Archive for April, 2019
Chester Planning Commission agenda for May 6
The Chester Planning Commission will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 6 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Review minutes from April 10 and April 18, 2019 meetings. 2. Citizen Comments 3. Proposed Bylaw revisions: Finalize proposed district boundaries 4. Set date for next meeting
Carol Hoyt, 79, dedicated therapist loved gardening, performing
Carol Ann (Cummings) Hoyt died peacefully at home in April 19, 2019, surrounded by family. She was born Dec. 20, 1939 in Los Angeles, Calif., to the Rev. Dr. Oliver and Edith Cummings. Mrs. Hoyt attended local schools and later graduated from Redlands University with a teaching degree. During college, she met her future husband, […]
Business Ticker Springfield Med to restore pay on Sunday; Manchester granola maker honored as Exporter of Year
SMCS to restore employee salaries after budget cuts Springfield Medical Care Systems has announced that it plans to restore employee salaries and wages effective May 5, 2019 with the reduction of its operating budget by more than $6.5 million on an annualized basis. Through implementation of a series of expense reduction strategies, including workforce restructuring, […]
Celebration of life for Ricky Bliss, 51, expert farmer, friend for life
Ricky Allen Bliss 51, of Chester passed away at home after a long battle with a lung disease on Friday, March 29, 2019. He was born on May 11, 1967, in Springfield to Robert and Barbara (Record) Bliss, and spent much of his childhood on the farm of his grandparents Bill and Alice Bliss. If […]
TRSU board agenda for May 2
The Board of Directors of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 2 at the Roost at Fletcher Farm, 611 Route 103 in Ludlow. Below is its agenda. I. CALL TO ORDER: a. Roll Call II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: a. April 04, 2019 Special Meeting […]
Community & Arts events: May 4 and May 5
For a full listing of upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph Calendar. To find out how to become a Calendar Partner, email or call Cynthia Prairie at cprairie@chestertelegraph.org or 802-875-2703. To be included in events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on […]
Chester Chatter: May baskets for kind neighbors
By Ruthie Douglas ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC May Day, a time for May baskets when I was young. We kids in the neighborhood went to the nearby woods to gather wild flowers, pine cones and moss. My sister Marie and I made baskets out of wallpaper, glue and staples. We line it with fresh green […]
A Yankee Chef’s take on Carolina dipped chicken
By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com Boy, I thought we Mainers had a contentious chowder debate with New York, but it is nothing compared to North and South Carolina when it comes to dipped, fried chicken. Seems though every single region of the Carolinas is feverishly devout to what they think is the correct way of making […]
Chester Select Board agenda for May 1
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Approve Minutes from the April 17, 2019 Selectboard Meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. Loader Replacement; Discuss Options with Public Works Director 5. Chester Townscape Funding Request 6. […]
Henry Homeyer: Understanding flowers from petal to stem
By Henry Homeyer ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC At a recent used book sale I purchased a copy of a lovely book called One Hundred Flowers by Harold Feinstein (Bullfinch Press, 2000). This large-format book includes not only 100 amazing, huge close-up photos of flowers against black backgrounds, it has a lovely introductory essay by Sydney […]
Green Up Day events in our communities
©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC ANDOVER Come help beautify Andover town grounds, clean our roadsides, and spruce up our cemeteries at Andover’s Green Up Day, held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 4. Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. at the Andover Town Hall, 954 Andover Road. Vermont Coffee Company coffee and homemade doughnuts […]
UPDATE: Rolling roadblock on I-91 early MONDAY – expect delays
UPDATE: The rolling roadblock scheduled for tomorrow has been changed to Monday © 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Tomorrow, April 26, 2019 beginning at about 6:30 a.m. (weather permitting) there will be a northbound rolling road block on I-91 at the Williams River Bridge in Rockingham. The delay will be for line striping. Then northbound motorists […]
Paul Truax, 84, pioneering male nurse, entrepreneur and genealogist
Paul Truax of Chester died on April 23, 2019. He was 84. Born in Huntington Center, Vt., Mr. Truax was the only child of Nina (LaForce) and Albert Truax. In 1935, he had the distinction of being born on Nov. 4, the birthday of his father’s paternal grandfather. Although an only child, he enjoyed the […]
Spaghetti dinner raises money for Keewaydin trip
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC More than 175 people enjoyed a dinner of spaghetti with meatballs, tomato sauce, garlic bread and salad and the 2020 Keewaydin trip fund banked over $1,400 on April 10. That represents the cost of sending about five students to the environmental education camp on Lake Dunmore in Salisbury. The camp […]
Rep. Pajala on lead in water, minimum wage hike
By Rep. Kelly Pajala As we approach the end of the session it may seem like committee work is winding down, but for the Human Services Committee it looks like we may not get every bill of interest to the House floor before the budget passes both chambers. This week alone we are dealing with […]
Chesterite among winners of Tax Day Pull-up Contest; Apple Blossom Cotillion tickets on sale
Pull-up contest winners Monday, April 15 started early for Springfield resident Sam McCoy who was the first competitor to participate at 6:30 a.m. in the 1st Annual Tax Day Pull-Up Contest, an event sponsored by the Edgar May Health and Recreation Center and Graham and Graham PC to give individuals an opportunity to earn a […]
Chester solons mull water, gravel and Hogs
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Acting as the town’s Water and Sewer Commission, the Chester Select Board, at its April 17 meeting, approved taking out a $45,000 from the state’s Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division to inventory and map the entire water system. The Asset Management Planning loan is offered to […]
Francie Bremer, 76, teacher, author, avid grandmother
Frances Winfield Bremer of Chevy Chase, Md. and Chester, Vt. passed away peacefully in her home on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, surrounded by her family. She was a beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother and friend. Born in St. Paul, Minn., in 1942, she grew up in St. Louis, Mo., and Old Greenwich, Conn., […]
College News
Holly Landon of South Londonderry has been named to the Dean’s List for the winter 2019 term at Elmira College in Elmira, N.Y. Full-time undergraduate students registered for at least 12 computable credit hours and earning a term grade point average of 3.6 or higher at the end of Term I or Term II are […]
Community & Arts events: April 25-April 30
For a full listing of upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph Calendar. To find out how to become a Calendar Partner, email or call Cynthia Prairie at cprairie@chestertelegraph.org or 802-875-2703. To be included in events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on […]
