Archive for 2023
Hudsen Hagland joins Chester Rotary
Hudsen Hagland, a resident of Chester and owner of AFS Wealth Financial Management, 288 Depot St., was inducted into the Chester Rotary Club during a joint meeting of the Chester and Springfield Rotary clubs on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at Crown Point Country Club in Springfield. Hagland said he is looking forward to participating in Rotary’s […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Sept. 20
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and via Zoom. To access the meeting via Zoom click here. Below is its agenda. 1. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 2. Approve Minutes from the Sept. 6, 2023 Selectboard Meeting 3. Citizen Comments/Answers from […]
Henry Homeyer: how to deal with invasive plants
By Henry Homeyer © 2023 Telegraph Publishing Most older houses are plagued with plants brought from Asia or Europe and sold to well-meaning people who didn’t know that some of those handsome plants might become invasive. By definition, invasives come from abroad, spread rapidly, do not have any natural predators to help keep them under […]
DRB holds first hearing on permits for Julian quarries Site visits set for Sept. 25
By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Development Review Board hearings are quasi-judicial proceedings that can be quiet, formal affairs that consist of taking testimony and checking boxes. But they can also be confrontational and charged with emotion when people disagree over development plans. The latter was what Chester DRB chair Bob Greenfield was […]
Chieftain defense costs top $10,000 thus far Hearings with three appellants have yet to be scheduled
By Shawn Cunningham ©2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Green Mountain Unified School District thus far has spent $10,000 defending its decision to continue using the word Chieftain as a mascot name, and a hearing before the Agency of Education has yet to be held. Once the hearing gets under way, those costs are expected to […]
Avant Vermont Dance returns with SEASONS: Autumn Sept. 16
Avant Vermont Dance presents SEASONS: Autumn, a family-friendly evening of dance and interactive art making, from 5 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16 at Comtu Cascade Park, Main Street in Springfield, with a weather date of Sept. 17. Admission is by donation. Avant Vermont Dance’s company of regional dancers will showcase new works of […]
GM School Board chair Brown reverses course; to allow comment on Zoom — with stipulations
By Cynthia Prairie ©2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Just hours after The Chester Telegraph published an article stating that the Green Mountain Unified School District Board would no longer allow comments from the public and board members who were attending a meeting remotely, the school board chair reversed course to allow remote comments after all. The […]
Get Dotty! S. Derry Library celebrates International Dot Day Sept. 16
Children of all ages (and their grown-ups too) are invited to celebrate International Dot Day with art teacher Casey Junker Bailey at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16 at the South Londonderry Free Library, 15 Old School Road. The program is free. Everyone is encouraged to dress in dotty fashion. There will be a variety […]
Pastor Matthew John Farkas, 63, of Rockingham
Pastor Matthew John Farkas of Rockingham went to his eternal home Sunday, Aug. 27 after church. Born Aug. 21, 1960 in Johnstown, Penn., he attended Rhema Bible Training College in Tulsa, Okla. During his ministry, he also obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies, cum laude; a Bachelor of Ministry from Central Bible College; […]
Peru Fair set for Saturday, Sept. 23
The Peru Fair returns to Peru Village, on Route 11 east of Bromley Mountain, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23. Described as an old-fashioned country fair, the fair has been an annual tradition for more than 40 years. The popular parade kicks off the festivities at 9:45 a.m. This year’s celebration […]
Tri-Mtn. Lions Club awards game to Bellows Falls raffle winner
Jessica Hannigan of Bellows Falls was the lucky winner of a cornhole set crafted by Terry Merrow of Londonderry in a raffle conducted by and for the Tri-Mtn. Lions Club. Hannigan’s winning ticket was drawn at the Bondville Fair; members manned a booth where they also gave out earplugs for hearing protection during the truck […]
Henry Homeyer: gardening better as we age
By Henry Homeyer © 2023 Telegraph Publishing As a Certified Senior Citizen I sometimes wonder if I am too ambitious in my garden. I have about an acre of gardens with 200 or more kinds of flowers and a good-size vegetable garden. These gardens please me greatly, and I visit them daily all year, even […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Sept. 11
The Select Board for the town of Andover will meet at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11 at the Andover Town Office, 953 Andover Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes of August 28th meeting. 4. Executive Session for the purpose of meeting with […]
Kelly Jean Sanderson, 50, of Chester
Kelly Jean Sanderson of Chester passed away on Sept. 5, 2023 after a long battle with cirrhosis, which led to liver failure. Kelly was born on Feb. 16, 1973 in Springfield to Bonnie (Hakey) Sanderson and Stephen Sanderson. Kelly blessed numerous lives with her unmatched sense of humor and her unconditional love for her family. […]
Chester board bans new, unhosted short-term rentals for six months
By Shawn Cunningham ©2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Wednesday night, after much discussion and public comment, the Chester Select Board voted to impose a six-month moratorium on new unhosted short-term rentals beginning on Oct. 1. The suggestion for the moratorium came from Zoning Administrator Preston Bristow, who pointed out that there are seven such rentals […]
Vermont Republican Party sets Sept. 19 for town committee caucuses
Earlier this week, Vermont Republican Party Chairman Paul Dame notified Vermont’s Town Clerks and the Republican Party’s local town committees that the state party has set Tuesday, Sept. 19 for the Republican Caucuses. Every two years, the Vermont Republican Party reorganizes itself from the bottom up. Every Republican voter in a town has the right […]
Remote meeting styles evolve with good and bad experiences, technology
By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC The recent move by Green Mountain Unified School District Board to prohibit comment from those who attend its meetings by Zoom – including board members – prompts the question of where other boards stand on the issue of remote vs. in-person meetings and what goes into […]
Snow Law firm opens in Springfield
The Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce celebrated the opening of Snow Law on Aug. 24. Located at 13 Clinton St., Suite B, in Springfield, the office officially opened in June. As a lifelong Vermonter with friends and family in the area, Samantha Snow was ready to return to the Green Mountain State after law school and […]
Ludlow Rotary inducts Bruce Schmidt into club
Bruce Schmidt, vice president and general manager of Okemo Mountain Resort, was inducted into the Ludlow Rotary Club at its Tuesday, Aug. 29 meeting. Rotarian Tom Harris, who did the induction, acknowledged Schmidt’s multiple contributions to the community over the years, including his long tenure as a Select Board member. Harris indicated that the Rotary […]
West River Farmers Market thanks Flood Brook School for hospitality
©2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Members of the board of the West River Farmers Market on Tuesday presented Flood Brook School Principal Johanna Liskowsky-Doak with a bouquet of flowers and a tote celebrating the market’s 30th anniversary. Also presented was a thank you card signed by more than 45 vendors from the market. The gesture was […]
