Archive for January, 2022
Ticket lottery underway to attend ‘Antiques Roadshow’ in Vermont
Antiques Roadshow will make its first visit to Vermont at the Shelburne Museum on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 for an all-day appraisal event as part of the series’ 27th production tour. “We’re thrilled to be part of Antiques Roadshow 2022 and the show’s first visit to Vermont. This is an amazing opportunity to spotlight our […]
TRSU board agenda for Feb. 3
The Two Rivers Supervisory Union board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday Feb. 3, 2022 at the Ludlow Elementary School Professional Development Room and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/86209903355 Below is the board’s agenda: I. Call to Order A. Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda: (Additions & […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Feb. 2
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 2 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and via Zoom. To access via Zoom, click here. 1. Approve Minutes from the January 19, 2022 Selectboard Meeting; 2. Citizen Comments/Answers from Previous Meeting 3. Old Business 4. Discussion re: Cannabis Opt-In Vote 5. Certificate […]
Chester resident gets cannabis sales on the ballot
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Chester voters will be making one more choice when they go to the polls (or fill out absentee ballots) for this Town Meeting day, as a petition to put an opt-in vote on retail sales of recreational cannabis garnered the required signatures to put it before the […]
Chester Chatter: The warm aromas of the kitchen
By Ruthie Douglas ©2022 Telegraph Publishing Co. The world as I once knew it has long passed. Perhaps it is because I am old, what is known as “elderly.” I also have had plenty of time to reflect on my past years. And this frigid winter has made me reflect on my childhood. On dark […]
GM boys scare off Phantoms in last-minute thriller
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing On the road and trailing by six entering the fourth quarter, the Green Mountain Chieftains, who continue to be short on players, looked to be on the precipice of dropping the road contest to the Proctor Phantoms. However, with a burst of energy and some big shots down the […]
Henry Homeyer: Fight back against Japanese knotweed
By Henry Homeyer © 2022 Telegraph Publishing I am lucky guy: for one thing, I have no Japanese knotweed. Many is the gardener who has e-mailed me asking, “What can I do to get rid of Japanese knotweed?” My usual answer? Sell the house. Japanese knotweed, commonly called bamboo because of its hollow, segmented stems, […]
Chieftains answer defensive call, yet fall just short to Rivendell Raptors 33-32
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Green Mountain girls team answered Coach Buffum’s defensive challenge from Tuesday night’s heart-breaking loss to Arlington, holding Rivendell to a squeaker 33-32 win on Friday night in Orford, N.H. Now, all that is left in order for the Chieftains to find sustained success is to connect their […]
GM girls play strong offense, but lose 53-50 with seconds remaining in 4th quarter
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC If you like fast-pace offense, the Arlington 53-50 victory over the Chieftains in girls basketball action at home on Tuesday was the contest for you. For defensive minded coaches like Coach Jeffrey Buffum, the track meet he witnessed was not the type of basketball he wanted to see […]
While Vermont Covid cases total 103,066, overall positivity rate declines
©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Although the total Covid case count for Vermont since the start of the pandemic crested the 100,000 mark this week, overall state data points to a widespread decline, especially in weekly case totals that plummeted from last week’s 10,104 down to 6,651. The overall total number of Covid cases in Vermont […]
Short-handed Green Mountain puts scare into undefeated Rivendell
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC On paper, the matchup between Green Mountain and Rivendell Academy on Monday evening was scintillating: A Division 3 team on the rise vs. an undefeated Division 4 squad that many consider to be the odds-on favorite to take home a state championship. Unfortunately for the Chieftains, the […]
Chester board nixes putting cannabis vote on ballot; petition could force issue
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board at its Wednesday, Jan. 19, meeting, discussed and took public input on placing an “opt-in” article for retail sales of cannabis on the Town Meeting day ballot and for the second time in two years, decided against it. But a petition that’s being […]
Andover board unanimously reverses town meeting decision; two members resign
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Early in its Monday, Jan. 24 meeting, the Andover Select Board unanimously reversed its stance on how Town Meeting should be conducted, changing from all business being done by floor vote to a hybrid information meeting on one day, with voting by Australian ballot on Town Meeting […]
College News
Two area students have been named to the Fall 2021 Dean’s List at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I. Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per semester and earn a GPA of 3.4 or higher are placed on the Dean’s List that semester. They are: Allison Kenney of Chester and Kaelie Peoples of […]
Mary Catherine ‘Kate’ Scott, 82, of S. Londonderry
Mary Catherine (Kate) Scott (NEE Reed), 82, of South Londonderry and Paget, Bermuda, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, at home in Vermont surrounded by family. She is survived by her beloved husband of 60 years, Walter A. Scott, her loving children, daughter Alisa Scott of Big Sky, Mont., and son C. Reed […]
Op-ed: Fixing the state’s public pension system
By Sen. Alison Clarkson When the Pension Benefits, Design, and Funding Task Force was created last year, I was relieved. Our public pension system was in crisis. If we did nothing to fix the problems, Vermont taxpayers were looking at an unfunded pension liability of $4.5 billion, with that liability growing for the teachers and […]
Osteopath joins Springfield Hospital surgery
Springfield Hospital is pleased to welcome Anthony Campbell, DO, to the general surgery department. Dr. Campbell received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences in Kansas City, Mo., in 2011. He completed his general surgery residency with Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital in Wyandotte, Mich., from 2011-2016. He attended […]
Webinar on ‘Advanced Wood Heat’
Mount Ascutney Regional Commission and Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission are teaming up to present to you a Clean Heat learning opportunity. How can one help to achieve the goals driven by the recent Comprehensive Energy Plan and Climate Action Plan? Options! Renewable energy heating options are a hot topic today across Vermont. For Upper Valley […]
Black River Action Team seeks ‘River Dippers’
Have you got what it takes to be a volunteer “River Dipper” with the Black River Action Team? It takes a love of the outdoors (especially our river and the streams that feed it), an ability to drive to your site or sites as needed (regular Dippers sample every other weekend between mid-May and mid-August, […]
Frigid weather grows Popple Dungeon sculpture
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC While the recent cold snap has frozen pipes, drained heating fuel tanks and put deep dents into wood piles, there’s one bright side to the frigid weather. Peter Delaney’s annual ice sculpture is growing fast on his Chester property. At the beginning of the season, the mild […]
