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Chester detective injured at fire scene

By Shawn Cunningham Chester Police Det. Matt Wilson was injured Sunday, May 5 when the concussion from the exploding tire on a burning loader knocked him to the ground. The Chester Fire Department and Chester Ambulance Service were called out around 5 p.m. for an equipment fire at Rhoman-Wai Farm on Green Mountain Turnpike. According [...]

Season’s Greenings

The long winter has finally ended but the weather has been holding us in a limbo of lukewarm days and cold nights — not what most Southern Vermonters are looking for so long after maple sugaring has ended. Still, the signs are here and, on Tuesday, Shawn Cunningham ventured out camera in hand to capture [...]

Burtco proposes five-bay car wash for Route 103 S.

By Shawn Cunningham On Monday night, the Chester Development Review Board reconvened a hearing on a conditional use permit for a five-bay car wash to be built and operated on Route 103 south. The facility, which will have two automatic and three self-serve bays will be owned and operated by Burtco and is proposed for [...]

Airing of zoning proposals continue, Fire Department seeks uniform, training funds

By Karen Zuppinger Jason Rasmussen of the Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission attended last Wednesday’s Chester Select Board meeting, bringing along a video presentation to help explain some of the proposed changes to the Unified Development Bylaws. During this particular meeting, the Select Board was seeking public comment on Article 1, which establishes authority [...]

Chieftains fall to Bellows Falls Terriers 9-1

By Evan Chadwick Looking to climb back to the .500 mark on the season, the Green Mountain Chieftains ran into Bellows Falls Terriers’ ace Michael LaBeau last Wednesday afternoon on GM turf. The hard throwing senior, who is pitching as well as anyone in southern Vermont, struck out 11 Chieftain batters on the day on [...]

Toddler playset in works at Pinnacle; CAES parents seek ‘Structure’ replacement

ON THE COVER: A new Pinnacle playset will be placed between the Pavilion and the ballfields, to the west of the tennis courts./ Photo by Karen Zuppinger. By Karen Zuppinger Chester may be getting two new playgrounds in the next two years, adding a new one at the Pinnacle for toddlers and possibly replacing the [...]

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    Boy injured after entering substation, knocks out power to 7,000

    By Cynthia Prairie A power outage yesterday afternoon that affected almost 7,000 Green Mountain Power customers — 2,773 in Chester alone — occurred when  a youth entered a “locked and secure” Springfield substation and “came in contact with energized electrical equipment,” GMP spokeswoman Dotty Schnure said last night. Schnure added, “Our hearts go out to [...]

  • From left, Kate Gleason. Patrice Pinette and Becky Sakellariou will read poetry at Misty Valley Books

    Parenting course begins; Rockingham Library temporarily closed; poetry stars at celestial event; BRAM walk & FOLA series

    Free course for parents of older children The Collaborative is offering a free, six-session Positive Parenting course at 7–9 p.m., on consecutive Mondays through June 24 in the SongYard, above the Moondog Café, 295 Main St.
 The course began on May 13. The next classes will be held on May 27, June 3, June 10, [...]

  • Select Board meeting agenda for May 15, 2013

    The Select Board meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. May 15, 2013 1.Approve May 1, 2013 Select Board minutes and Special Select Board Meeting minutes 2.Citizen Comments 3.Old Business 4.Town Forest Management Plan; Sam Schneski 5.Unified Development By-Laws Review General Use Standards 6.Village Center Boundaries 7.Financial Updates General Fund [...]

  • Playhouse expands V-Tix program; Beethoven in Vermont; ‘War Horse’ at Ludlow; toe-tapping music in Proctorsville

    Playhouse expands V-Tix program; Beethoven in Vermont; ‘War Horse’ at Ludlow; toe-tapping music in Proctorsville

    The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company announces initiatives to make its popular plays and musicals affordable for all Vermonters and anyone who asks. Single tickets are now on sale for a summer season that includes everything from Broadway musical favorites to exciting new works. The Vermonter Tickets program — V-Tix — which was introduced several years [...]

  • Ailing from spring fever? Feed it with a simple salad side dish

    Ailing from spring fever? Feed it with a simple salad side dish

    By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com I  have a fever. Spring fever that is. Every time the sun pops out and I see the temperature rising a little more each day or I see the flowers struggling to open their chilly petals, I know primavera (translated literally to springtime) will prevail itself in my cooking. What a [...]

  • Police log for Feb. 12 through April 24, 2013

    Police log for Feb. 12 through April 24, 2013

    Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph Police Log is a sampling of incidents directly from Chester Police reports. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1:01 p.m. A Chester officer responded to a complainant who wanted the return of guns that were taken from him during [...]

  • A fruity couscous for springtime dining

    A fruity couscous for springtime dining

    By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com I  know, I know! It has been four full months since Christmas, and I still have leftover dried fruit in the cupboard. That’s the beauty of not only dried fruit but of being a Yankee. Not only does dried fruit seemingly last forever, but I will only throw out food if [...]

  • May books usher in rich, colorful and rewarding worlds

    May books usher in rich, colorful and rewarding worlds

    By John Hoover For the rest of the world, spring began in the month of March with the arrival of the Vernal Equinox. But in Chester, May is the month when spring finally arrives and we put away our winter coats and gloves and boots.  May also is Mother’s Day, getting out in the garden [...]

  • The Queen of Hearts in Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, showing in Manchester on Sunday.

    Weston Playhouse hosts open Artist Salon; Manchester theater reopens; Skygate Farm pond tour

    The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company announces its sixth annual Artists Retreat, hosting seven collaborating artists for a week’s work in Vermont, capped by a free Artist Salon at the Weston Playhouse, 703 Main St., Weston, from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 4. An informal reception with the artists will follow. At the Salon, Artist [...]

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