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  • OMS snowboarders earn 12 podiums at USASA National Snowboard Championships

    OMS snowboarders earn 12 podiums at USASA National Snowboard Championships

    Okemo Mountain School qualified nine athletes and secured 12 podiums against hundreds of the nation’s top junior snowboarders at the 2026 United States of America Snowboard and Freeski Association National Championships, which took place at Copper Mountain, Colo. between March 27 and April 2. Numerous past USASA National Champions have gone on to become top […]

  • Act 250 board suspends work on 'road rule,' Tier 3 regs ahead of likely repeal

    Act 250 board suspends work on ‘road rule,’ Tier 3 regs ahead of likely repeal

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Earlier today, Alex Weinhagen of the Vermont’s Land Use Review Board told The Telegraph, “We are suspending work on the Tier 3 and the Road Construction Jurisdiction provisions of Act 181 given the Legislature’s likely repeal of these two elements of the law.” Then this afternoon, the […]

  • Part 3: Disability Rights: Building a Vermont for everyone

    Part 3: Disability Rights: Building a Vermont for everyone

    By Anne Henshaw ©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC If housing, healthcare, and transportation determine whether disabled Vermonters can live in community, public education determines whether they were ever fully a part of their community to begin with. For many disabled children, school is their first public community. It is the first place where systems affirm their […]

  • Kids' Art Workshop April 25 at Derry Library

    Kids’ Art Workshop April 25 at Derry Library

    South Londonderry Free Library welcomes spring with a free Honeybee Workshop at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 25. Kids of all ages (and grownups too!) are invited to join art teacher Casey Junker Bailey to make drawing/collages inspired by the charming book The Honeybee. Participants will receive a copy of the beautifully illustrated book to […]

  • River Valley Job Fair April 23 in Springfield

    River Valley Job Fair April 23 in Springfield

    The annual River Valley Employment Fair will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 23 at Riverside Middle School, 13 Fairground Road in Springfield. The Employment Fair provides an opportunity for job seekers to learn more about available positions from several regional employers. The Job Seeker raffle will feature 10 potential raffle […]

  • Book discussion of 'Born Equal' by Akhil Reed Amar April 29

    Book discussion of ‘Born Equal’ by Akhil Reed Amar April 29

    The Book Nook and Fletcher Memorial Library invite all readers to join the lively nonfiction book club for a discussion of Born Equal – Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840–1920 by Yale Law Professor Akhil Reed Amar. The round-table discussion will take place at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29 at the library, 88 Main St. in […]

  • Chester 8th grader takes a turn as a legislative page in Montpelier

    Chester 8th grader takes a turn as a legislative page in Montpelier

    Chester resident Shepherd Finch, an 8th grader and legislative page, leads the Pledge of Allegiance for lawmakers on his first day as a page prior to the legislative day beginning in Montpelier. Video provided by the Nick Caporaso family. ©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Eighth-grade Chester resident Shepherd Finch is getting an insider’s look at the […]

  • To the editor: At GMUSD board meeting, students inspire in defense of their educators

    To the editor: At GMUSD board meeting, students inspire in defense of their educators

    I am writing this letter as an individual, as a parent, and as a member of this community — not in my capacity as a member of the Green Mountain Unified School District board. The views expressed here are my own. On Monday evening, the board of the Green Mountain Unified School District  held a […]

  • Scott to visit Springfield for Governor's Luncheon April 21

    Scott to visit Springfield for Governor’s Luncheon April 21

    Gov. Phil Scott will be attending the annual Governor’s Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21 at the River Valley Technical Center Cafe, 307 South St. in Springfield. Hosted by the Springfield Rotary Club and the Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Governor’s Luncheon is a longstanding local tradition that brings […]

  • 'Dinner with Friends' opens Springfield Players’ 2026 season April 25

    ‘Dinner with Friends’ opens Springfield Players’ 2026 season April 25

    The Springfield Community Players, Vermont’s oldest continuously operating community theater group, opens its 106th season on Saturday, April 25 with Donald Margulies’ acclaimed dramatic comedy, Dinner with Friends, at the SCP Studio, 165 South St. in Springfield. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play examines middle-adult friendships and the ways in which dynamics change when partnerships dissolve: as Beth […]

  • 'Discovering New England Stone Walls' draws large crowd

    ‘Discovering New England Stone Walls’ draws large crowd

    Kevin Gardner, of Hopkinton, N.H., spoke to a crowd of 140 people at the Nolin-Murray Center in Springfield on Tuesday, April 7. While simultaneously constructing a miniature stone wall, he discussed how and why New England’s stone walls were built, how their styles emerged and changed over time and their significance to the famous New […]

  • GMUSD board agenda for April 16

    GMUSD board agenda for April 16

    The Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday April 16 at the Green Mountain High School 716 Route 103 south in Chester. Below is the board’s agenda: I. Call to Order 6:00 PM a. Roll Call – Confirming a Quorum II. Approval of Agenda a. Additions […]

  • Pause to revise Act 181 likely

    Pause to revise Act 181 likely

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC At last week’s Chester Planning Commission meeting focused on Act 181, Land Use Review Board member Alex Weinhagen said his group would like more time to work on getting new rules — which make major changes to Act 250 — right. Then, in an interview with The […]

  • Pomfret Select Board chair announces run for Windsor District Senate seat

    Pomfret Select Board chair announces run for Windsor District Senate seat

    Benjamin Brickner, chair of the Pomfret Select Board and a practicing attorney whose work includes regulatory and policy matters, has announced his candidacy for Vermont Senate in the Windsor District. He announced his candidacy on Monday at the Pomfret Town Hall, where he was to deliver  remarks outlining his priorities for the district’s 25 towns, […]

  • Sotomayor quilt raffle to benefit Chester Dems

    Sotomayor quilt raffle to benefit Chester Dems

    The Chester Town Democratic Committee is offering a chance to win a beautiful one-of-a-kind art quilt of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, created by award winning Chester quilt artist Linda Diak. Diak created this portrait of Justice Sotomayor using only cotton fabric and thread. The quilt measures 35 inches wide by 28 inches high and is signed […]

  • Part 2: Disability Rights: Housing, healthcare and mobility challenge Vermonters

    Part 2: Disability Rights: Housing, healthcare and mobility challenge Vermonters

    By Anne Henshaw ©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Thanks to the efforts of the Vermont Coalition of Disability Rights, the Vermont Legislature voted on a House resolution declaring Feb. 11, 2026, Disability Advocacy Day. Families, self-advocates, service providers and legislators gathered at the Vermont Statehouse under a shared call to action: disability policy is every policy. […]

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