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College News
Jordan Smith of Weston has been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2023 semester at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Penn. Muhlenberg College students and Muhlenberg College School of Continuing Studies students with a term GPA of 3.50 or higher were recognized for this academic achievement. The following local residents were named to the […]
Meet the three candidates for the GMUSD board
©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Telegraph sent a series of questions to the three candidates who are vying for two three-year terms on the board of the Green Mountain Unified School District, which oversees Cavendish Town and Chester-Andover elementary schools and Green Mountain Union High. One of those two Chester seats is currently held […]
Op-ed: Voting rights at Andover Town Meeting
By Madeline Bodin ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Where will you be on Monday, March 4 at 5 o’clock? If you live in Andover and you say, “Leaving work, of course,” you have a problem. For the second time in two years, Andover’s Town Meeting will be held on a weekday afternoon. There is a well-respected […]
To the editor: Economic development efforts heard in Montpelier
I want to bring you up to date on some of the activities that I have been involved in during this current legislative session at the State House in Montpelier. In the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee, on which I sit, we took testimony on the Film and Creative Media Workforce Development Initiative from […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Feb. 21
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21 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 February 7, 2024 Selectboard Meeting 3. Citizen Comments/Answers from […]
Terrigenous’ Wunderle honored with Olmsted Award
©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Scott Wunderle, PLA, ASLA of Terrigenous Landscape Architecture of Chester has been award the Olmsted Award from the Vermont Association of Landscape Architects. Vermont Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. The award, named after founding father of American urban landscape architecture Frederick Law Olmsted, celebrates Wunderle’s “tireless commitment to […]
To the editor: Hudkins sees self as ‘independent centrist’ who gives sleigh rides
Peter Hudkins here. I was having my coffee this morning before going to do my barn chores, waiting for the wood stove to get going before I left, when I read the article in The Telegraph. Although my name was not in the article it was in the flyer for the Republican “Meet the Candidates” […]
Okemo resort event celebrates love and marriage
By Cara Philbin ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC It was love at first lift for one couple who got engaged at Okemo Mountain on Saturday. “Skiing is the first sport we’ve truly enjoyed together,” Rajesh Budhani of New York City told The Telegraph, after he proposed to his partner Marco Barragan at the Quantum Six lift […]
Ulrich Waldmann, 91, formerly of Springfield
Ulrich Waldmann, 91, of Charlotte, N.C., passed away on Jan. 28, 2024 and is now with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He was born on Sept. 16, 1932, in Esslingen, Germany and spent most of his years residing in Springfield, Vt. with his wife and family. Ulrich was preceded in death by his loving […]
GMUSD Board agenda for Feb. 15
The Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday Feb. 15 at the Green Mountain High School, 716 Route 103 south in Chester and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/88449272142 Below is the board’s agenda. I. CALL TO ORDER: A. Roll call II. APPROVAL […]
College News
Vermont State University, consisting of Castleton University, Northern Vermont University, and Vermont Technical College, announces local student who have been named to the fall 2023 President’s List. To qualify for this academic honor, the student must maintain full-time status and a semester grade point average of 4.0. Those students are: Katelyn Ferris of Springfield Teolyn […]
Cavendish Town Elementary among Vermont schools recognized for asthma mitigation
©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Cavendish Town Elementary School is one of 13 schools in Vermont to be recognized by the state Department of Health’s “Asthma-friendly school” initiative for their commitment to asthma-control strategies to support the lung health of their students. Cavendish is among five schools that have earned a Gold designation, which also includes: […]
No one injured, minor damage in Ludlow attic fire
By Cara Philbin ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC A fire at a rental home on West Hill Road in Ludlow on Saturday night began with a wood stove, according to Ludlow Fire Chief Pete Kolenda. “The family inside had been renting the place for about a month and were about to go to bed, when they […]
Vermont rivers discussion in Londonderry on Tuesday
On Tuesday the Londonderry Conservation Commission presents the first of a three-part Winter Speaker Series on Vermont’s Changing Landscape. Vermont Rivers: Past, Present and Future will feature discussions on river dynamics, historic river management and its outcomes and current thinking surrounding river management and flood hazard mitigation. This is especially important to the Londonderry area, […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Feb. 12
The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday Feb. 12 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 January 22nd meeting and February 1st meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: […]
College News
Elias Allende Stowell Alemán of Proctorsville has earned a spot on the fall 2023 Dean’s List at Keene State College in Keene, N.H., where he is a sophomore majoring in Spanish and Public Relations. To be named to the Dean’s List a student must have completed a minimum of 12 graded credits and earned at […]
GMUSD settles White family harassment lawsuit for $300,000
By Ethan Weinstein ©2024 VT Digger A lawsuit alleging that Green Mountain Unified School District and some of its administrators failed to protect five sisters from harassment after one of them was raped has been settled for $300,000, according to the sisters’ lawyer. In 2017, Skylar White, a senior at the time, reported that a […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Feb. 7
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7 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 Jan. 17, 2024 Select Board Meeting and Jan. 19, […]
West River Farmers Market hires new manager Applications for vendors now open for 2024 season
The Board of Directors of the West River Farmers Market welcomes Natalie Kapusta of Bondville as its new market manager for the 2024 season. The market manager is a highly detailed position that involves, among other duties, helping vendors and visitors each Saturday during the season and ensuring that the rules of the market are […]
Weston resident, 60, dies snowshoeing
©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC A 60-year-old Weston man who was snowshoeing with a group in the back country of the Magic Mountain Ski Area in Londonderry on Saturday experienced what Vermont State Police called a medical event, collapsed and died. VSP have identified the man as Daniel F. Leiter. According to its social media page, […]
