Archive for December, 2024
One select board meeting, 3 contentious issues and a glitch
By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board had its hands full at its Wednesday, Dec. 18 meeting as it again took on controversial changes to rural zoning but put off a vote, handed down a determination in a long-standing Class 4 roads dispute and learned that sometimes delaying a decision […]
Chester Water Commissioners, Select Board agendas for Jan. 2
The Chester Water/Sewer Commissioners’ meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 2 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and via Zoom, followed by the Select Board meeting. Click here to access the meeting via Zoom. Below is are their agendas. WATER/SEWER COMMISSIONERS’ MEETING AGENDA 1. Citizen’s Comments 2. Water Meter Purchase 3. Water/Sewer […]
TRSU board agenda for Jan. 2
The Two Rivers Supervisory Union board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 2 at Cavendish Town Elementary School, 573 Main St. in Proctorsville and via Zoom. To join the meeting, go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/82752233377 Below is the board’s agenda. I. Call to Order A. Roll Call II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: III. […]
Green Mountain Gardeners caps off award-winning year of service, joy for local communities
The Green Mountain Gardeners capped off another successful year with the tradition of making uniquely decorated tabletop trees that, along with cookies from the Weston Women’s Club and the Wantastiquet Rotary elves, bring holiday cheer to the homebound. In addition to collecting food for the food pantry, the GMG donated $300 to Neighbors Pantry of […]
Cady Brook trail open for snowmobile traffic after restoration project
Despite five years of storms, shutdowns and scheduling setbacks, there is finally a new trail crossing over Cady Brook in Hartland. The 2-mile Cady Brook trail connects Hartland to Windsor and is used by a range of individuals and groups. Identified by the Ottauquechee Natural Resources Conservation District as a priority project in 2018, the […]
GMUSD board meeting agenda for Jan. 13
The Board of Directors of the Green Mountain Unified School District will hold a special meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 13 in the Green Mountain High School Library/Media Center, 716 Route 103 South and via Zoom. To access via Zoom, click here. I. CALL TO ORDER: A. Roll call II. APPROVAL […]
West River Valley premiere of ‘Bills Lumber’ Jan. 4
The public is invited to a free showing of Bills Lumber, a documentary about the last days of the Bills family’s beloved antique sawmill. This premiere in the West River Valley will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 4 at the Williamsville Hall, 35 Dover Road in Newfane. The building is handicapped accessible. […]
Chester Townscape honors Barbara Westine with memorial bench
Hundreds of people in Chester remember the remarkable Barbara Westine, whose enthusiasm, energy and positive spirit encouraged and supported so many worthwhile causes. Westine, who died in April of 2024, was one of the founding members of Chester Townscape and provided dedicated personal and professional support. Chester Townscape sought to create a lasting memorial to […]
Column: Music on a frigid night warms the soul
By Luna Burkland ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC On this freezing Sunday night, just three days before Christmas, tucked away in the Peru Congregational Church, concert-goers young and old experienced the joyful sounds of Ida Mae Specker, Emily Burkland, Faith Wood and Mowgli Giannitti. The four, informally known as Ida Mae and Friends when they perform […]
Springfield meets the challenge, gets a new bench Rotary's townwide recycling efforts celebrate its 95th year
As a reward for Springfield residents collecting 1,000 pounds of thin film plastics, the Trex Co. based in Virginia provided the Springfield Rotary Club with its ninth outdoor bench, which has been placed at the Green on Main at 77 Main St. The Rotary Club entered the Trex Thin Film Plastics Challenge in February of […]
Alice Lindquist, 79, of Andover
Alice Marie (Hazeltine) Lindquist, a “friend to everyone,” passed away on Dec. 17, 2024 surrounded by her family after a brief illness. She was 79. Born in Springfield to Clark and Elizabeth Hazeltine, she had one brother, Thomas W. Hazeltine, who predeceased her in 2010. She attended one-room schools in both Peaseville and Simonsville in […]
GM board discusses budgets, bonds and mascots
By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Green Mountain Unified School District Board continued last Thursday night discussing the 2025/26 budget with Superintendent Layne Millington and Business Manager Cheryl Hammond. The meeting was held in the Green Mountain High School Library. Millington outlined a number of actions that may be taken by the […]
To the editor: Vermont education funding needs repair
As a parent of two children attending Compass School, an independent school in Westminster, I am writing to share my story with the hope of raising awareness, advocating for systemic change, and securing funding for children from low-income families. I firmly believe that every child should have access to funding that follows them to the […]
Op-ed: It’s time to move Chester’s revised zoning bylaws forward
By Tim Roper The Chester Select Board finds itself in an unfortunate state of disagreement with regard to moving the work of our Planning Commission forward. During the Sept. 18 and Oct. 16 public hearing to adopt proposed changes to the zoning bylaws, the Select Board heard objections from a few households regarding implementing a […]
Win-Win invites those concerned about climate change
If you are 60 years of age or older, a citizen of Windham or Windsor counties and are concerned about climate change, consider joining Win-Win at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 30, at the Rockingham Public Library, 65 Westminster St. in Bellows Falls. Win-Win is the Third Act Vermont regional group that meets every other […]
College News
Abbigale Williams of Andover was named to the Dean’s List at Elmira College, in Elmira, N.Y., for the fall 2024 term. 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 placed on […]
Flurry of customers brings success to Chester’s first ‘Starry, Starry Night’ event
©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC It was a frigid Saturday evening — one that made holding a camera near impossible. But it was brightened by lights adorning trees, the gazebo and many of the shops on the Green in Chester. And that bone-freezing cold quickly dissipated from the warm and welcoming atmosphere inside the shops, which […]
Christmas comes early to Kurn Hattin, thanks to Springfield Rotary
Springfield Rotary Club brought Christmas to the 39 kids at Kurn Hattin Home for Children in Westminster on Thursday, Dec. 12. For more than two decades, Rotary has taken up a collection and bought individual gifts for Kurn Hattin children. Often, these are the only Christmas presents that they receive. After distribution of the gifts, […]
SAPA TV hosts 24 hours of kitschy Christmas movies, shorts and classic cartoons
Once again, SAPA TV, the Springfield area’s public access TV station, will run 24 hours of Christmas movies and short subjects from 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve to 7 p.m. on Christmas Day. Viewers in Springfield, Weathersfield and Chester, as well as in Charlestown, N.H., can spend the day with 1964’s Santa Claus Conquers the […]
Grace Cottage earns 4-star rating, named to National Rural Honor Roll
Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital, located in Townshend, has been awarded a prestigious 4-star rating by the National Rural Rating System, a program through the National Rural Health Association that recognizes excellence in rural healthcare, and includes listing on the 2025 National Rural Honor Roll. The National Rural Honor Roll was created to recognize […]
