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Proctorsville’s Bob Glidden retires after 33 years as fire chief

By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC The year was 1970. Richard Nixon was in the second year of his first term, gasoline averaged 36¢ per gallon, the minimum wage was $1.60 and Bob Glidden was starting his career as a volunteer firefighter in Proctorsville. He was 12. Next week, he will retire from […]

Policy governance wheels still spinning at GM board

  By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Study groups mandated by Act 170 will shortly be ramping up to produce proposed school merger agreements by the law’s September 2027 deadline. Those will be voted on at Town Meetings in March 2028. Meanwhile, the Green Mountain Unified School District Board spent a fair amount […]

Green Mountain graduates 47 as thunderstorms avoid Chester

By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC The possibility of rain passed by mid-afternoon Friday and the sun was shining through high clouds as 44 members of the Class of 2026 marched out to Pomp and Circumstance and took their seats set up on the lawn of the high school. A little over an […]

News Analysis: Transforming Vermont’s education system, again

UPDATE: H955 was signed into law by Gov. Scott on June 18. It is now called Act 170. By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC As this article is being written, H. 955 is still just a bill. Before it can begin “transforming Vermont’s education system,” it must be checked and double checked for typos […]

GMUSD board wrestles with bullying and governance

By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Last Thursday’s Green Mountain Unified School District Board meeting took up the second half of the behemoth agenda that the board started the week before. Before beginning the meeting, board chair Lisa Sanders of Cavendish asked that only one person speak at a time, with no side […]

GMUSD board hears of bullying, threats to inclusion at high school

By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC While new GMUSD board chair Lisa Sanders played catch-up on a backlog of work by splitting the agenda and scheduling an additional meeting for May, the board got an earful from the public and continued its combative internal dynamic at its May 21 confab. The board will […]

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  • Springfield Garden Club receives 4 first-place awards from Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont

    Springfield Garden Club receives 4 first-place awards from Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont

    The Springfield Garden Club won four first-pace awards and three merit awards at this years 90th Annual Meeting of the Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont at the Saint Albans Museum in early June. Attending were four SGC members: President Adrienne Faulhauber; Therese Burton, FGCV Central District co-director; SGC Awards Committee Chair Karen Vatne  and Marita […]

  • Free art workshops for adults June 22 & 29 in Derry

    Free art workshops for adults June 22 & 29 in Derry

    Art teacher Casey Junker Bailey will share the joy of creative bookmaking at two free workshops to be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 22 and Monday, June 29. Participants will work with beautiful papers to make a collection of small interactive books in unusual formats. Accordion books, star books, zip-zap books and matchbox […]

  • Andover Select Board agenda for June 22

    Andover Select Board agenda for June 22

    The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday June 22 at the Town Hall 953 Weston-Andover Road. Below is the boards agenda: 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes of June 8 meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, 10 […]

  • REVISED: Chester Select Board/Water Commissioners meeting agenda for June 17

    REVISED: Chester Select Board/Water Commissioners meeting agenda for June 17

    The Chester Select Board will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17 prior to the Water Commissioners meeting at 6:30 p.m., which will then be followed by a special Select Board meeting. The meetings will be held at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and on Zoom by clicking here.  Below are […]

  • Caribbean Night fundraiser for Neighborhood Connections June 26

    Caribbean Night fundraiser for Neighborhood Connections June 26

    Neighborhood Connections is holding a fundraiser from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday June 26 at Sugar Bob’s Finest Kind, 92 Vermont Route 11 (Main Street) in Chester. The evening will feature a spread of food catered by Sugar Bob’s, island-themed cocktails and entertainment by the renowned Blue Flames Steel Band. The Blue Flames transport […]

  • Springfield Community Band presents 'Disney' concert June 23

    Springfield Community Band presents ‘Disney’ concert June 23

    The Springfield Community Band presents its Disney concert at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23 at The Hartness House, 109 Front St. in Springfield. Under the direction of Nick Pelton, its focus will be the wide range of familiar music first introduced in Disney productions, including Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Aladdin and several other […]

