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  • Messages were more subdued than in earlier protests. Photos by Shawn Cunningham

    Candlelight vigils held in Chester for Minnesota ICE shooting victim

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Over the weekend, about 150 people gathered on Chester’s Green to hold two candlelight vigils for Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old Minneapolis mother of three who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent last Thursday morning. Both vigils started at 5 p.m. and […]

  • Whiting Library offers one-on-one tech help

    Whiting Library offers one-on-one tech help

    Whiting Library is offering free, one-on-one technology help sessions to assist community members with basic computer and digital device skills. Library staff will provide individualized help with tasks such as downloading eBooks, using library eResources, setting up an email account and completing other common computer-related activities. Participants may bring their own device or use a […]

  • To the editor: How and what to donate to the Thrift Shop at CAFC

    To the editor: How and what to donate to the Thrift Shop at CAFC

    As we welcome the start of a new year, many of us feel the familiar pull to organize, refresh our homes and clear space for what’s next. The Chester-Andover Family Center, located at 908 VT-103 in Chester,  is deeply grateful that you think of the Thrift Shop when deciding where your gently used items should […]

  • Andover Select Board agenda for Jan. 12

    Andover Select Board agenda for Jan. 12

    The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday Jan. 12 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 December 22nd meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, […]

  • Henry Homeyer: A quick look back as we look forward to the 2026 growing season

    Henry Homeyer: A quick look back as we look forward to the 2026 growing season

    By Henry Homeyer ©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC  Overall, my gardens did well last summer despite the lack of rain – largely because of all that sunshine. Most of us had a wet spring and early summer, then a very dry summer and fall. For people planting new trees, shrubs and perennials it meant lots of […]

  • SoVerA's January meeting features 'Mars: the Dust Bowl of Dreams'

    SoVerA’s January meeting features ‘Mars: the Dust Bowl of Dreams’

    Southern Vermont Astronomy Group will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 13 in the 1879 Perkinsville Schoolhouse, 1862 VT-106 in Perkinsville. This hybrid meeting will also be available via Zoom. Longtime SoVerA member Kevin Paquet will give a presentation titled Mars: the Dust Bowl of Dreams. Was there life on Mars? […]

  • Locals protest U.S. action in Venezuela

    Locals protest U.S. action in Venezuela

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Hours after President Trump announced the military raid on Venezuela and the seizure of that country’s president, Nicholas Maduro, on a U.S. federal indictment, protesters gathered in cities and towns across this country – including Chester. On a sunny but frigid afternoon with a brisk wind, a […]

  • Chester Select Board agenda for Jan. 7

    Chester Select Board agenda for Jan. 7

    The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday Jan. 7, 2026 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. and online via Zoom. Below is the board’s agenda. 1. Zoning Bylaw Amendment re: Signs; Public Hearing 2. Approval of Minutes from the Select Board Meeting dated Dec. 17, 2025 3. Citizen’s […]

  • Op-ed: Private philanthropy is not enough to create economic opportunity

    Op-ed: Private philanthropy is not enough to create economic opportunity

    By Bill Schubart ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC  Is what we’re learning about healthcare and the critical role of primary care a metaphor for what we can learn about reducing poverty with equitable economic policies that create opportunity? Vermont’s current budget is $9.1 billion. For 648,500 Vermonters, that’s $14,400 each. The 2025 U.S. budget was $7.01 […]

  • Afternoon fire destroys garage on Cummings Rd.

    Afternoon fire destroys garage on Cummings Rd.

    UPDATE: At 4:41 a.m. on Monday, firefighters from Chester, Proctorsville and Weathersfield were called back to the scene for the reported re-ignition of the remains of the building.  By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Seven area fire companies with 35 firefighters responded to Cummings Road in Chester Sunday afternoon to quell a fire […]

  • VSP identifies Ludlow officer, resident in New Year's Day shooting

    VSP identifies Ludlow officer, resident in New Year’s Day shooting

    © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Late this afternoon, Friday, Jan. 2, Vermont State Police identified the man who was shot in Ludlow on New Year’s Day as well as the Ludlow Police officer who shot him. According to the Vermont  State Police, Jaime Gomez, 18, who lives in a room at the Fox Run Inn […]

  • Ludlow officer shoots, injures man in New Year's Day incident

    Ludlow officer shoots, injures man in New Year’s Day incident

    ©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC A member of the Ludlow Police Department shot and injured a man early on New Year’s Day, according to a Vermont State Police press release. According to the press release, the man who was shot was taken to the hospital although the extent of his injuries and the name of the […]

  • Chester mulls a local option tax; neighboring towns already have them and like them

    Chester mulls a local option tax; neighboring towns already have them and like them

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board is nearing its deadline to decide whether to put before the voters in March a 1 percent local tax that would be in addition to the current state sales taxes charged on rooms and meals and served alcohol. We thought it would be […]

  • Pat Glabach receives Lions Club's highest award

    Pat Glabach receives Lions Club’s highest award

    Pat Glabach received the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award on Nov. 11 at the Londonderry Area Tri-Mountain Lions dinner meeting held at The Red Slate Restaurant at Magic Mountain. It is the highest honor bestowed by Lions Club International and recognizes a member whose service goes above and beyond one’s typical duties. Glabach has been doing […]

  • Southern Vermont nonprofit acquires 341 acres

    Southern Vermont nonprofit acquires 341 acres

    The southern Vermont community-based nonprofit Bull Creek Common Lands has placed 341 acres of remote land in Athens and Townshend under the permanent protection of a conservation easement with the Vermont Land Trust. The conserved land is the headwaters of Bull Creek, which contains many wetlands and different forest types that are home to beavers, […]

  • Springfield Garden Club's Holiday Market another big success

    Springfield Garden Club’s Holiday Market another big success

      Springfield Garden Club’s Holiday Market, which was held on Friday, Dec. 5, proved to be a big hit. The club extends its appreciation to the the people who came and purchased handmade wreaths and arrangements. This is the garden club’s only major fundraiser, and the proceeds go toward its mission to “provide a social […]

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