Archive for February, 2016
Grafton Select Board meeting for March 1, 2016
The Grafton Select Board will hold an organizational meeting on Tuesday, March 1 following the ballot counting. Polls close at 7 p.m. and the meeting is expected to start around 8 p.m. It will be held at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Below is the agenda. 1. Adopt Agenda 2. Elect Chair […]
College News
Castleton student Joshua Lake of Chester was recently awarded an institutional research grant for the 2015-2016 academic year. Nine faculty-student groups earned grants for the spring semester ranging from $500 to $2,000 each. Joshua Lake’s and Dustin Lewis’ project is The Factors that Make a Candidate Electable to the American Presidency. William Culver of Grafton […]
Comic ‘Baskervilles’ a howling success at Northern Stage
By David Lampe-Wilson ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC White River Junction’s Northern Stage serves up a huge helping of British silliness with The Hound of the Baskervilles, the 2007 comic adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic Sherlock Holmes novel. This featherbrained adaptation by Steven Canny and John Nicholson has a lot going for it, but […]
Take a break from the icy mud with adventures, amusements
By John Hoover ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Winter officially ends later this month as we begin the slow climb to the warmer temperatures of spring. Casting about for a theme that might convey a spring-like mood, but unable to come up with anything terribly original, I told my colleagues at Misty Valley Books to do […]
Coddle with dumplings is a St. Patrick’s day feast
By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com Today’s recipe is Dublin Coddle with Soda Bread Dumplings, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. To prepare kale ahead of time, simply tear fresh kale to measure 1 cup and boil until tender, about 3 minutes. Drain well, squeezing until dry. You can also use other cooked greens as well, […]
Andover Town Meeting addresses status as education tax ‘sending town’
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The single longest discussion at Saturday’s Andover Town Meeting was for an article funding early education to the tune of $21,077. But it wasn’t the amount of the article that was at issue, but education funding in general. Gordon Payne rose to ask several questions about the […]
Chester Select Board meeting for March 2, 2016
The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Select Board Organization Approval of Minutes; Feb. 17, 2016 Select Board Meeting Approval of Minutes; Feb. 17, 2016 Water & Sewer Commissioners Citizen Comments Old Business Appointments to Town Offices Paper […]
Special Two Rivers SU full board meeting March 3
The full board of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union will meet on March 3 at 6 p.m. at the Green Mountain Union High School – 716 Vermont Route 103 south in Chester. The meeting will be held in the Library Learning Commons. From 6 p.m. there will be an opportunity to meet the candidate for […]
Grafton voters ask the questions in a lively candidate forum
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC About 40 members of the Grafton public got a chance Monday night to ask questions of the four people seeking two seats on the Grafton Select Board. The candidates forum, overseen by town Moderator David Ross at the Grafton Elementary School, was a lively and at times pointed […]
Grafton Board seeks way to garner wind project opinions from second homeowners
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC A majority of the members of the Grafton Select Board continues to search for a way to gather non-residents’ opinions on the 28-turbine Iberdrola-Meadowsend wind project proposed for the Grafton/Windham town line. Board chair Sam Battaglino has proposed that non-resident property owners in Grafton should have a say […]
Chester board raises water rates, hears grant request from Rod & Gun Club
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board began its Feb. 17 meeting in the guise of its mild-mannered alter ego, the Chester Water and Sewer Commissioners, which voted to raise the price of water by $2 per quarter. The hike is one step in reaching the rate structure required by […]
Truck accident closes Route 103 in Wallingford
UPDATE: Feb. 23, 3 p.m. According to Vermont State Police, one lane is now open on Route 103 in East Wallingford. There were minor injuries in the crash, but no one was transported to the hospital. Traffic is moving, but the log truck is resting on its side. © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State […]
To the editor: Vote yes on GMUHS, CAES and RVTC budgets
The Green Mountain Union High School Board respectfully requests your support of the FY 2016-17 proposed budget on Town Meeting Day. The budget represents an increase in the amount to be raised by taxes of 2.1 percent, largely based on personnel costs and a decrease in state revenues. Our actual budgeted expenditures to operate the […]
Chester wins one of three state grants for downtown planning
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The towns of Chester and Springfield are two of the three municipalities chosen from 10 applicants statewide to receive Strong Communities, Better Connections Grants given by a partnership of the state agencies of Transportation and of Commerce and Community Development. The funds are meant to help municipalities […]
Vermont State Police incident log for Jan. 4 – Jan. 31, 2016
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: The Vermont State Police incident report is a sampling of incidents directly from Vermont State Police. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Monday, Jan. 4, Londonderry – Vermont State Police received a report of a burglary on Landgrove Road in […]
Renovations, expansion at Chester Pilates studio
Made to Move Pilates of Chester recently underwent renovations, creating a larger and more inviting exercise space. The two-year-old business on School Street had been an office with three rooms and carpeted floors. But in December, owner Patty Nader removed walls and replaced the carpeting with cork flooring, which absorbs impact and is hygienic. The […]
In three-year Grafton race, Hall and Gibbs talk priorities
©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two candidates are running for one three-year term on the Grafton Select Board this year. Incumbent Noralee Hall, now in her first term, is being challenged by Cynthia Gibbs, a newcomer to a select board race but not to Grafton Town government. The election, by Australian ballot, will be held Tuesday, […]
To the editor: Hall touts dedication to Grafton in Select Board race
I’m Noralee Hall, and I’m running for re-election to the three-year selectman’s seat on the Grafton Select Board. I’m asking for your vote on Town Meeting Day Tuesday, March 1st so that we can continue to move our town forward. I have known and worked with many of you over the years, but for those […]
2016 Chester Fall Festival invites vendors;
Dental survey to assess area need
2016 Chester Fall Festival seeking vendors Applications for the 2016 annual Fall Festival on the Green in Chester, Vt., are available. The event will be held on Saturday and Sunday Sept. 17 and 18. High quality artists and craftspeople creating handmade work in New England are encouraged to participate. Applications are due by April 1, […]
College news
Julie Comstock of Chester, a 2011 graduate of Green Mountain Union High School, graduated from York College of Pennsylvania on Dec. 22, 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She then passed the NCLEX-RN licensing exam, and now begins a year-long Graduate Nurse Residency training program at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center […]
