Archive for October, 2012
News in Brief: Water quality for farms; drug bust
Farm Water Quality seminar in Hartland Would you like to know what government programs are available for farmers interested in protecting water quality? From 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, Vital Communities is hosting a panel discussion of farmers and representatives from the Natural Resources Conservation Service to highlight programs and practices that support […]
Community & Arts in Brief: French classes; Rotary Cabaret coming together; interim pastor at Congregation Church
New French classes at Misty Valley Books Misty Valley Books will again offer French classes beginning Monday, Oct. 15. The Learn French courses will run for six weeks. Intermediate classes will be held on Monday evenings, beginning Oct. 15. Beginners classes will be held on Tuesday evenings, beginning Oct. 16. Both classes will run from […]
Green Mountain MS girls beat Vilas
Green Mountain bests Alstead’s Vilas 2 to 1 Monday, Oct. 1 The Lady Chiefs traveled to Alstead, NH, to take on the strong Vilas Vixens squad and came away with a narrow 2-1 win. Vilas kept GM keeper Kassidy Cummings busy the whole game, but she had a strong, aggressive game limiting the Vixens to […]
Simplicity is a delicious Chicken Marsala Sandwich
By Jim Bailey Simplicity. Every time I say that word, one thing comes to mind. Silence of the Lambs. I constantly want to use that word for so many recipe titles but I can’t help but picture Sir Anthony Hopkins enunciating Simplicity while conversing with Jody Foster. But I need to get over it. The […]
Green Mountain MS boys remain undefeated
By Greg Hart Sports editor Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 A lackluster first half left the Green Mountain Chieftains down by a 4-1 halftime score to the Vilas Squires of Alstead, NH. But a four-goal barrage in the second half, including the game-tying and game-winning goal in the final minutes, made for a stirring comeback. The […]
Fire destroys Brooks-Lackie house, but memories remain
Photos by Bill Revill, Lew Watters and Kaitlin O’Shea. Story follows. By Cynthia Prairie An uninhabited house in the Stone Village burns down. Although few residents have ever seen the inside of it, many are moved to grief. Within minutes of posting photographs of the smoking ruins of the Brooks-Lackie House – or Kelley’s Tavern […]
Community & Arts in Brief: Banned Books Week at Whiting; Lew Watters’ photo class coming up; VTica workshop
The Whiting Library is commemorating Banned Books Week through Saturday, Oct. 6. This national event is sponsored by the American Library Association and many other organizations that champion the freedom to read. The Whiting will be highlighting books that have been challenged and/or banned in the United States through the years. There’s a rotating display […]
Police Log for Aug. 22 – Sept. 13, 2012
Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph Police Log takes incidents directly from Chester Police reports. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Sunday, Aug. 18, 1:26 p.m. A complainant told of a possible impaired driver along Route 103 North. The driver was located. She is elderly and said that […]
News in Brief: Memorial contributions for Carly Ferro; Select Board to hear Village Center presentation; Army seeks input on Armory re-use
Memorial contributions for Carly Ferro Contributions are being accepted in the memory of Carly Ferro, the 17-year-old daughter of long-time Chester-Andover Elementary School teacher Ellen Ferro. She was a senior at Rutland High School. According to the Burlington Free Press, Carly Ferro was killed in Rutland on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 26 when a […]
Single payer: A common sense approach to health care
By Leigh Dakin Nationally, health care has emerged as a central issue in this election. Rightly so, with nearly 50 million Americans without health insurance and the cost of insurance and health care growing much faster than our incomes. The United States spends far more on health care than any other country: on average $8,000 […]
GM Boys trounce Bellows Falls 5-1
Varsity Boys GM 5, Bellows Falls 1 Monday, Sept. 24 The Green Mountain Chieftains defeated the Bellows Falls Terriers at home by a 5-1 score. After two tough, back-to-back losses on Friday and Saturday and playing on only one day of rest, the Chiefs came out flat in the first half. “I kind of expected […]
On the cusp of October, hearty sausage and beans
By Jim Bailey Oktoberfest began as a celebration of the marriage of the German prince in 1810, but is now the world’s largest fair. The first festivities that honored this marriage centered around a section of Munich, now referred to as Weis’n, but has since spread around the world. The consumption of beer is only […]