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Op-ed: Legislature faces challenge of housing crisis

Op-ed: Legislature faces challenge of housing crisis

By Sen. Alison Clarkson After many long floor sessions debating and passing bills to the other body, the legislature has pretty much completed crossover, that point in the session where all bills that have any chance of making it into law have to be passed from the House to the Senate or vice versa. It […]

GM girls softball preview: '...enjoy the game while taking it seriously'

GM girls softball preview: ‘…enjoy the game while taking it seriously’

By Evan Chadwick © 2022 Telegraph Publishing On the heels of a 10-6 2021 season and a trip to the quarterfinals, the Green Mountain Softball team enters the 2022 campaign with a solid core of players returning, along with several newcomers who will be called upon to fill the significant holes left by the class […]

As Cavendish votes, Gross celebrates a hard won defeat

As Cavendish votes, Gross celebrates a hard won defeat

By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC With contested races for town four offices approximately ten percent of Cavendish voters either showed up or cast absentee ballots in the delayed Town Meeting election on Tuesday. One hundred eleven votes were cast with 15 of those being absentee ballots received by noon. George Timko garnered […]

One Credit, Springfield Hospital offering college scholarships

One Credit, Springfield Hospital offering college scholarships

Several organizations are now offering their annual college scholarships. One Credit Union’s Annual Scholarship is now open for applicants who are attending a college or technical school in the fall.  One Credit will be offering 10 $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors in its communities. To qualify, students must: Be a graduating senior attending college/technical […]

Weekly Covid Update: State narrows testing recommendation as focus shifts from Covid

Weekly Covid Update: State narrows testing recommendation as focus shifts from Covid Clinics move from state-run to health providers, pharmacies

Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph began publishing its Weekly Covid Update every Friday beginning in April 2020.  Since then, we have written more than 93 update articles (and hundreds more on Covid itself) to let you know where our communities have stood when it comes to the pandemic’s spread, its vaccination rates and testing. We’ve […]

Andover Select Board agenda for March 28, 2022

Andover Select Board agenda for March 28, 2022

The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday March 28, 2022 at the Andover Town Hall, 953 Weston Andover Road and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8690215007 with passcode 146374. Below is the board’s agenda 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. […]

Roger Shanafelt, 81, of Chester

Roger Shanafelt, 81, of Chester

Roger Thomas Shanafelt, 81, of Chester, formerly of Northfield and Westfield, Mass., passed away on Jan. 23, 2022 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. He was born near Butler, Penn., on Nov. 12, 1940. Roger served six years in the U.S. Air Force and was proud to have achieved top security clearance in the field of […]

Pandemic's 2 year anniversary: Covid not over, but Vermonters moving toward healthful balance

Pandemic’s 2 year anniversary: Covid not over, but Vermonters moving toward healthful balance Covid cases rise again as new BA2 sub-variant found in U.S.

©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Having passed the two-year anniversary of the start of the pandemic on March 13, a mix of ups and downs reflected in the key metrics being tracked weekly indicates that the Covid-19 virus is not over yet, something Gov. Phil Scott and Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine both touched on […]

Police seek to ID N. Springfield burglar

Police seek to ID N. Springfield burglar

© 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police are asking for help from the public in identifying a double dipping burglar. In a press release on Monday night, the VSP said that in the early mornings of March 8 and March 14, a burglar took money and cigarettes from JC’s Market & Deli in […]

GMUSD board agenda for March 17

GMUSD board agenda for March 17

The Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday March 17 at the GMHS Library 716 Rt. 103 south and via Zoom.  To join the meeting go to: https://trsu.zoom.us/j/85863233984 Below is the board’s agenda. I. CALL TO ORDER (2 min): A. Roll call II. Approval of Agenda […]

Sunshine Week 2022: Government transparency is the key to restoring public trust

Sunshine Week 2022: Government transparency is the key to restoring public trust

By Secretary of State Jim Condos and Deputy Secretary of State Chris Winters Every year we join with government transparency advocates from around the country to celebrate Sunshine Week, March 13 – 19, serving as a reminder that a well-functioning government is built upon the public’s right to know. Good government is open government! Government […]

Weekly Covid Update: Guidelines for masking and quarantine change Monday

Weekly Covid Update: Guidelines for masking and quarantine change Monday

© 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC As reported last week, starting March 14, guidance for masks and isolation/quarantining will be changing. The decision to wear a mask will be up to each individual person based on their own circumstances, personal risk assessment, and health needs.” He also asked that Vermonters to be supportive of personal choices […]

Andover Select Board agenda for March 14

Andover Select Board agenda for March 14

The Select Board for the Town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 14 at Andover Town Hall, 953 Andover Road, and via Zoom. To join the meeting via Zoom, click here. Meeting ID: 869 021 5007 and  Passcode: 146374; or dial by your location +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) […]

Weekly Covid Update: State lifts mask recommendation March 14

Weekly Covid Update: State lifts mask recommendation March 14 Vermont vaccination rates stagnate

©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Thursday, Gov. Phil Scott and Vermont health officials announced that Covid-19 public health guidance for masks will be lifted and isolation/quarantining recommendations will be simplified beginning Monday, March 14. The statewide mask recommendation for schools and all Vermonters is being lifted completely on that date. According to Vermont State Epidemiologist […]

Southern Windsor County Legislative Forum set for Monday, March 7

Southern Windsor County Legislative Forum set for Monday, March 7

The annual Southern Windsor County Legislative Forum is taking place from 8 to 9:30 a.m. on Monday, March 7.  Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, this year’s event will again be virtual. The forum will provide an opportunity to learn more about legislation being discussed this session in Montpelier, as well as a chance to ask […]

Andover elects historic board; Chester voters return Whalen to Select Board after hiatus

Andover elects historic board; Chester voters return Whalen to Select Board after hiatus

By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Andover residents, faced with three select board vacancies, created what is likely an historic board with a majority of women as members. With one member resigning his unexpired three-year seat and two members deciding not to run for re-election, Andover residents were voting to put three new […]

Weekly Covid Update: State plans transition into living with Covid

Weekly Covid Update: State plans transition into living with Covid

©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Covid-19 update was just a small part of Gov. Phil Scott’s  weekly press conference on Tuesday as Covid case numbers continue to fall. State Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine was the only state official to speak on Covid this past Tuesday, saying that the state was planning for the deliberate […]

Andover Select Board agenda for Feb. 28

Andover Select Board agenda for Feb. 28

The Andover Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28 at Andover Town Hall, 953 Andover Road,  and via Zoom. To access the meeting via Zoom, click here.  Meeting ID: 869 021 5007; Passcode: 146374. Or dial in: +1 929 436 2866 US (New York). Below is its agenda. 1. Call Select Board […]

Poetry slams, workshops to be held in Chester

Poetry slams, workshops to be held in Chester

It’s time to pull out your poetry notebook. Or, better yet, start a poetry notebook. You’ll want to be ready to take part in or just enjoy the Thursday-evening Stone Village Poetry Experience in March, April and May. Or just to come listen—it’s a lot of fun! Co-sponsored by Chester’s Whiting Library and the First […]

Weekly Covid Update: Schools with 80% vaxx rate can drop mask requirements

Weekly Covid Update: Schools with 80% vaxx rate can drop mask requirements

©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC With overall Covid-19 numbers continuing to decline, Gov. Phil Scott announced that as of Monday, Feb. 28,  state guidance will allow schools to end mask requirements if they have achieved an 80 percent vaccination rate. He went on to add that this was just a first step and that “in the […]