Archive for June, 2016
No More Pencils: GMUHS graduates the Class of 2016
Fifty-seven seniors graduated from Green Mountain Union High School on Friday, June 17, as staff and students said farewell to Fritz Wendlandt, long-time music teacher, band director and musical theater impresario. This was also the end of supervisory union Superintendent Bruce Williams’ tenure. Salutatorian Robert Haseltine and Valedictorian Sarah Baker spoke as did English teacher […]
Wylie to fill Ameden select board seat in Londonderry
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With new member Will Reed participating by phone from vacation, the Londonderry Select Board voted to appoint Bill Wylie, a South Londonderry resident, as interim Select Board member to fill the seat of former board chair Jim Ameden until March 2017. The only other candidate was former […]
UPDATE: Response from Iberdrola;
Citing site concerns, Windham Select Board asks Iberdrola to suspend wind project
UPDATE: Below is the full text of the response received from Iberdrola on Wednesday night By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Select Board of the Town of Windham voted 2 to 1 at its Monday night meeting to send a letter to Iberdrola Renewables asking the Spanish wind turbine company “to suspend your […]
Weston celebrates birthdays of local icons: Playhouse turns 80, Country Store 70
By Leah M. Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The sun shone brightly as the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company celebrated the start of its 80th season of producing summer theater. The town of Weston, along with many others, came together to acknowledge the occasion with a grand birthday party. The morning started off with a […]
Special Londonderry Select Board meeting for June 28, 2016
The Londonderry Select Board will be holding a special meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday June 28, 2016 at the Twitchell Building, 100 Old School St. Below is its agenda. 1. Call meeting to order 2. Additions or deletions to the agenda 3. Discussion of sand/salt shed 4. Possible moving of meeting location to Prouty land […]
Grafton Select Board meeting for June 20, 2016
The Grafton Select Board will meet at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. at 6 p.m. Monday, June 20, 2016. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: June 6, 2016 4. Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll 5. Highway Report: 6. Sullivan, Powers, & Co. Audit Proposal 7. Signature for Cemetery […]
Marketing workshops for small businesses to be held
The Vt. Small Business Development Center and Springfield Regional Development Corp. are sponsoring a Marketing Bootcamp Workshop series, starting Friday July 15 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Howard Dean Education Center in Springfield. The workshops will include a panel of marketing professionals who will discuss their own experiences and answer any questions. What […]
Commentary: Many state public records need to be preserved
By Jim Condos Vermont Secretary of State Records management is not exactly an exciting topic, but when a particular record is the focus of a request or controversy, it becomes critically important in that moment. Those records are owned by the State of Vermont and are incredibly valuable for a variety of reasons, not the […]
To the editor: Vote McCormack for Vermont Senate
I am pleased Dick McCormack is running to represent Windsor County in the Vermont Senate. I’ll be voting for him again, and I hope you will, too. What I like most about Dick is how thoughtful he is. He is always not only willing but eager to discuss issues important to me, and he listens […]
Springfield Rotary awards scholarships to three
Tyler Putnam, center, son of late Rotarian Paul Putnam, congratulates the winners of this year’s Paul Putnam Memorial Agriculture Scholarship. Elizabeth Mackenzie, left, will be studying at the University of New Hampshire. Hunter Grace, right, will attend Vermont Tech. The two Springfield residents will each receive a $1,000 scholarship, thanks to the generosity of the […]
Rainy Chester Rotary-Alumni golf tourney raises $3,500;
Old BRAM radiators removed
Despite the rain, 62 avid golfers played in the sixth annual Chester Rotary-Green Mountain Union High Alumni golf tournament held at Tater Hill on Sunday, June 5, raising about $3,500 for Rotary charities. This year’s tournament featured four hole-in-one prizes donated and sponsored by Keene Subaru. Although there was much discussion about winning a 2016 […]
Two candidates forums set: One for Grafton Select Board, one for governor’s office
A Candidates Forum will be held for Don Dougall and John Turner, the two candidates running fill the empty Grafton Select Board seat left when Gus Plummer resigned. That forum will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 7 at the Grafton Church, also know as the White Church at 55 Main St. in Grafton. […]
College News
The University of Connecticut has graduated one area student recently. She is: Christina MacKenzie of Bondville Also, two area residents have made the Dean’s List at the University of Connecticut for the spring 2016 semester. They are: Madeleine Fulkerson of Bellows Falls and Jordan Bauer Crowley of Springfield Christopher Armstrong of Chester was awarded Gold […]
Sweet Vidalia onions elevate chicken drumsticks
By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com Originally, I had prepared this dish using Madeira wine, but then I changed my mind at the last second because of my love of fruit and because I wanted my children to enjoy fruit in as many ways as possible. This is the perfect way to add a serving of goodness […]
UPDATE: DOG FOUND -VSP seeks help finding dog stolen from Rutland Humane Society
UPDATE: An investigation into the theft of a one year old terrier mix named Fred from the Rutland County Humane Society led police to the Green Mountain National Forest in Mt. Tabor, where the the “Rainbow Family of Living Light” is holding its annual gathering. Fred was located there and police arrested Melanie Vangel, 20, […]
Not ‘au revoir’ but ‘a bientot’ for Reeds of Misty Valley Books
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With about two weeks left before Bill and Lynne Reed are scheduled to move from the house next to Misty Valley Books on the Chester Green to their new digs in Walpole, N.H., more than 75 friends and customers turned out at the Fullerton Inn Tuesday evening […]
Chester Police log for June: March 24 – May 12, 2016
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph Police Log is a sampling of incidents directly from Chester Police reports. In general, we do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Tuesday, March 24 Allen Brothers Oil sought police assistance in recovering money from a debit card purchase […]
To the editor: Urge Chester Planners to consider public input
To the residents of Chester, the town’s Planning Commission is continuing its consideration of proposed changes to the Unified Development Bylaws which are comprised of the zoning, subdivision and flood hazard regulations. The next meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 20 at the Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Of concern to […]
Vermont State Police Incident Log for June: May 3 through May 31
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: The Vermont State Police incident report is a sampling of incidents directly from the Vermont State Police. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Tuesday, May 3, Windham – At about 7:30 a.m. a complainant reported the theft of hay from […]
Chester recognized as one of 10 ‘safest cities’ in state
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a brief gathering on Chester Town Hall steps on Monday, Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marji Graf presented Chester Police Chief Richard Cloud with a certificate on behalf of SafeWise, a company that recently published rankings of safest places in Vermont. On June […]
