Archive for July, 2012
To the Editor: Democrats should have endorsed Sorrell
Dear Editor, We are appalled that the Democratic State Committee failed to endorse the Democratic candidate Bill Sorrell. Sorrell has served Vermont admirably for 15 years as our Attorney General and is a bona-fide Democrat. The party’s grounds for not endorsing Sorrell were that he did not call them on the phone to request that […]
Grace Davidson Hudkins, 89, generous volunteer
Grace Hudkins of the Smokeshire Valley in Chester, VT, died peacefully at home in her 90th year on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. She will be remembered for her cheerfulness, adaptability and generosity. Mrs. Hudkins was born Oct. 20, 1922 in Suffern, NY, and grew up in Hillburn, NY, and in Summit, NJ, a daughter of […]
Briefs Here & There: Family Center buys building; smoking cessation; Mountain Man event, Food bank and farm fund-raisers
The Chester-Andover Family Center has finalized the purchase of its new building and the sale of its current building at 656 Depot St. The new building will allow the center to increase its space to expand its ability to provide help to individuals and families in need. Center workers now will begin the arduous task […]
Biomass plant switches to air-cooled; fiber optic coming on line
By Shawn Cunningham In a remarkably short meeting on Wednesday, July 18, the Chester Select Board covered a wide variety of topics in just under 90 minutes, including updates on the Springfield biomass plant and VTel’s federally funded project to replace existing telephone wires with fiber optic cable. Board members had a number of questions […]
A Tale of Two Towns: Chester PA & Chester VT
By Sandy Stiassni While I have childhood memories of Chester, VT as an exceptionally fine place to live, set apart from banal Big-Box retail communities that have come to comprise so much of small town and suburban life in America, I’ve known another Chester, in a different locale and with a different character. As a […]
Chester detective part of Windsor team that focuses on child sex abuse cases
ON THE COVER: From left, Det. Matt Wilson, SIU head Julie Gaudette, Victim’s Advocate Pam Weigel, SIU coordinator Katie Ouelette, Springfield Det. Allison Novasel, SAAPC liaison Cindy Morancy and Deputy State’s Attorney David Cahill. by Stephen Seitz Sex abuse is a crime that carries emotional damage that can go well beyond the physical crime. And […]
Four Chester silversmiths prove their mettle
By Kelsy Allan Originally used for trade in early Greek, Spanish and Roman empires, and later used in technology, decoration, jewelry, film and even insulation, silver has been alluring people since 3000 B.C. Made into coins, molded into various patterns and designs, formed around stone and glass, silver in all of these forms and more […]
Briefs: Lindbergh on her mother; gallery’s 1st anniversary; Irene oils exhibit; St. Luke’s Supper
Reeve Lindbergh on Anne Morrow Lindbergh at Misty Valley Books Reeve Lindbergh, a daughter of world-renowned aviator Charles Lindbergh and celebrated author Anne Morrow Lindbergh, returns to Misty Valley Books at 5 p.m. Thursday, July 26 to discuss the latest collection of her mother’s previously unpublished works, Against Wind and Tide. The book of letters […]
A shop to suit an artist’s palette
Lynne Cannon inside her art supply shop, Where 4 Art Thou, at Mountain Man Marketplace, 571 Rt. 103 S. in Chester. On Thursday evening, July 19, Cannon held a wine-and-cheese reception for the shop, which officially opened on May 1. She offers art supplies including watercolor and acrylic paints, brushes and much more. Cannon will […]
Letter to the Editor: Thank you Chester for your support
Dear Chesterites, My business, Swiss Precision Remodeling, came to an immediate stand-still after I got diagnosed with Cancer in January. Now, 6 months and a big operation, followed by intensive chemo and radiation treatments later, I must thank you again, in public, for your support. My wife and I are deeply in your debt. Numerous […]
Arts Here and Away: Film on street art, Gilbert & Sullivan, ballet
Enjoy the viewing and discussion of the movie Exit Through the Gift Shop, the inside story of Street Art, a brutal and revealing account of what happens when fame, money and vandalism collide. This Reel to Real conversation will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday July 19 at Vermont Institute of Contemporary Art, 15 Depot […]
Family center bear goes to Misty Valley Books; Now name it!
Bill Reed of Misty Valley Books has won the 30-inch chainsaw-carved bear that was raffled off last week by the Chester-Andover Family Center. The bear is making its new den in the children’s section of the bookstore. Reed said that Misty Valley is holding a bear-naming contest. Come into the bookstore, submit a proposed name […]
E. coli levels drop at Chester sites; two remain above acceptable levels
The latest water tests taken on July 11 by volunteers of the Southeastern Vermont Watershed Alliance have found that E. coli levels have dropped at all six Chester area Williams River testing sites and are at acceptable levels at four — including two that were 10 times higher than acceptable levels. Click here for the […]
Shawn K. Eaton, 52: ‘Big Chief’ enjoyed working with his hands
WINDHAM Shawn K. Eaton, of Windham, VT, died after a brief illness on July 6, 2012 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. He was 52 and was born May 16, 1960 in Brattleboro. Mr. Eaton attended Flood Brook Elementary School in Londonderry and graduated from Green Mountain Union High School in Chester. He […]
Festival Series ends evening performances; focus remains Arts-in-Education
By Cynthia Prairie The 28-year-old Green Mountain Festival Series evening performances will no longer be held. The GMFS board of directors announced on Wednesday, July 11, that the series was ending its annual performance lineup to focus on its Arts-in-Education program. In announcing the decision in an email, the board wrote, “For many years the […]
Introducing A Good Nose: A guy walks into a wine shop …
By Shawn Cunningham Anyone with a well-rounded elementary school education knows that “you can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose.” Good advice, until you need to pick a friendly nose for wine. And since as we age, more and more of us prefer wine, it’s […]
Select Board meeting: Hudkins resigns DRB, Biomass concerns voiced, tax rates set
By Shawn Cunningham On a sticky early July evening when electric fans on the second floor of Town Hall had to be shut off for the gathering to hear, the Select Board’s special meeting was meant to set the town’s tax rate but included the resignation of Development Review Board chair Peter Hudkins. Just before […]
Supervisory Union merger OK’d; Waite interim super; Gray out at CAES
By Andy Jackins The Vermont State Board of Education has formally approved the merger of the Windsor Southwest Supervisory Union and the Rutland-Windsor Supervisory Union. The vote took place on May 15, with the newly merged supervisory union taking over July 1, 2013. The merger means that the WSWSU towns of Chester, Andover, Baltimore and […]
