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GMUSD Board agenda for May 16

GMUSD Board agenda for May 16

The Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday May 16 at Green Mountain High School, 716 Route 103 south and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to: https://trsu.zoom.us/j/88449272142 I. CALL TO ORDER: A. Roll call II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: (Additions & Deletions) III. APPROVAL OF […]

'Baby Boom' to be shown in S. Derry on Thursday

‘Baby Boom’ to be shown in S. Derry on Thursday

At 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, the light-hearted comedy Baby Boom will be shown at the South Londonderry Depot, on Route 100 just south of the West River Bridge. Baby Boom is the story of J.C., the Tiger Lady of Wall Street who is “gifted” an infant and ultimately gives up fame and fortune […]

Learn about the Bellows Falls petroglyph site

Learn about the Bellows Falls petroglyph site Talks scheduled at local venues between May 15 and 25

Annette Spaulding and members of the Kchi Pôntegok Project will present the results of the two-year effort to better understand the Bellows Falls petroglyph site at several local venues between May 15 and 25. The project is named for the Western Abenaki term meaning “at the Great Falls,” which describes the location of the petroglyph […]

Taylor Claflin named 66th Apple Blossom Queen

Taylor Claflin named 66th Apple Blossom Queen

The 66th Apple Blossom took place at Riverside Middle School in Springfield on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. Taylor Claflin was announced as this year’s queen. Her dancing partner was Matthew Winter. Members of her court are Lorelei Bertone, who was partnered with Logan Roundy and Molly Tennis, who was partnered with Armando […]

Andover Select Board agenda for May 13

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 […]

Potash neighbors tell select board of nuisance goats

Potash neighbors tell select board of nuisance goats ARPA funds discussion and development loan approval

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Last Wednesday, several residents from the area of Andover and Potash Brook roads asked the Chester Select Board to establish a nuisance ordinance in response to a neighbor’s animals – including goats, horses, pigs and vicious dogs – that have made living in the area difficult for […]

Green Mtn. Club trail work day May 18

Green Mtn. Club trail work day May 18

Do you hike in the Manchester area? Come help members of the Green Mountain Club Manchester Section with their trail work day. Meet at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 18 at the Mad Tom Notch Long Trail parking lot on Mad Tom Notch Road in Peru. This is an all-day event. The objective is to […]

Monthly Memory Cafés in Chester, Ludlow

Monthly Memory Cafés in Chester, Ludlow First and second Thursdays of each month

A Memory Café is a safe and comfortable place for caregivers and their loved ones who are challenged with forms of dementia or other cognitive disorders and debilitating conditions. Chester’s Memory Café is held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month in Willard Hall, in the rear of St. Luke’s […]

To the editor: Thayer announces run for lieutenant governor

To the editor: Thayer announces run for lieutenant governor

Hello my fellow Vermonters, My name is Gregory Thayer and in fall of 2024, I am a candidate for the position of lieutenant governor of this great state of Vermont. Every Vermonter needs to know that, with the current leadership in Montpelier, the future of Vermont looks bleak, and traveling down a stormy road. My […]

To the editor: Vermont legislators fail us with current tax policy

To the editor: Vermont legislators fail us with current tax policy

An open letter to Rep. Heather Chase and Sens. Wendy Harrison and Nader Hashim: It is difficult to think that you, my representatives in the Vermont legislature, along with the rest of the Democrat/Progressive super-majority, are working in the interests of the people and the natural environment of this beautiful little state. The added tax […]

Howard Woodcock, 100, of Chester

Howard Woodcock, 100, of Chester

Howard Woodcock, 100, passed away on April 16,2024. He was born in Chester on Nov. 2, 1923 to W. Wiley and Luella (Shattuck) Woodcock. He attended Chester schools, graduating from Chester High School in 1941. In 1943, Howard entered the Army Air Force and served three years, 19 months of which were served in India. […]

College News

College News

St. Lawrence University of Canton, N.Y., announces its Dean’s List for the fall 2023 semester. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must have completed at least four courses and have an academic average of 3.6 based on a 4.0 scale for the semester. The following students were named to the fall 2023 […]

Judge dismisses most claims by Windham parents

Judge dismisses most claims by Windham parents Allegations against state on elementary school to continue

By Ethan Weinstein ©2024 VT Digger Parents in the tiny Windham School District, who sought through a lawsuit to have the district pay tuition to send students elsewhere, have had a majority of their claims dismissed. But Windham Superior Court Judge David Barra allowed a central part of the suit to continue on allegations that […]

Green Up Day: May the 4th be with you!

Green Up Day: May the 4th be with you! Information for Andover, Cavendish and Chester

By Stacia Spaulding ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Although Green Up Day officially takes place on the first Saturday in May, many area residents have gotten a jump-start on cleaning up the roadsides in their towns. If you would like to help, there are still plenty of opportunities available on Saturday, May 4. Green Up Vermont’s […]

Chester Select Board agenda for May 1

Chester Select Board agenda for May 1

The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday May 1 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and via Zoom. The Select Board Meeting will be followed by a meeting of the Town’s Water and Sewer Commissioners. To join the meeting go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 Below are the boards’ agendas. 1. […]

GMUSD Board budget meeting agenda for April 30

GMUSD Board budget meeting agenda for April 30

The board of the Green Mountain Unified School District will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday April 30 at Cavendish Town Elementary School, 573 Main Street, Proctorsville and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to :https://trsu.zoom.us/j/89850351989 Below is the board’s agenda. I. CALL TO ORDER: A. Roll call II. APPROVAL OF […]

TRSU Board agenda for May 2

TRSU Board agenda for May 2

The board of directors of Two Rivers Supervisory Union will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 2 at the Ludlow Elementary School Professional Development Room.  You can also access the meeting by Zoom by clicking here. The agenda is below. I. Call to Order A. Roll Call II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: (Additions […]

Vermont Academy Honor Roll for winter 2024

Vermont Academy Honor Roll for winter 2024

The Vermont Academy of Saxtons River announces that the following area students have achieved Honor Roll status for the winter of 2024. High Honors Class of 2024 Sofia Bianconi of Bellows Falls Hazel Kekic of Chester Class of 2025 Ana Hernandez-Merkle of Saxtons River Maya Sbardellati of Putney Skye Twining of Brattleboro Class of 2026 […]

Chester board OKs community health initiative, full-time Fire Chief post

Chester board OKs community health initiative, full-time Fire Chief post

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board at its April 17 meeting approved some major new initiatives in public safety, including a community health program that would expand the work of the town’s ambulance service beyond emergency response and a full-time fire chief. Ambulance Chief Mike Randzio told the board […]

GM and LMH budgets go down to defeat again

GM and LMH budgets go down to defeat again

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Voters from four area towns went to the polls yesterday, Tuesday, April 23, and again defeated the 2024-25 budget for the Green Mountain Unified School District. This time the vote was 220 yes to 340 no with two blank ballots. The 120-vote margin was up from the […]