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Andover Select Board discusses road, water issues, approves budget and warning

Andover Select Board discusses road, water issues, approves budget and warning

By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The replacement of a box culvert will close the Andover-Weston Road at Simmonds Road for up to 30 days this summer, according to engineer Everett Hammond in a presentation to the Andover Select Board last night. The work is part of a culvert replacement project that will […]

Springfield Hospital seeks funds to install solar hot water system

The departments of engineering and development at Springfield Hospital are joining forces to install solar hot water at the hospital, the first ever at a Vermont hospital. Springfield Hospital is recognized as an Energy Star rated hospital – one of 200 in the nation, and one of only two in the state of Vermont. This […]

Water meeting tonight, voting tomorrow in Chester

Water meeting tonight, voting tomorrow in Chester

© Telegraph Publishing LLC There will be an informational meeting at 6 tonight at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St., where town officials will give a presentation and answer questions on the $4 million water project that will be voted on Tuesday, Sept. 29. SAPA TV will record the meeting and intends to broadcast it […]

Upcoming events: Local history, underwater; Springfield Steampunk Festival this weekend; VAST meeting and snowmobile expo; Sunday services resume at First Universalist; Phineas Gage walk; fund-raiser for Manchester Food Cupboard; nutrition classes in Londonderry; and interactive story-telling at Rock Library

Upcoming events: Local history, underwater; Springfield Steampunk Festival this weekend; VAST meeting and snowmobile expo; Sunday services resume at First Universalist; Phineas Gage walk; fund-raiser for Manchester Food Cupboard; nutrition classes in Londonderry; and interactive story-telling at Rock Library

For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Sept 9: Local history hidden underwater On Wednesday, Sept. 9 […]

Chester board moves toward 2nd water vote, away from Yosemite Firehouse

Chester board moves toward 2nd water vote, away from Yosemite Firehouse

By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two historic Chester structures took center stage on Wednesday, July 15 as the Select Board started the runup to a new vote on upgrading the ancient and crumbling municipal water system while looking to back away from involvement in preserving the historic Yosemite Firehouse on Depot Street, […]

Upcoming event: Encore presentation of 'Anonymous People;' update on ministry in Czech Republic at Grounded4Life; BRAT hosts stormwater expo; spring book sale to benefit Rock Library; Vermont novelist brings 5th work to MVB; Senior Citizens Club holds luncheon; editing workshop in Bellows Falls; and SVAC issues call for artists

Upcoming event: Encore presentation of ‘Anonymous People;’ update on ministry in Czech Republic at Grounded4Life; BRAT hosts stormwater expo; spring book sale to benefit Rock Library; Vermont novelist brings 5th work to MVB; Senior Citizens Club holds luncheon; editing workshop in Bellows Falls; and SVAC issues call for artists

For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. April 16: Addiction recovery film at GMUHS An encore presentation of “The Anonymous People,” concerning the 23.5 million Americans living in long-term recovery and the emerging […]

News analysis: Wading through the depths of Chester's water system upgrade

News analysis: Wading through the depths of Chester’s water system upgrade

By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC On some Tuesday in the next few months, the voters of Chester may be asked to decide whether to upgrade the municipal water system to the tune of more than $4 million. An engineering firm hired by the town says that the upgrade will solve a number […]

Municipal water upgrade, land purchase discussed by Chester Select Board

Municipal water upgrade, land purchase discussed by Chester Select Board

By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC With uncertainties about how long state funding will be available and a number of questions unanswered, the upgrade to Chester’s municipal water system took center stage in the second Select Board meeting in a row that came in under two hours in length. Also at the Wednesday […]

Water system upgrade, Edson monument placement addressed at Chester Select Board meeting

Water system upgrade, Edson monument placement addressed at Chester Select Board meeting

By Shawn Cunningham ©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC At its Feb. 18 meeting, the Chester Select Board heard a project update and information on funding alternatives for Chester’s water upgrade, considered a request to place the new Edson monument in an alternate site on the Green and got a report on traffic ticket income from Police Chief […]

Chester Select Board raises sewer rates, green-lights design of water system upgrade

Chester Select Board raises sewer rates, green-lights design of water system upgrade

