Archive for July, 2020
Chester Select Board special meeting for July 23
The Chester Select Board will hold a special meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 23 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and via Zoom. Town Hall is limited to 25 people. Click here for updated Zoom meeting information. Below is the agenda. 1. Citizen Comments 2. Sign Amendment A, Guaranteed Maximum Price, for Emergency […]
Andover Select Board agenda for July 27
The Select Board for the town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, July 27 at the Andover Town Office, 953 Andover Road, with appropriate distancing in place. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: Act on minutes from the July […]
College News
Ian Kehoe of Chester, who is majoring in Game Production Management, has been named to the President’s List at Champlain College in Burlington for the spring 2020 semester. Students on the President’s List have achieved a grade point average of 4.0 or higher during the semester. Kaya Mulligan of South Londonderry, who is majoring in […]
GMUSD Board gets update on re-opening
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Most of the Green Mountain Unified School District board meeting on Thursday, July 17 was taken up with discussing how district schools will reopen for face-to-face learning late next month. So it was ironic that the final agenda point was a conversation on whether the board should […]
Chester quilter among winners at Billings exhibit
Linda Diak of Chester has been chosen as one of several winners of the Juror’s Choice Awards during the 34th Annual Quilt Exhibition of the Billings Farm & Museum, 69 Old River Road in Woodstock. She and other winners were announced during the exhibit’s opening reception on Friday, July 17. The Quilt Exhibition, which runs […]
Weston board sets homestead rate at $2.17 Citing enforcement issues, questions about authority, votes down mask mandate
By Bruce Frauman ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Town Treasurer Kim Seymour at the Weston Select Board meeting on Tuesday, July 14 said the combined homestead tax rate will be $2.17 cents per $100 of property valuation and $2.19 cents for non-residents. Seymour said this is down from last year. According to the minutes for last […]
A hot Sunday for Chester firefighters
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Chester Fire Chief Matt Wilson had planned a quiet Sunday by the pool. But it was not to be. At 12:55 p.m., the Fire Department was called out for a tree that fell on Grafton Road, just south of High Street, taking down wires and knocking out […]
Op-ed: Why are you mad?
By James Michael Brodie ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC A few days ago, a white gentleman responded to one of my posts with a series of profanity laden insults. When another poster pointed out his bigotry, he responded by declaring himself a “proud racist,” before adding in a few more expletives. A quick look at postings […]
Beautification group keeps Derry blooming
Londonderry’s Beautification Commission and Friends of Main Street overcame all obstacles from Covid-19 to ensure barrels and bridge boxes were planted and distributed throughout town. The planters are filled with colorful, thriving flowers to brighten the community, providing a great lift to residents and visitors during this most challenging time. Covid-19 guidelines restricted the annual […]
To the editor: Rep. Bock announces bid for re-election
I would like to announce my candidacy for re-election, seeking a third term to serve as state Representative for the Windsor 3-1 District, representing Andover, Baltimore, Chester and a portion of North Springfield. My past years of service on the Chester Select Board and Chester Planning Commission and as current chair of the Southern Windsor […]
Left in Andover: Home in the hills of Vermont
By Susan Leader ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Due to the pandemic, scores of non-resident property owners have worked remotely from area ski and vacation homes. Many will choose to remain as full-time residents. And even more will continue to find their way here as air travel becomes increasingly problematic. I believe future leaders of our […]
Chester Chatter: Air conditioning ushered in changes
By Ruthie Douglas ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Growing up I did not know anyone who had air conditioning in their homes. This was the 1950s. No one had air conditioning in their car, either. We had one big fan that we moved around from room to room, whereever we were. Often we sat on our […]
Henry Homeyer: A Midsummer Night’s Flowers, Shakespeare’s lesser known work
By Henry Homeyer ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC It is mid-summer now, and my garden is full of gorgeous flowers, some finishing up their display, others just beginning. Here are some I love and what I do to make them happy. The first flowers I see when I walk out my front door are poppies. Annual […]
Concern, confusion characterize Vermont’s Covid outlook this week
©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC The apparent inaccuracy of many of the 59 Covid-19 positives identified through the Manchester Medical Center using an antigen test — versus the more widespread PCR test used by state testing facilities — has stirred confusion over the what appeared to be a major outbreak of the virus in the Route […]
Londonderry Select Board agenda for July 20
The Londonderry Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 20 via Zoom. To access the meeting via Zoom, click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88984642430; Via telephone: (929) 205-6099 (Meeting ID: 889 8464 2430 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 3. Minutes Approval – Meetings of July 6, 2020 & […]
Covid retests return two positives out of 17, muddying picture of ‘outbreak’ in S. Vermont
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC More than 1,000 people sought testing in Manchester and Londonderry on Wednesday and Thursday as the extent of the Covid-19 outbreak in these southern Vermont communities grew more unclear with only two of six 17 retests coming back positive. (Updated at 11:40 a.m. Friday, July 17) A […]
Derry Select Board orders mask wearing Board chair: Gov. Scott put small town leaders in 'untenable situation'
By Cynthia Prairie and Bruce Frauman ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Select Board of the town of Londonderry voted in a special meeting on Wednesday, July 15, to mandate that the public and employees wear masks or other face coverings in local businesses. The board was prompted to take the action, said board chair George […]
Obituary: Kianna Peters, 18, of Rutland
Kianna Peters, 18, of Rutland, a 2020 graduate of Black River High School, died July 9, 2020 as a result of an automobile accident. She was born Jan. 29, 2002, in Rutland. Kianna loved to read, and was rarely seen without a book. She was considered quite the comedian everywhere she went and she always […]
After School summer camp closes temporarily out of caution
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC An outdoor summer camp run by the After School program of the Green Mountain and Ludlow Mount Holly school districts has closed for the rest of this week after a parent reported that a child was running a temperature. According to Go WILD camp director Venissa White, […]
To the Editor: Vt. needs to report all Covid positives
I am dismayed that the State of Vermont is not reporting the now 42 positive cases from Manchester on its website. All positive cases and their locations need to be reported so Vermonters can hunker down when necessary. The explanation from the state: “We hope that those people will get PCR test from the State […]
