Archive for June, 2017
Derry should see Genser teardown, salt shed construction start soon
By Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Several major projects – long in the works in Londonderry – appear to be moving to resolution this month. At its Monday, June 5 meeting, the Londonderry Select Board heard that the closing on the buyout of the flooded Genser property should happen within a month, and that […]
Vermont State Police Incident Log for Feb. 8 to April 17
© 2017 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. Wednesday, Feb. 8 – Londonderry – Just before 5 a.m. police received a report of a break-in […]
Chester Development Review Board Agenda for June 12, 2017
The Development Review Board for the Town of Chester will meet on Monday June 12 at 6 p.m. at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. The hearing will be preceded by site visits. The agenda is below: 5 p.m. Site visit: Drew’s All Natural property at926 VT. Rte. 103 So. 5:25 p.m. Site visit: Stewart […]
Comment on Current route changes Thursday
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Southeast Vermont Transit has scheduled two public meetings to take comment on changes to the four of The Current bus routes serving Springfield, Bellows Falls and Ludlow. The meetings will take place on Thursday, June 8 at noon and 6 p.m. at The Current’s facility on 706 Rockingham Road, Rockingham. […]
State agency seeks return of historical marker
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Jonathan Peckham Miller’s historical marker is missing and the Vermont Division of Historic Preservation hopes the public can help with its return. On May 26, 2017, the state agency told Vermont State Police the bronze historical marker was missing from a site in Randolph Center. The marker, […]
Chester commemorates Memorial Day 2017
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Although the weather was dreary and threatened rain, Chester once again observed Memorial Day on its traditional May 30th date. With honor guards from the American Legion and Chester Fire Department in the lead, residents watched as the Green Mountain High School and Chester-Andover Elementary School bands, […]
Chester Rotary donates $1,000 to school playground fund
©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Rotary presented a check for $1,000 to representatives of the Chester Playground Committee and Katherine Fogg, principal of Chester-Andover Elementary School, during its Chester Rotary’s First Thursday Speakers Series in May. The committee and Fogg gave a detailed presentation about the playground initiative at school in an effort to […]
To the editor: BRGNS thanks donors, customers, volunteers
The staff, clients and board of Black River Good Neighbor Services offer their sincere thanks to the donors, customers and volunteers who made our semi-annual rummage sale a great success. We held the sale on May 19 through 21 at Fletcher Farm on Route 103 in Ludlow and happily the weather cooperated with sun and […]
College News
Allison Duke of Weston is now a Class of 2017 graduate of Colgate University, in Hamilton, N.Y. Duke majored in neuroscience. Duke, a graduate of Burr and Burton Academy, received a Bachelor of Arts degree at Colgate’s 196th Commencement, May 21. Cooper McCoy of Chester, a middle level education major, has made the President’s List […]
Summer reading programs, library events abound
Whiting Library fills summer with books, nature events Whiting Library at 117 Main St. in Chester kicks off its summer reading program with sign ups beginning on Wednesday, June 7. The program features incentives for reading, presentations about Vermont’s plants and animals led by Jay DeGregorio of the Nature Museum and a concert at 10:30 […]
To the editor: No cost summer lunch offered at GMUHS
Green Mountain High School in Chester is once again participating in the very popular no cost lunch program this summer. No cost lunches will be offered the school Monday through Friday all summer long. When school lets out, a huge number of households lose access to the school lunches their children receive during the school […]
Op-ed: Up-ending the carbon status quo
By James Gustave Speth With the Trump administration doing everything it can to eliminate progress made in combating climate change, it is particularly important for forward-thinking states like Vermont to take action. Because of the urgency of the issue, it is quite disappointing to see this year’s legislative session draw to a close without any […]
Townscape group springs into annual flower planting
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Every spring, members of Chester Townscape, a committee of the tax-exempt Chester Community Alliance Inc., come together to plant flower pots and place them in public and private locations around Chester, giving the town color all summer, making the town more appealing and attractive. Townscape members also water the plants […]
Introduce your grill to a classic Melba
By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com Time to fire up the grill. A classic Melba uses peaches; but nectarines are an excellent substitute due to their lack of fuzzy skin. Many authorities will have you believe that the nectarine is slightly firmer and sweeter, but this is untrue. Just be sure, when choosing either, that they have […]
250 lb. anvil stolen from Westminster residence
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Sunday June 4, Vermont State Police responded to a residence in Westminster for the reported theft of an large anvil. According to a VSP press release thieves made off with the anvil, which was in the garden of the residence, between May 21 and June 4, 2017. The anvil […]
Chester Select Board agenda for June 7, 2017
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 7 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Approval of Minutes from May 17, 2017 Select Board Meeting and May 17, 2017 Executive Session Meeting Record Citizen Comments Old Business Report on the Public Works Department; Graham Kennedy Planning Commission Appointments […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for June 5, 2017
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 5 at the Grafton Town Garage, 220 Bell St. Below is its agenda. Adopt Agenda Minutes: May 15, 2017 Highway Report Health Officer Report: Houghtonville Road; Town Pond Windham County Sheriff’s Department Journey’s End Foot Bridge/Hydraulic Repairs Trayhan Update 2018 Professional Audit Select […]
UPDATE: I-91 Rockingham Bridge construction schedule
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont Agency of Transportation has begun replacing the bridges on I-91 over the Williams River in Rockingham. The projected completion date is May 18, 2020. Here is the anticipated construction schedule for the week of June, 5 2017. Monday thru Friday: Daytime lane closures on I-91 over the bridge […]