By Shawn Cunningham © 2014 – Telegraph Publishing LLC In a busy Nov. 5 meeting run by vice chair Derek Suursoo, the Chester Select Board raised sewer rates effective immediately for its 600 users, gave a nod toward hiring Golden Cross for a winter ambulance restructuring and OK’d a $155,000 contract to design a $4.6 […]

Upcoming events: Public meeting on flood resiliency in Winhall Watershed; Medicare open enrollment begins; ghost hunters haunt Rockingham; and Nature Museum celebrates 25 years with free film, discussion

For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Oct. 14: Public meeting on Winhall River Watershed Corridor Plan If you have an interest in the health of the Winhall River and its tributaries or […]

High waters: Vermont adopts 'counter-intuitive' approach to river management

High waters: Vermont adopts ‘counter-intuitive’ approach to river management

By Cynthia Prairie ©The Chester Telegraph — 2014 “One hundred years ago,” says Vermont river engineer Todd Menees, “it made sense to build on rivers — for hydro-power for mills, for commerce, for travel … ” as well as for some of the best farmland that lies in the floodplains. But, he says, “We now […]

New water rates pass in Chester as infrastructure problems are highlighted

New water rates pass in Chester as infrastructure problems are highlighted

By Shawn Cunningham After more than six months of discussing the dire need to increase water rates to bring the Water and Sewer Department into the black, the Chester Select Board at its Wednesday, June 18 meeting suddenly – and with relatively little discussion – voted to adopt a new rate schedule for delivering water […]

Inmate transitional house proposed; water rates still up in air

Inmate transitional house proposed; water rates still up in air

  By Shawn Cunningham Among several long time discussions – including water rates and the solar farm – Chester’s Select Board heard about a plan to place a transitional housing facility for up to three inmates in a house that is yet to be selected in Chester. Wendi Germain of the Springfield Justice Center appeared […]

Chester Select Board discusses water rescue gear, approves historical marker

Chester Select Board discusses water rescue gear, approves historical marker

    By Shawn Cunningham Water rescue, historical markers and potholes were among the items discussed at last Wednesday’s Chester Select Board meeting. Fire Chief Matt Wilson came before the Select Board to request permission to apply for a grant to cover a portion of the cost of equipment needed to train for water rescues […]

Upcoming events: Rock Library to reopen; hiking in Athens; Vermont Voices kicked off; winter outerwear collection; Cavendish funder; watercolor exhibit and acting classes at VTica

Upcoming events: Rock Library to reopen; hiking in Athens; Vermont Voices kicked off; winter outerwear collection; Cavendish funder; watercolor exhibit and acting classes at VTica

More upcoming events can be found by clicking here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Nov. 1: Rockingham Library moves back in The Rockingham Free Public Library’s temporary location will be closed from Oct. 23–31 and will re-open […]

Solar firm changes fence, number of panels for Trebo Road project

Solar firm changes fence, number of panels for Trebo Road project

After making specific changes to its initial plans, Solar Renewable Energy Development LLC has presented a Memorandum of Understanding to the Chester Select Board  in hopes of quick approval of the certificate of public good so that it could move ahead with its solar farm installation at Trebo Road off Route 103 North. The certificate […]

Dollar General Act 250 appeal to be heard in September; solar projects abound in Rutland

The appeal by Chester residents of the District 2 Commission decision to give Zaremba Group an Act 250 land use permit to build a 9,100-square-foot Dollar General store is scheduled to go before the Environmental Division of the Vermont Superior Court from Tuesday, Sept. 10 through Thursday, Sept. 12th. Judge Thomas Walsh will hear the […]

CAES project to offer free food to students' families; science for homeschoolers

CAES project to offer free food to students’ families; science for homeschoolers

The Chester-Andover Parent/Teacher group is working in conjunction with Black River Produce, Lisai’s  Chester Market, the Grateful Garden, churches and volunteers to provide free food staples throughout the summer for anyone with a child enrolled at CAES or Green Mountain Union High School, regardless of income. Every Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to noon, beginning the […]

Area towns look -- cautiously -- to spend large ARPA allocations

Area towns look — cautiously — to spend large ARPA allocations

By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC There’s a lot of extra money in the bank accounts of town governments across the state with more coming next year. But most towns are taking cautious steps in deciding how to spend the funds. That’s because the money comes from the federal government’s American Rescue Plan […]