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Chester Board adds vote on local option tax to Town Meeting warning

By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC More than a year after it was originally brought up and after several months of discussion with the public, the Chester Select Board decided at its Jan. 7 meeting to put the question of adding 1 percent to the current sales tax on rooms, meals and alcohol […]

Afternoon fire destroys garage on Cummings Rd.

UPDATE: At 4:41 a.m. on Monday, firefighters from Chester, Proctorsville and Weathersfield were called back to the scene for the reported re-ignition of the remains of the building.  By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Seven area fire companies with 35 firefighters responded to Cummings Road in Chester Sunday afternoon to quell a fire […]

Chester mulls a local option tax; neighboring towns already have them and like them

By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board is nearing its deadline to decide whether to put before the voters in March a 1 percent local tax that would be in addition to the current state sales taxes charged on rooms and meals and served alcohol. We thought it would be […]

Chester board hears objections to local option tax, appoints development panel members

By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board last Wednesday looked at 2026 budgets for Public Works as well as the Water and Sewer departments and appointed four volunteers for a new economic development commission. But the continuing discussion of a 1 percent local option tax on rooms (hotel, inn and […]

Cavendish board holds hearing on subdivision regs

By Lorien Strange © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Cavendish’s Select Board kicked off its Monday Dec. 8 meeting with a public hearing for the proposed subdivision regulations. It’s a touchy subject for the town. The prospect of a quarry on a small, subdivided lot on Tierney Road stood at the center of a years-long controversy […]

Fill your senses with the sights, sounds and smells of Germany’s Christmas markets

By Henry Homeyer ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC  An impulsive decision in late November by my wife Cindy and I to explore German Christmas markets found us in Berlin visiting with an old friend. We also spent a few days traveling by rental car to Dresden, Leipzig and Naumberg, a walled medieval town that also has […]

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  • VSP identifies Ludlow officer, resident in New Year's Day shooting

    VSP identifies Ludlow officer, resident in New Year’s Day shooting

    © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Late this afternoon, Friday, Jan. 2, Vermont State Police identified the man who was shot in Ludlow on New Year’s Day as well as the Ludlow Police officer who shot him. According to the Vermont  State Police, Jaime Gomez, 18, who lives in a room at the Fox Run Inn […]

  • Ludlow officer shoots, injures man in New Year's Day incident

    Ludlow officer shoots, injures man in New Year’s Day incident

    ©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC A member of the Ludlow Police Department shot and injured a man early on New Year’s Day, according to a Vermont State Police press release. According to the press release, the man who was shot was taken to the hospital although the extent of his injuries and the name of the […]

  • Pat Glabach receives Lions Club's highest award

    Pat Glabach receives Lions Club’s highest award

    Pat Glabach received the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award on Nov. 11 at the Londonderry Area Tri-Mountain Lions dinner meeting held at The Red Slate Restaurant at Magic Mountain. It is the highest honor bestowed by Lions Club International and recognizes a member whose service goes above and beyond one’s typical duties. Glabach has been doing […]

  • Southern Vermont nonprofit acquires 341 acres

    Southern Vermont nonprofit acquires 341 acres

    The southern Vermont community-based nonprofit Bull Creek Common Lands has placed 341 acres of remote land in Athens and Townshend under the permanent protection of a conservation easement with the Vermont Land Trust. The conserved land is the headwaters of Bull Creek, which contains many wetlands and different forest types that are home to beavers, […]

  • Springfield Garden Club's Holiday Market another big success

    Springfield Garden Club’s Holiday Market another big success

      Springfield Garden Club’s Holiday Market, which was held on Friday, Dec. 5, proved to be a big hit. The club extends its appreciation to the the people who came and purchased handmade wreaths and arrangements. This is the garden club’s only major fundraiser, and the proceeds go toward its mission to “provide a social […]

  • Connecticut River Joint Commissions receives $40K grant from state of Vermont

    Connecticut River Joint Commissions receives $40K grant from state of Vermont

    Connecticut River Joint Commissions was recently awarded a $40,000 grant through the state of Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation. This grant funds CRJC’s work program from November 2025 until October 2026 and enables the continuation of its grassroots, locally focused work to preserve and protect the visual and ecological integrity and […]

