters went to the polls to overwhelmingly approve a $19.3 million budget […]
Part 4: Onward to Cameroon
By Henry Homeyer © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Gretchen and I made it to Agadez, a desert market town in Niger, 850 miles due south of Tamanrassett, and I immediately felt at home. Just out of college, I had taught fourth grade in Jersey City, N.J., at a inner-city public elementary school and, like children […]
Vandal spray paints anti-Israel sentiments on Cavendish business Police report incident to Atty Gen as 'possible hate crime'
© 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Someone vandalized a Cavendish business with graffiti expressing support for Palestinians and disdain for Israel early this morning, according to the Vermont State Police. A little before 2 a.m. on Wednesday, someone using purple spray paint wrote “Free Palestine” and an obscenity toward Israel on the front windows of DG […]
Chester begins Town Plan update; ‘all boards’ public meeting on June 9 to coordinate effort
By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a couple of weeks, Chester will hold an “all boards” meeting, bringing together many of the boards, committees and commissions that work on issues facing the town. That Tuesday, June 9 public meeting will be held from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at Town Hall and remotely […]