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Chester board issues health order on Potash Brook Road house
By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Last Wednesday’s Chester Select Board meeting would have been a simple housekeeping session with members signing loan documents, approving a grant application and passing on a liquor license renewal. But preceding the housekeeping session, the board held a health order hearing regarding the house on Potash Brook […]
Chester’s Whiting Library welcomes new director
By Cynthia Prairie ©2023 Telegraph Publishing Chester’s Whiting Library has a new library director, Gail Zachariah, a Westminster resident and head of engagement and youth services at the Keene, N.H., Public Library for 23 years before her departure in August. She will be the second library director since Deirdre Doran resigned last spring. High school […]
Drop off unneeded meds Saturday at local police departments
On Saturday, Oct. 28, the Windsor County Sheriff’s Office, local and state law enforcement agencies, and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous, expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. The Take-Back Day event is free and anonymous, no questions […]
19 certified to be substance abuse prevention specialists; four join certification board
The Vermont Prevention Certification Board announces the addition of four new members to its board as it concludes its initial cohort of certified specialists seeking to prevent substance misuse. Currently there are 19 individuals in Vermont who hold CPS credentials, including four who transferred their certification from another state. The VPCB values diversity, equity and […]
Card shower as Howard Woodcock turns 100
In a little over a week, Chester native Howard Woodcock will reach a milestone and his family wants to shower him with cards on his 100th birthday. Woodcock was born on Nov. 3, 1923 and lived with his parents – Wiley and Luella Woodcock – on Main Street, across from the Congregational Church. He graduated […]
Agenda for Windham Select Board special meeting for Oct. 23
The Windham Select Board will hold a remote-only special meeting at 6 p,m. on Monday Oct. 23. To join the meeting go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89385182975 Meeting ID: 893 8518 2975 Passcode: 849894 Below is the board’s agenda. Note: Action may be taken on any agenda item. 1) Start recording & call meeting to order 2) Additions/deletions […]
Andover Select Board meeting agenda for Oct. 23
The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday Oct. 23 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 October 9th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, […]
Quarry hearing focuses on noise, unanswered questions
By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC One neighbor leaving last Wednesday’s Development Review Board hearing on the Julian Materials in Gassetts said his head was buzzing. It was not because of the noise of extracting stone but rather the complex and technical noise assessment presented by Eddie Duncan of RSG Inc. of White […]
Local musicians record original song to help July flood victims
@2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Inspired by the flooding that devastated much of Vermont in July, Chester musician Jacob McLaughlin composed a song titled “Livin’ in Vermont” that will be released on Wednesday, Oct. 18 for purchase with the money going to the Vermont Community Foundation’s Flood Response and Recovery Fund. Plans were in the works […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Oct. 18
The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting – including a Health Order Hearing for 624 Potash Brook Road – at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday Oct. 18 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 The board’s agenda is below. 1. Hearing to Issue Health Order: […]
Londonderry Wastewater Committee holds public meeting Tuesday, Oct. 17
The Town of Londonderry’s Village Wastewater Committee will host a public meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at Flood Brook School, at 91 VT-11 in Londonderry. The purpose of this meeting is to share details of the project that would bring affordable and safe waste water systems and the progress that has been […]
Derry takes its place in history of snowboarding Dedication of Burton Snowboards historic marker draws Olympians, former employees and fans
By Cara Philbin ©2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Friends, family and fans of the late Jake Burton Carpenter gathered at Williams Park on Main Street in Londonderry last Tuesday to unveil a state historical marker honoring his legacy of revolutionizing winter sports through the perfection of the modern snowboard. (Click any image to launch gallery.) It […]
Architect hired for Wilder Library expansion
Weston’s Wilder Memorial Library Board of Trustees has selected Foster Architecture of Weston to lead the library’s expansion project. Deborah Granquist, library board chair, said, “We sent Requests for Proposals to architects throughout Vermont. We narrowed the responses down to four firms whose proposals met our goals. Through a series of interviews and visits, Ryan […]
VSP monitoring campaign of hoax bomb threats
© 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police are monitoring an ongoing campaign of hoax bomb threats to various critical infrastructure and key resource sectors in the state that apparently began on Sunday. So far, no suspicious items or authentic threats have been discovered at any of the locations. According to a VSP press […]
State action on Chieftain appeal looks stalled
By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC While the board of the Green Mountain Unified School District board has stopped paying for an attorney to defend its Chieftain name, appeals to the Vermont Agency of Education, which could permanently settle the issue of whether the name violates school policy, appear to have stalled. The […]
Chester Police probe ‘Zoom-bombing’ at GM school board special meeting
By Cynthia Prairie ©2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Chester Police are investigating last Tuesday night’s Zoom-bombing of a school board special meeting that shut down the meeting for about eight minutes. The incident included pornographic video and vile racial epithets and lasted 48 seconds before it could be shut down. Some Zoom attendees were watching the […]
GM board votes to stop attorney’s defense of ‘Chieftain’ for now
By Shawn Cunningham ©2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Board of Directors of the Green Mountain Unified School District voted 6 to 3 last night to stop paying an attorney and have him halt work representing the board to defend the Chieftain mascot in an appeal before the state Agency of Education. Instead, the board will […]
FEMA outlines how to appeal a denial of flood aid
More than two months after the July 7-21, 2023, severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides, some affected residents in Windham and Windsor counties as well as Caledonia, Chittenden, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Rutland and Washington counties, may still be looking for answers. FEMA’s Individual and Households Program provides eligible survivors with financial assistance and direct services. […]
Chester Select Board to explore offering benefits to full-time Whiting Library staff
By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC While last Wednesday’s Chester Select Board agenda was short, it yielded a lot of discussion and some progress on a couple of long-standing issues. Whiting Library Board chair Matt Gorsky came before the board to ask for “some reasonable accommodation” to get benefits for the library’s two […]
Carrara arraigned on child sex charges, held without bail
By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Appearing via video conference from Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield, Jason Carrara of Chester was arraigned Monday, Sept. 25 by Judge John R. Treadwell in the Windham County Superior Court in Brattleboro. Representing Carrara, attorney Brian Marsicovetere entered a plea of not guilty to a charge […]
