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Five more Whiting Library Trustees resign Management of library in question without enough Trustees
UPDATE: 4:55 p.m. Wednesday, June 1: Hance says that town attorney Jim Carroll believes that there is no reason for the library to be shut down and that there is authority in statute to ensure any bills and paychecks get paid. By Cynthia Prairie ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Five more Trustees of the Whiting Library […]
Chieftains walk to easy, one-hit win 10-0 over Cosmos
By Evan Chadwick © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC CHESTER It is not often that you hear of a team being one-hit in a baseball game and still cruising to an easy victory. Regardless of the rarity of the feat, Green Mountain Boys Baseball Coach Matt McCarthy knows that the five inning 10-0 win over rival […]
Community breakfast at Public Safety Building this Sunday
© 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Chester’s Emergency Services Department – Police, Fire and Ambulance – will hold the first of its summer community breakfasts on Sunday, June 5 at the Public Safety Building on Pleasant Street. The community breakfasts are a way for residents to get to know the members of the three organizations, learn […]
Bridge replacement to close Popple Dungeon for up to nine weeks
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Starting Monday June 13, Popple Dungeon Road from Zezza Road west will be closed while the bridge and culvert there now are replaced. Alpine Construction estimates that doing the job will take about nine weeks, although Town Manager Julie Hance says that’s the outside projection and she […]
College News
Ainsley Bertone of Springfield graduated Magna Cum Laude from Nazareth College with a bachelor’s degree in Musical Theatre and a minor in Dance during the 95th Commencement ceremony on the school’s Rochester, N.Y., campus at the Golisano Training Center on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Bertone also was named to the dean’s list for the spring […]
Connecticut River Valley Stingrays summer swim team registration open
The Edgar May Health and Recreation Center announces that registration is open for the summer session of the Connecticut River Valley Stingrays youth swim teams. The season will begin on June 13 and continue through Aug. 6. Children between the ages of 6 and 18 years are invited to join the developmental, junior or senior […]
UPDATED – Chester Select Board Agenda and Hearing for June 1, 2022
The Chester Select Board will hold a public hearing on a proposed amendment to the town’s Unified Development Bylaws to create a new Village Green District. That hearing will be followed by a select board meeting. The hearing will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday June 1, 2022 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and […]
Poor Cousins performs at West River Farmers Market on June 4
Come to the West River Farmers Market between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 4 for artisan crafts, fresh organic produce, live music and delicious made-to-order food. The market, located at the junction of Route 11 and Route 100 in Londonderry, will feature music from The Poor Cousins, an Irish fiddle and guitar […]
Lindsey Pollard receives 2022 Spirit of Nursing Award
Springfield Hospital is pleased to announce Lindsey Pollard, RN OCN, Clinical Leader, Specialty Clinic, as recipient of the 2022 Eileen Austin Neal RN Spirit of Nursing Award. She has been working at Springfield Hospital since 2004. This award was created in 2004 in honor of Eileen Austin Neal, RN, who worked at Springfield Hospital for […]
Chester Alumni Day Parade returns on June 11 GM Class of 1977 to hold 45th reunion potluck celebration
After a Covid-related hiatus, the Chester Alumni Day Parade will take place in Chester on Saturday, June 11. Participants should line up at 10 a.m. in front of the Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. The parade will wind through downtown Chester and end at Cobleigh Field. Judging of floats will take place, and a […]
Pizza Stone in Chester to host Drag Queen Story Hour on June 4
Drag Queen Story Hour will be hosted by the Pizza Stone, 291 Pleasant St. in Chester, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 4. This event is sure to renew a love of reading and community. This event was originally scheduled to be at the Whiting Library. Kids of all ages will enjoy the creative theatrics […]
To the editor: The real Second Amendment
If the Founding Fathers were around today, they would be flabbergasted by our inability to take even the most basic, common sense steps to protect our children from being murdered at school. Passively accepting, year after year, horrific school shootings, like the recent slaughter in Uvalde, Texas, would strike them as collective madness, which it […]
Art in Bloom exhibit at Custer Sharp House opens June 17
Green Mountain Gardeners of Landgrove, Londonderry, Peru and Weston is hosting Art in Bloom: A Colorful Showcase Celebrating Summer at the Custer Sharp House, 2461 Middletown Road, Londonderry from June 17 to 25. The exhibit and sale will include paintings, sculpture, photography, ceramics and textiles. Artworks by local artists are paired with floral interpretations created by […]
TRSU Board agenda for June 2
The board of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 02 in the Art Room at Cavendish Town Elementary School, 573 Main St. in Proctorsville. To attend by Zoom, click here: https://trsu.zoom.us/j/85756476936| Phone: 646-876-9923 Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order: A. Roll Call II. Approval […]
Henry Homeyer: Some Like It Moist
By Henry Homeyer © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC I like to say that plants can be as fussy as a two-year old facing a plate of overcooked broccoli. Plants know what they want, and will not behave the way you want them to unless you accommodate their wishes. Today, let’s look at a few that […]
Fired by GMUSD board, Merrill awaits trial in jail
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC After a 58-minute executive session last night, the Green Mountain Unified School District board voted to dismiss Norman Merrill II, who has taught middle school at Green Mountain High for many years. Merrill is in jail in northern Vermont awaiting trial on a three-count federal indictment involving […]
Nied quits as Whiting Library trustee, resigns from other Chester town offices
By Shawn Cunningham and Cynthia Prairie © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Robert Nied, the embattled chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Whiting Library in Chester, has resigned from that board as well as from every other position he holds within the town. In an email sent today, Wednesday, May 25, to the Chester […]
GMUSD board special meeting for May 26
The Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hold a special meeting to discuss renovations of its three school buildings at 6:30 p.m. in the Green Mountain High School library at 716 Rt 103 south and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to: https://trsu.zoom.us/j/89668410084 Below is the board’s agenda: I. CALL TO ORDER (2 […]
GMUSD board special meeting agenda for May 25
The Green Mountain Unified School District board will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday May 25, 2022 in the Green Mountain High School library at 716 Rt 103 south and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/81009282921 Below is the boards agenda: I. CALL TO ORDER: A. Roll call II. […]
GM girls thump Leland & Gray 15-0
By Evan Chadwick © Telegraph Publishing LLC TOWNSHEND The unpredictability of high school softball can make each contest a big question mark as teams gear up for the Vermont Principals Association playoffs that are just weeks away. Green Mountain skipper, Matt Wilson, is no stranger to the ups and downs that come with the […]
