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Wrap-Up Legislative Forum June 20 in Weston
New Thought Vermont will host a Wrap-Up Legislative Forum for Weston, Londonderry and Andover from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 20. Located at 614 Main St. in Weston, it is the big red barn at the south end of the village that previously housed the Todd and West River Galleries. Parking is available […]
Chester Select Board agenda for June 19
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and by Zoom by clicking here. The Select Board agenda is below. 1. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 2. Approve Minutes from June 5, 2024 Selectboard Meeting 3. Citizen’s Comments 4. Old Business 5. Short […]
Chester board hones proposed regulations on ‘nuisance animals’
By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC The lion’s share of the Chester Select Board’s June 5 meeting was taken up with the question of how to make an “nuisance animal” ordinance that isn’t a bit of a nuisance itself. The impetus for this was the problem that a herd of goats roaming at […]
School spirit shines through cloudy day at Chester Alumni Parade
By Lorien Strange ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC There’s a unicycle?” exclaimed a young boy as other kids practiced gymnastics and ran around the gazebo in front of Chester Town Hall just before Saturday’s annual parade put on by the Chester High School/Green Mountain Union High School Alumni Association. Meanwhile, the small crowd of adults took […]
GM and Ludlow-Mount Holly districts pass budgets with higher turnout
By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Residents in the two school districts that comprise the Two Rivers Supervisory Union went to the polls for the third time in as many months on Tuesday, this time passing their much-downsized budgets to run four elementary schools and one high school, with a much higher turnout. […]
Morrow runs to replace Pajala in state House Crowded field for Windsor Senate primaries; Chase gets a GOP challenger
By Cynthia Prairie ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Chris Morrow of Weston, the former owner of Northshire Bookstore and a new member of the Weston Select Board, has announced that he is running to replace Kelly Pajala, an Independent, as state representative for the Windham-Windsor-Bennington district, which is made up of Andover, Londonderry, Weston and Winhall. […]
Andover Select Board agenda for June 10
The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday June 10 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 May 28th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, […]
Chester Select Board agenda for June 5
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 5 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and by Zoom by clicking here. 1. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 2. Approve Minutes from May 1, 2024 Selectboard Meeting 3. Citizen’s Comments 4. Old Business 5. Nuisance Ordinance 6. Short Term Rental Ordinance […]
Third time school budget votes for GM and LMH on Tuesday June 4
By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Tuesday June 4, voters in the Green Mountain and Ludlow-Mount Holly school districts will go to the polls to weigh in on school budgets for a third time in as many months. Those budgets are intended to fund the operation of five schools in six towns. […]
GM school board wrestles with better use of its three school buildings
By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Last week’s Green Mountain Unified School District’s Restructuring Committee meeting was like experiencing a time warp, with the discussion re-litigating portions of the Act 46 merger that created the district more than seven years ago. The original charge for the committee was to come up with ideas […]
Spauldings to head to GOP Prez Convention
On Saturday, May 18, Vermont Republicans gathered in South Burlington to elect 14 Republican National Committee delegates to the Presidential Convention in July. Of the 14, four were elected from Windsor County: Roy and Kelly Spaulding of Chester and Gerald and Stacey Malloy of Weathersfield. The convention will be held at the Fiserv Forum in […]
Cavendish man gets 14 months in jail on firearms charge
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that yesterday, Thursday, May 23, Mitchell Horton, 37, of Cavendish, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford to a term of 14 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 3-year term of supervised release. Horton previously pleaded guilty to receiving a firearm […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Tuesday May 28
The Andover Select Board will hold a meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday May 28 at the Andover Town Office, 953 Weston-Andover Road. Note the date change due to the Memorial Day Holiday. Below is the board’s agenda 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes of May 13 meeting. […]
Londonderry zoning proposal sparks community pushback, a board resignation
By Shawn Cunningham and Cynthia Prairie © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC The row during last week’s Londonderry Select Board special meeting over proposed zoning regulations, which caused one board member to resign, continued on Monday night as more than 100 residents crowded into the Town Office meeting room, then spilled into the hallway and outdoors. […]
New iteration of Orton art collection to be on view at Manchester library
From Friday, June 14 to Saturday, Sept. 7, the Manchester Community Library, 138 Cemetery Ave. in Manchester, will present a new iteration of “For the Love of Vermont: The Lyman Orton Collection.” The 2023 debut exhibition of paintings, prints and drawings from The Lyman Orton Collection broke all attendance records at two southern Vermont museums. […]
Tree truck crashes in Chester; no one injured
By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC A tree trimming rig belonging to a contractor working for Green Mountain Power lost its brakes this afternoon and crashed on Route 35 in Chester. According to Chester Police, the driver of a TTS Tree Service boom truck that was towing a chipper lost his brakes as […]
What’s at stake in the June 4 GM school budget vote?
By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Tuesday, June 4 – a little less than three weeks from now – residents of Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester will have the opportunity to vote on the Green Mountain School District budget for the third time in as many months. The budget funds Cavendish Town […]
Garden writer Henry Homeyer wins Beane journalism award
Garden writer Henry Homeyer, whose column has been appearing in The Chester Telegraph for seven years, has been awarded the Fred E. Beane Award given for “fair, accurate and effective reporting of news and issues impacting farming and forestry in the state” by the directors of the New Hampshire Farm, Forest & Garden Expo in […]
Chester Community Garden open for season 10 by 10 garden plots offered for $20
The organic Community Garden, located on Canal Street in Chester, is offering 10-foot by 10-foot plots, ready to plant and assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Yearly donations are $20 per plot, and scholarships are available: A garden is available to anyone who wants one. Newcomers pay a one-time refundable deposit of $25. To reserve […]
Andover Select Board agenda for May 13
The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday May 13 at the 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 April 22nd meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, 10 […]
