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UPDATE: State announces 4 new COVID-19 cases for a total of 12
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC UPDATE MARCH 16 1:45 P.M. The Vermont Department of Health Laboratory reported another four cases of the new coronavirus COVID-19. All are Vermont residents. To date, the lab has reported eight positive cases among Vermonters, and four cases among people not from Vermont. These Vermont lab results […]
To the editor: Cavendish Library to close but continue offering some services
Out of concern for the community, the Cavendish Fletcher Community Library will close to the public until further notice. All library programs are cancelled until Monday, April 6, when the library board will make a further determination. During this time, we will be stocking the library entrance way with free books and movies, refreshed daily. […]
Free Range to offer free to-go family dinners Donations of produce, money sought to bolster effort
By Cynthia Prairie ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Jason Tostrup, chef and owner of the Free Range restaurant in Chester, and Andover resident Chris Meyer are teaming up to ensure that Chester and Andover families — especially those with school children — are provided with some dinners over the next eight weeks of the Covid-19 crisis. […]
Left in Andover: Post WWII’s seagoing cowboys and the milk of kindness
By Susan Leader ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC One of the very first relief operations undertaken by the fledging United Nations, from its inception in 1945 through 1947, was to send several hundred boatloads of cows and horses to resupply war ravaged eastern Europe with livestock. This was a cooperative initiative with the Brethren Service Committee […]
To the editor: Whiting Library closed til April 6
To limit the exposure to the COVID-19 virus, Whiting Library in Chester will be closed from Sunday, March 15 until April 6. This is a difficult decision; we do not want to disappoint our loyal patrons and all who rely on library services. Please know that we have the best interest of our volunteers, staff […]
Local agencies prepare to confront COVID-19
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC With one confirmed case of the coronavirus known as COVID-19 in the state of Vermont, most area towns and first responders are now beginning to organize their responses to this new health threat. The Vermont case — a Readsboro man — tested positive and is hospitalized in […]
Henry Homeyer: Bring it on! Spring flower edition
By Henry Homeyer ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC This year I went to my vegetable garden with a snow shovel, in late February. It was a warm, sunny day, and I was ready for spring. Now people say that old timers like me are more patient than young whipper-snappers, but I’m not sure that’s true. We […]
Few disagreements at Weston Town Meeting But 'bathroom talk' dominates Wilder Library discussion
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC The post-Town Meeting lunch — prepared by the Little School — was scheduled for noon, but by 10 til 11, with 24 of 25 articles decided, Weston Town Moderator Wayne Granquist was asking the 80 voters attending to either stay or return for the chili and cornbread […]
Derry board indicates support for speed limits along Middletown Road
By Bruce Frauman ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC At their Feb. 17 meeting, Londonderry Select Board members Bob Forbes, George Mora and Tom Cavanagh all expressed support for imposing speed limits on Middletown Road. Based on engineering and traffic studies, Town Administrator Shane O’Keefe proposed a 30 mph speed limit from the intersection of VT Route […]
Sen. Clarkson: Census matters to Vermonters
By Sen. Alison Clarkson The Census matters. Two legislative committees were reminded last week of how important the data gleaned from it is for every state. Each decade since 1790 the U.S. Census Bureau has conducted an every household survey collecting data about our country’s people and the places they live. It is the leading […]
Chester Chatter: Lifelong strength in small town friendships
By Ruthie Douglas ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC What is it about growing up in small town America? Making forever friends in our first years of school happened to many of us. Some 30 of us who started first grade at the same time often get together once a month for lunch. Over the years, many […]
Police search for escaped murderer Left transitional housing in Bellows Falls yesterday
© 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Police from several agencies are looking for a convicted murderer who removed an electronic monitoring device and escaped from transitional housing in Bellows Falls yesterday. In a press release distributed this afternoon, Vermont State Police said William Wheelock, 55, who was convicted of murder in 1987 and sentenced to 21 […]
Dale to Derry Selects: School budget to rise 4%
By Bruce Frauman © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Dick Dale, a board member of the Taconic & Green Regional School District, spent considerable time at the Monday, Feb. 3 meeting of the Londonderry Select Board going over details of the school district’s proposed fiscal 2020-21 budget, which is 4 percent higher than in fiscal 2019-20. […]
VSP seeks owners of apparently stolen property
© 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC During 2016 and 2017, Vermont State Police investigated a number of thefts and burglaries in Windham County and southern Windsor County. As these cases were concluded, there were items that police recovered that they believe had been stolen. However, the owners remain unknown. These include assorted small and large tools, […]
Obituary: Wilhelmina Allen, 95, of Chester
Wilhelmina H. Allen 95, of Chester, passed away on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 at the Gill Odd Fellows Home in Ludlow. She was born Aug. 17, 1924 in Columbia, Conn., the daughter of Laurens and Dena (Frey) Holbrook. She received her education in Connecticut, graduating from Windham High School in Willimantic, Conn. […]
Vermont offering free radon testing kits
Radon is a colorless and odorless gas that can invade your home. But you won’t know if this naturally occurring, radioactive gas is present at unsafe levels in your home – unless you test for it. That’s why the Health Department is making it easy for Vermonters to find out if their homes have high […]
Sen. Clarkson: Housing a crucial need in Vermont
By Sen. Alison Clarkson It is wonderful to get back to work at the State House. The energy around the building is positive and productive. One of the pleasures of being a legislator in Vermont is serving in a legislature where we can work together. Over 90 percent of our votes are by consensus and […]
Police look for crash driver who bolted
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Vermont State Police are looking for a driver who crashed on Rt. 5 in Rockingham this morning and left the scene. According to a VSP press release, police responded to a car off the road on Route 5, front of the Rodeway Inn in Rockingham just after 7 a.m. on […]
Police seek help in finding burglary suspect
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Vermont State Police are looking for a man in connection with a Rockingham burglary that was reported early this morning. According to a VSP press release, a burglary was reported at a home on Rockingham Hill Road just after 1 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15. Police say that a suspicious […]
GM budget panel nixes CAES preschool, urges fund-raising for CTES playground Puts money into STEAM, literacy, early foreign language
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Green Mountain Unified School District Finance Committee rejected a number of administration initiatives on Monday night in favor of fully funding the priorities it established at a September retreat. The committee took up a two page document titled Administration Priorities, quickly calling it a “wish list.” […]
