Author Archive for The Chester Telegraph
Chester’s Festival on the Green celebrates 50 years of fun, family and the arts
© 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Festival on the Green started 50 years ago as the Sale on the Green. And while it has been through a number of changes of the years — including who manages it and what is sold — it has still become an iconic tradition for Chester and all […]
To the editor: Sen. Clarkson works hard for Windsor County
The people in Windsor District are so fortunate to have Alison Clarkson representing us in the Vermont Senate where she is majority leader. Clarkson is one of our three state senators from the Windsor District and is seeking re-election for her 5th term in the Senate. In her 20 years representing our communities, in both […]
Joan Pickering, 83, formerly of Jamaica
Joan Eleanor (Morrison) Pickering, a former resident of Jamaica, Vt., passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home in Rochester, N.H., on Sept. 6, 2024, at the age of 83. Joan was born Nov. 28, 1940, to George and Elinor (Peck) Morrison. She grew up in Jamaica, Vt., and graduated from Leland & Gray Seminary in […]
To the editor: State House candidate Morrow on ‘listening tour’ this week
My name is Chris Morrow. I am running for state representative from Andover, Londonderry, Weston and Winhall, the Windham-Windsor-Bennington District. If you would like to meet me and discuss state government, I am on a listening tour with an event in each town over the coming week. Please join me! Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 5 […]
To the editor: State legislature’s priorities do not include us
In a letter to the editor of The Chester Telegraph last week, state Sen. Alison Clarkson talked about the large property tax increase. In essence, she said they saw the education costs rising rapidly but did nothing about it for three years because they had “free” Covid money they could use to hide the issue […]
To the editor: Progressive policies are making Vermonters poorer
Concerning Sen. Alison Clarkson’s recent letter to the editor: Clarkson on why taxes increased so much and what can be done about it: The Vermont legislature is so out of touch with hard working Vermonters that I find it offensive how they find every excuse to blame high property taxes on nearly everything but themselves. […]
Abbigale Williams awarded Andover Scholarship
Abbigale Williams is this year’s recipient of the Andover Scholarship. She graduated from River Valley Technical Center and Green Mountain Union High School and will be majoring in criminal justice at Elmira College in Elmira, N.Y. Her goal is to become a game warden. She is the daughter of Wesley Williams, one of 70 previous […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Sept. 18
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 18 at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and via Zoom. Click here to access the meeting using Zoom. Below is its agenda. 1. Hearing on Unified Development Bylaw Amendment 2. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 3. Approval of Minutes from the Special […]
GMUSD Board agenda for Sept. 19
The Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday Sept. 19, 2024 at the Green Mountain High School, 716 Route 103 South and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to: https://trsu.zoom.us/j/86893724427 Below is the board’s agenda. I. CALL TO ORDER: A. Roll call II. APPROVAL OF […]
Meeting to address re-imagined South Derry
The South Londonderry Master Planning Task Force and Stevens & Associates engineering consultants will present maps and information for making the South Londonderry community a vibrant walkable district from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23. The public is invited to this event, which will be held at Neighborhood Connections, 5700 Route 100, in […]
WRC partners with Londonderry, Weston, Jamaica, Winhall to address housing needs Public meetings slated for Sept. 24, 26 at Flood Brook School
A new partnership has formed to explore housing needs and solutions in the towns of Jamaica, Londonderry, Weston and Winhall. The Windham Regional Commission is partnering with the University of Massachusetts Center for Resilient Metro Regions in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning and the American Institute of Architects Foundation’s Communities by Design […]
To the editor: Clarkson on why taxes increased so much and what can be done about it
Most towns in Windsor County have received their education and municipal property tax bills by now. Many, but not all, towns have big tax increases. Woodstock residents have yet to receive their bills but we can expect a 30% increase. These are increases none of us have budgeted for, and one that will be a […]
Patricia Wyman, 88, of Cavendish
Patricia Ann “Pat” Wyman of Cavendish passed away peacefully at her home on Sept. 5, 2024, at the age of 88. Her grandson Joey Wyman took care of her with much dedication through a long illness. She was born Dec. 10, 1935 in Littleton, N.H., to Harold and Doris (Ames) Shattuck. She spent her youth […]
To the editor: Thanks to Williams River volunteer water quality samplers
The Chester Conservation Committee wishes to thank the six volunteers who sampled the Williams River every other week this summer. The samples collected give scientists with the Vermont Agency of Natural of Resources and the Connecticut River Conservancy a summer’s worth of data points about the water quality on specific days, at specific times. This […]
To the editor: Upcoming election is important to our future
To the residents of Athens, Chester, Grafton and Windham, This election for our president and vice president may be the most important vote that we as citizens of the United States have had in our lifetimes. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz represent a future rooted in democracy, in civil and human rights, in aspiring toward […]
Kenneth Paul Alberti, 73, of Londonderry
Kenneth Paul Alberti, 73, of Londonderry, died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, at the Jack Byrne Hospice Care Center in Lebanon, N.H.Kenneth was born April 13, 1951, in Rochester, N.Y., the eldest son of Paul and Dorothy (Gross) Alberti. In his youth, Ken had the opportunity to live in multiple East Coast towns, being that his […]
TRSU Board agenda for Sept. 5
The Board of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5, at Cavendish Town Elementary School, 573 Main St. in Proctorsville and on Zoom. To join via Zoom click here: https://trsu.zoom.us/j/82752233377 Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order A. Roll Call II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: III. […]
Chester Select Board and Water Commission agendas for Sept. 4
The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday Sept. 4 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and via Zoom. The meeting will be followed by a meeting of the Water and Sewer Commissioners. To join either or both sessions go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 Below are the boards’ agendas: SELECT BOARD […]
To the editor: End the Democrats’ supermajority in the Vermont legislature
Another election season is upon us. Ballots will be mailed out starting Monday Sept. 23. I am asking my fellow Vermonters to again take consideration of candidates that will put a stop to the never ending tax and spend agenda of the Democratic supermajority in the Vermont House and Senate. As a lifelong Vermonter, I […]
Chester GOP to hold event for state House candidate Tom Charlton
©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester GOP is inviting the public to meet Tom Charlton, candidate for the state House of Representatives for the Windham-Windsor District towns of Athens, Grafton, Windham and Chester, at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 on the front porch of the Fullerton Inn, 40 The Common in Chester. Charlton, who has […]
