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TRSU superintendent, assoc. super announce retirements
©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two Rivers Supervisory Union Superintendent Bruce Williams and Associate Superintendent Linda Waite have announced they will retire from their positions effective June 30, 2016. The search for Williams’ replacement will be handled by an outside search firm, while the TRSU Executive Board has recommended dissolving the post of associate superintendent in […]
Letter to the editor: New Green Mountain Party seeks supporters
The Green Mountain Party has formed a state committee and is looking to open town caucuses to be a minor political party in Vermont. Your one vote does a lot and sometimes we as citizens need to do more. Many in Vermont are frustrated with our non-responsive, self-serving Montpelier government. We are frustrated with likes of Monsanto trying […]
School merger study committee begins work
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Sitting on small chairs in the Chester-/Andover Elementary School Library last week a group took up the task of studying merger options as required by Vermont’s new school consolidation law. Under Act 46, the state is encouraging school districts throughout Vermont to look at and adopt consolidation […]
School Merger Study committee meeting agenda for Nov. 18
The committee charged with studying school consolidation under Act 46 will meet in the Chester Andover Elementary School, 72 Main St., at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18. The agenda is below. I. Call to Order a. Roll Call b. Approval of Agenda II. Approval of Minutes – a. Approve Oct. 28, 2015 minutes III. Old […]
GMUHS Board of Directors meeting for Thursday, Nov. 12
The Board of Directors of Green Mountain Union High School will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 at the Library Learning Commons of the school, 716 VT-103. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order a. Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of Minutes a. Minutes of Oct. 8, 2015 – Regular […]
Andover Town School Board of Directors meeting, Wednesday, Oct. 21
The Andover Town School Board of Directors will meet at Andover Town Office, 953 Weston Andover Road, at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda III. Participation of Act 46 Merger Study Committee IV. Appointment of Andover Town School Board Representative to the Act 46 […]
CAES Board of Directors meeting for Monday, Oct. 12, 2015
The Chester-Andover Elementary School will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct 12 at the school library, 72 Main St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda Action III. Minutes Approval: Minutes of Sept. 14, 2015 – Regular Meeting IV. Farm to School Presentation V. Communications a. Written/Oral b. […]
GMUHS Board of Directors meeting for Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015
The Board of Directors of the Green Mountain Union High School will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015 in the Library Learning Commons at the school, 716 Route 103 S. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order a. Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of Minutes a. Minutes of […]
Educators, legislators address school funding, consolidation
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC About 120 people attended state Rep. Oliver Olsen’s Legislative Forum on education funding and school consolidation (Act 46) on Monday at Flood Brook School in Londonderry. While Olsen gave a nuts and bolts presentation to explain how the school funding system currently works, it became clear that […]
CAES Board meeting for Monday, Sept. 14, 2015
The meeting of the Chester-Andover Elementary School Board of Directors will be held at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14 at the CAES Library, 72 Main St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda III. Minutes Approval a. Minutes of Aug. 10, 2015 – Regular Meeting IV. Communications a. […]
Public legislative forum to address property tax and ed reform
On Monday, Sept. 14 at 6:30 p.m., state Rep. Oliver Olsen, an Independent from Londonderry, will host a legislative forum on property tax and education reform at Flood Brook School featuring House Speaker Shap Smith (D-Morristown) and state Rep. Dave Sharpe (D-Bristol), chairman of the House Education Committee. Flood Brook School is located at 91 […]
GMUHS Board of Directors agenda for Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015
The Green Mountain Union High School Board of Directors will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 at GMUHS’s Library Learning Commons. GMUHS is located at 716 Route 103 South. Below is its agenda. Call to Order a. Roll Call Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes a. Minutes of June 11, 2015 – Regular Meeting […]
Two Rivers Supervisory Union panel meets Thursday, Sept. 3
The executive committee of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3 in the Art Room at Cavendish Town Elementary School, just off of Route 131 in Proctorsville. Below is its agenda: I. Call to Order a. Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of Minutes a. Minutes […]
Windsor County Mentors seeks volunteers
Windsor County Mentors, the youth mentoring organization that has served all of Windsor County since 1974, has an immediate need for adult volunteer mentors. The organization has more than 50 years of experience in matching caring adults with youth in need to help them thrive. Mentoring offers vulnerable youth the opportunity to share experiences with […]
SoVera to host talk by noted Dartmouth scientist May 15
Southern Vermont Astronomy Group is sponsoring a talk by Dartmouth physics and astronomy professor Dr. Robyn Millan at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 15 at Horowitz Performing Arts Hall on the campus of the Vermont Academy, 10 Long Walk, in Saxtons River. Millan will be discussing, “Remotely Sensing Earth’s Magnetosphere Using Energetic Particles.” According to […]
Celebrate moms with art at Derry Library May 10
The South Londonderry Free Library, 15 Old School Road, is celebrating moms with a free art workshop for children of all ages at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 10. Art teacher Casey Junker Bailey will help kids to create a special keepsake present for their mothers, in time for Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11. Thanks […]
Springfield companies receive VEGI awards for expansion projects
Springfield Regional Development Corp. and the Vermont Economic Progress Council announce that two Springfield companies recently received Vermont Employment Growth Incentive awards to support their planned expansion projects. Vermont Packinghouse received initial approval for an estimated incentive of $576,909, including a Labor Market Area enhancement, given its location in an economically distressed area of the […]
Springfield Library hosts youth mental health expert addressing substance misuse May 6
The Collaborative, a Londonderry-based non-profit organization dedicated to serving area youth and families, is coordinating the Prevention Partners’ Series in collaboration with the Springfield Town Library and Green Peak Alliance for a 10-part series focused on prevention of substance misuse. The first of these monthly events takes place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, […]
Richard ‘Dick’ Adams, 84, of Landgrove
Richard Holbrook Adams, “Dick” to his family and friends, died unexpectedly March 31, 2025 at the age of 84. He was born June 15, 1940 in Stamford, Conn., the son of Robert Morton Adams and Mercedes Cullinan. Dick grew up in New Canaan, the second of four children. He graduated from Westminster School and Williams […]
Bill Schubart: Where are our once vibrant towns?
By Bill Schubart What are the cohesive elements in Vermont’s 247 towns and cities? What sustains their human connection, commerce, and community? Though born in New York City, I grew up in Morrisville from the age of 3. It was a small bustling town. On weekends, the daytime streets were filled with shoppers and timely […]
