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Chester boards up ‘health hazard’ Hennessey house
By Shawn Cunningham © Telegraph Publishing LLC On Tuesday afternoon, employees of the Town of Chester boarded up the house at 138 Cummings Road to keep people from staying in the house that the town says has no running water or working septic and is surrounded by a junk yard containing hazardous materials. The house […]
Chester Fire Department wins $450,000 grant to replace old tanker truck
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Town of Chester will be awarded a grant worth more than $450,000 toward the purchase of a new tanker for the Fire Department. The grant comes through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant program and is the largest ever awarded to a Vermont municipality, according to a […]
Vermont libraries celebrate freedom to read
T his week, through Sept. 24, is the 40th annual Banned Books Week, created and sustained by the American Library Association “as both a reminder of the unifying power of stories and the divisiveness of censorship, and a call to action for readers across the country to push back against censorship attempts in their communities.” […]
Forum for lt. governor candidates Wednesday
The League of Women Voters of Vermont will host an in-person candidates’ forum for the office of lieutenant governor from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 1171 Main St., in St. Johnsbury. A meet-and-greet is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. The two major party candidates participating in the forum are […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Sept. 21
The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday Sept. 21, 2022 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and via Zoom. To join the meeting remotely go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 Below is the board’s agenda: 1. Public Hearing re: Amendment to Unified Development Bylaws 2. Approve Minutes from the September 7, […]
State House candidates Ryan, Chase touch on variety of issues during Windham forum
By Cynthia Prairie ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC More than 40 people turned out on a stormy Tuesday night — in person and on Zoom — to hear the first candidate forum for a seat in the Vermont State House from the new Windsor-Windham District of Athens, Chester, Grafton and Windham. Democrat Heather Chase and Republican […]
Chester board bars occupancy at Cummings Rd. residence Health order mandates clean up
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC At its Sept. 7 meeting, the Chester Select Board heard testimony regarding the state of the property at 138 Cummings Road owned by John Hennessey, then approved a health order that bans occupancy at the residence until a major clean up is done and mandates ongoing measures […]
Updates to regional plan to be discussed ahead of adoption
© 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Mount Ascutney Regional Commission (formerly known as the Southern Windsor Regional Planning Commission) will hold two public hearings ahead of adopting changes to the area’s regional plan. The current regional plan expires on Nov. 18, 2022. The public hearings will take place in the Conference Room at 38 Ascutney […]
GMUSD Board agenda for Sept. 15
The Board of Directors of the Green Mountain Unified School District — Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester — will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15 at the Green Mountain High School Library/Media Center, 716 VT-103 in Chester. You can also Zoom the meeting by clicking here: https://trsu.zoom.us/j/85863233984; Phone: 646-876-9923. Below is […]
Diversity grant allows Whiting to purchase more books and supplies
Thanks to a grant from the Vermont Department of Libraries as part of American Rescue Plan Act funding by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Whiting Library received $1,715 to purchase books and supplies. With the distribution of these grant funds, VTLIB encouraged public libraries in Vermont to spend this second round of ARPA […]
Chester Planning workshop to focus on housing needs, zoning solutions
© 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC The third in a series of four planning workshops will focus on housing and take place at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022 at Town Hall and via Zoom. To attend remotely, click here. In view of the current shortage of affordable housing, the purpose of these workshops is […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Sept. 12
The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday Sept. 12, 2022 at the Andover Town Office and via Zoom. To join go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8690215007 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes of August 22nd & 29th meetings. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five […]
Condos encourages Vermonters to register to vote
Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos is promoting September as National Voter Registration Month and encouraging eligible Vermonters to register to vote. “Your vote is your voice,” said Condos in a press release on Tuesday. “While Vermont’s voter friendly policies like automatic, online and same-day voter registration mean that Vermont’s voter registration rate is high, […]
Popple Dungeon bridge reopening missed again Residents continue to take the long way home
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Chester residents who live west of the intersection of Popple Dungeon and Zezza roads are still taking the long way home as Alpine Construction has yet to open the new bridge over the South Branch of the Williams River, which was slated to be usable on Tuesday. […]
Windham Community to hold candidates forum Vermont House, Senate hopefuls to meet on Sept. 13
UPDATE: This meeting will also be held by Zoom. Please see below for details. ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Windham Community Organization invites voters to meet candidates for Vermont Senate and House at its Windham Candidates Forum, from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at the Windham Meeting House, 26 Harrington Road. The […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Sept. 7
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and on Zoom. To access via Zoom, see the information below the agenda. Here is the meeting agenda: 1. Hearing to issue Health Order; 138 Cummings Road 2. Approve Minutes from the August 17, 2022 Selectboard […]
GM board votes to put $20 million renovation bond before district voters
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Aug. 25, the board of the Green Mountain Unified School District decided to move forward with a multi-year, $20.5 million project to renovate its three school buildings. The vote was 6-1 — with three members absent — to put a 20 year bond before the voters […]
New efforts to clean up Chester properties
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Town of Chester is looking at alternative strategies beyond its salvage ordinance for getting properties where owners have accumulated a lot of junk cleaned up. Earlier this year, Town Manager Julie Hance asked the Select Board to approve the town’s participation in the state’s Hazardous Waste […]
Guide to the 2022 Chester Festival on the Green
© 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC The 47th Chester Festival on the Green remains a weekend filled with music, great arts and crafts, good food and friends set in the charming Vermont town of Chester. This year’s event will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17 and Sunday, Sept. 18 on […]
Police ask for help in early July McDonald’s burglary
© 2022 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Surveillance camera footage of burglaries released by police agencies usually yield fuzzy, dimly lit images of a person in a hoody, but the Vermont State Police have three especially good photos they want help with in identifying a suspect. According to a VSP press release, at about 3:40 a.m. on […]