  • Search for the ghosts of Cavendish June 20

    Search for the ghosts of Cavendish June 20

    The Cavendish Historical Society will host the Cavendish Village Ghost Walk at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 20. Meet at the Cavendish Historical Society Museum, 1958 Main St. Wear comfortable shoes and bring a flashlight. No, Mr. Hickernell isn’t buried in the basement, but what’s up with all the strange things that happen at this […]

  • Cavendish sets sewer rates, addresses Greven Field work and tax grievance process

    Cavendish sets sewer rates, addresses Greven Field work and tax grievance process

    By Lorien Strange ©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC This month’s Cavendish Select Board meeting was short and sweet — in sharp contrast to last month, when a discussion about a possible ordinance to increase ATVs’ access to town roads had the Select Board’s meeting room packed to the door. Most of the attendees seemed to support […]

  • College News

    College News

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute, located in Worcester, Mass., celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2026 during its 157th Commencement exercises.  The following students earned their bachelor’s degree: Everett Mosher of Chester, who majored in Civil Engineering, and Kimberly Cummings of Chester, who majored in Computer Science. Devon Sinclair of Springfield graduated from Millersville University of […]

  • GM outlines $3 million PCB remediation this summer

    GM outlines $3 million PCB remediation this summer

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC It was June 2023 when the Green Mountain Unified School District board heard that its high school was contaminated with Polychlorinated Biphenyls or PCBs. “Unfortunately, this will dominate our conversation for the foreseeable future, ” Facilities Director Todd Parah said at that time. Fast forward to a […]

  • GM grad receives Massachusetts regional Excellence in Teaching Award

    GM grad receives Massachusetts regional Excellence in Teaching Award

    On May 6, Angelae Wunderle of Chester was awarded a 2026 Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award as an Outstanding Educator in the Hampshire Regional School District in Massachusetts. Sponsored by The Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation and The Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation, the award recognizes exceptional public and parochial school teachers in […]

  • Flag Day talk on Betsy Ross June 14 in Cavendish

    Flag Day talk on Betsy Ross June 14 in Cavendish

    Because there is not any evidence of a “first” flag, the claim that Betsy Ross made the first American flag is a moot point. However, was her contribution to the flag the five-pointed star? In celebration of Flag Day, the Cavendish Historical Society will hold a talk on Ross at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June […]

  • Rockingham Meeting House now open for the season

    Rockingham Meeting House now open for the season

    The Rockingham Meeting House, a National Historic Landmark located at 11 Meeting House Road in Bellows Falls, opened for the 2026 visitor season over Memorial Day weekend. Based on docent availability, the Meeting House will be open for guided tours seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Halloween. A meeting house […]

  • 'Tracking and the Art of Seeing' June 13 in Cavendish

    ‘Tracking and the Art of Seeing’ June 13 in Cavendish

    The Cavendish Community and Conservation Association presents the latest installment in its Walk and Talk series at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 13. Meet at the Hardy Hill trailhead on Susannah Johnson Lane in Cavendish and join naturalist and wildlife tracker Rose Richter for a walk into the landscape of the tracker. Begin to look […]

  • GM school bus runs into ditch, jostling students on route to Cavendish

    GM school bus runs into ditch, jostling students on route to Cavendish

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC A Green Mountain School District bus driver, heading north from Chester, pulled over to settle down some rambunctious students just after 3 this Friday afternoon but ended up in the ditch on Route 103 in the Proctorsville Gulf, jostling the passengers as he came to a stop. […]

  • Henry Homeyer: June ushers in blooming season

    Henry Homeyer: June ushers in blooming season

    By Henry Homeyer ©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC I’ve heard it said that June is the most common month for weddings. I’m not sure why, but my theory is that June, despite black flies and noxious ticks, is a great month to be outside for wedding receptions. Roses are in bloom, as are peonies, irises and […]

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