  • Op-ed: Affordability permeates every issue: What to expect from the upcoming legislative session

    Op-ed: Affordability permeates every issue: What to expect from the upcoming legislative session

    By Sen. Joe Major As we enter the upcoming legislative session, Vermonters are sending us a clear message: Affordability must be front and center. Families, seniors, farmers and small businesses are all feeling the strain of rising costs, and they expect their elected leaders to respond with practical, responsible solutions. That is both our challenge […]

  • Op-ed: Does relocating Chester Festival fulfill board's stated objectives?

    Op-ed: Does relocating Chester Festival fulfill board’s stated objectives?

    By Nicholas Boke ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC I kept waiting for the part of the Dec. 11 Telegraph article Chester Festival, long held on the Green, to move to Legion field where the Chester Community Events board would describe the surveys and interviews they had garnered to make their decision. I’ve re-read the article several […]

  • Reading of 'Best Christmas Pageant Ever' at First Universalist on Sunday

    Reading of ‘Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ at First Universalist on Sunday

    The First Universalist Parish of Chester presents a reading of Barbara Robinson’s  The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 28, in the church’s Community Room, 211 North St. in Chester’s historic Stone Village. Reading will be done by Nick Boke, Buffy Boke, Melody Reed, Darryl Kale and Bev Hart with projection […]

  • Learn ice fishing techniques from an expert

    Learn ice fishing techniques from an expert

    Have you ever wanted to learn how to ice fish or do you just need to brush up on your knowledge? Learn from  Jim Fischer, Vermont Let’s Go Fishing certified chief instructor and a Chester resident, from 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3 at Knapp Pond #2,  1426 Knapp Pond Road in Cavendish. […]

  • To the editor: Family Center thanks all who helped make Empty Bowl Dinner a success

    To the editor: Family Center thanks all who helped make Empty Bowl Dinner a success

    On behalf of the Chester-Andover Family Center, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped make this year’s Empty Bowls event in early November possible. To all our attendees, sponsors, donors, and volunteers: your generosity, time, food, auction items, gift baskets and presence are what bring this event to life year after […]

  • To the editor: Thanks to the 'village,' another successful Senior Dinner is served

    To the editor: Thanks to the ‘village,’ another successful Senior Dinner is served

    They say it takes a village to raise a child, but truth be known, it also takes a small town to prepare and serve a wonderful holiday meal to a group of Chester and Andover senior citizens. Many hands make light work, for sure. Thank you to the fantastic folks that made that dinner possible. […]

  • Andover Select Board agenda for Dec. 22

    Andover Select Board agenda for Dec. 22

    The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday December 22 at the Andover Town Office, 953 Weston Andover Road. Below is the board’s agenda 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes of December 8th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per […]

  • Agendas for Dec. 17 Chester Select Board and Water/Sewer Commission meetings

    Agendas for Dec. 17 Chester Select Board and Water/Sewer Commission meetings

    The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting following their meeting as the Town’s Water and Sewer Commission meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and via Zoom. Below are their agendas. Water and Sewer Commissioners Meeting 1. Citizen’s Comments 2. 2026 Budget Discussion – Water Department […]

  • Green Mountain Gardeners brings holiday cheer to neighbors

    Green Mountain Gardeners brings holiday cheer to neighbors

    Green Mountain Gardeners of Landgrove, Londonderry, Peru and Weston held their annual gathering on Dec. 8 to make holiday table decorations for their homebound neighbors. The South Londonderry Depot was full of the smell of pine and the sounds of chatter as 20 members, dressed in holiday sweaters and their garden club aprons, built festive […]

  • SAPA TV hosts 8th annual public domain Christmas

    SAPA TV hosts 8th annual public domain Christmas

    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 Chester, Reading, Springfield and Weathersfield, as well as in Charlestown, N.H., are invited to spend the day with 1964’s Santa […]

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