Archive for March, 2022
As Cavendish votes, Gross celebrates a hard won defeat
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC With contested races for town four offices approximately ten percent of Cavendish voters either showed up or cast absentee ballots in the delayed Town Meeting election on Tuesday. One hundred eleven votes were cast with 15 of those being absentee ballots received by noon. George Timko garnered […]
Andover Select Board replaces another member, talks short-term rentals again
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Just as things seemed about to settle down on the Andover Select Board, on Monday night another resignation put a fourth new member on the panel, leaving chairman Chris Plumb as the only one with substantial experience in town government. As the meeting got under way at […]
College News
Jenner Burnham Haseltine of Grafton has graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Denver in Colorado with a bachelor of arts in Journalism, a minor in Leadership and a minor in Film Studies Production. Haseltine plans to hike the Appalachian Trail beginning in Georgia on April 5 and completing by summiting Mount Katahdin in […]
GM boys baseball preview: ‘We want the ‘ship’
By Evan Chadwick ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC CHESTER Baseball is about fundamentals, an exercise in perfecting the minor details in an effort to maximize your overall efficiency. When asked about what the Green Mountain baseball team’s goals were for the year, senior Chase Swisher was as efficient as it gets. “We want the ‘ship,” said […]
To the editor: GM Class of ’72 seeks feedback for 50th anniversary reunion
Alumni Day June 11, 2022 is fast approaching and several members of the Green Mountain Union High School Class of 1972 are trying to determine if there is any interest in holding a reunion for our 50th anniversary year. NO LARGE FLOATING BUILDING THIS YEAR!! WE ARE PAST THAT POINT. HOWEVER, WE MAY WALK OR RIDE […]
One Credit, Springfield Hospital offering college scholarships
Several organizations are now offering their annual college scholarships. One Credit Union’s Annual Scholarship is now open for applicants who are attending a college or technical school in the fall. One Credit will be offering 10 $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors in its communities. To qualify, students must: Be a graduating senior attending college/technical […]
Grace Cottage earns top marks for LGBTQ+ care
The national Human Rights Campaign Foundation of Washington, D.C., has announced that Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital of Townshend has earned an “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Top Performer” designation, with a score of 95 out of 100 in the foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index. A record 906 healthcare facilities participated in the 2022 HEI survey, and […]
Springfield Hospital earns ‘Wellness Gold’
Springfield Hospital has received the 2022 Governor’s Excellence in Worksite Wellness-Gold Level Award. This award is presented each year by the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the Vermont Department of Health to worksites that encourage their employees to establish a healthy environment in which to work and create programs that help reduce […]
Derry board proposes removing Williams Dam Issue heads to voters on April 30
At a Special Meeting held on Thursday, March 24, the Select Board for Londonderry voted unanimously to recommend to the community that the town remove the Williams Dam, then placed the issue on the Town Meeting warning an article seeking to raise $40,000 for engineering costs for the removal process. The Town Meeting for Londonderry […]
DeCell service set for April 8
A graveside service for Albert DeCell, who passed away on March 19, 2022, will be held at 1:30 p.m. on April 8, 2022 at the Maple Grove Cemetery, 8 Chester Mountain Road in Weston. A reception will follow at the Weston Rod and Gun Club, 982 Rt. 100 in Weston.
Senior Solutions gets $20K grant to help seniors care for pets
Senior Solutions has been awarded a $20,000 grant from Meals on Wheels America and PetSmart Charities to expand its existing “Foxy Fund” to provide emergency veterinary care and pet food for Meals on Wheels recipients with pets. Senior Solutions was one of only 27 grants awarded nationally, and the only one in the northeast. “We […]
Chester Townscape offers hanging baskets
Chester Townscape, the charitable volunteer organization that provides flowers in bridge boxes and planters and at various garden spots in public locations around Chester, is offering an easy way for individuals to beautify their own properties. Hanging baskets 10-inches wide, designed by Allen Brothers Nursery, feature mixed flowers that will do well in a variety […]
Chester Chatter: My Irish eyes are smiling
By Ruthie Douglas ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC When Irish eyes are smiling all the world is bright and gay.” Every year at this time we come to rely on the Irish to lift our spirits and consider the coming of spring. It does not matter if you are not Irish, everyone loves St. Patrick’s Day. […]
Henry Homeyer: It’s time to test your soil
By Henry Homeyer © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC This is a good time to beat the rush and get your soil tested so that you can improve your soil before you begin planting. Most New England states have soil testing labs available to gardeners. Finding one is as simple as searching for “Soil testing lab […]
Weekly Covid Update: State narrows testing recommendation as focus shifts from Covid Clinics move from state-run to health providers, pharmacies
Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph began publishing its Weekly Covid Update every Friday beginning in April 2020. Since then, we have written more than 93 update articles (and hundreds more on Covid itself) to let you know where our communities have stood when it comes to the pandemic’s spread, its vaccination rates and testing. We’ve […]
GM board nixes early release, forms study committee
Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a long and winding meeting on Wednesday night, the Green Mountain Unified School District board eliminated the Tuesday early release for professional development at Cavendish Town Elementary School for the 2022-23 school year and, with the Ludlow Mount Holly Unified Union School District, voted to set up […]
Columnist Homeyer featured at Master Gardeners webinar
Lifelong organic gardener Henry Homeyer, whose weekly column appears in The Chester Telegraph, will share some of what he has learned in a free Zoom webinar from 9 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 16. The program is open to all interested gardeners and homeowners. While the event is free, donations will be accepted to […]
Fundraiser for Ukraine children to be held at Magic Mountain
Londonderry area residents have organized a fundraiser party for the Save the Children’s Ukrainian Crisis Relief Fund to be held at the Black Line Tavern at the base lodge at Magic Mountain from 5 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 9. The event will feature music from the country rock band Western Terrestrials, Ukrainian goodies […]
Stone Village Art Guild exhibits at Whiting Library also to host four-week drawing class
The Whiting Library, 117 Main St. in Chester, has mounted a new art exhibit, Painting from the Heart, presented by the Stone Village Art Guild through Tuesday, June 21. The exhibit can be viewed during library hours — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. […]
Wilder Library to hold community discussions on its future
Wilder Memorial Library will be holding three community discussions in April about the future of the library as part of its yearlong strategic planning process. The library’s Board of Trustees hopes to learn more about what the people want in a library for themselves and their families. The discussions — open to anyone in Weston […]
