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On and off the pages, turn summer reading for kids into adventures
By John Hoover ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Lockers have been cleaned out, goodbyes have been said and the last bus has pulled out of the parking lot. School’s out and you have the entire summer stretching in front of you. So, what are you going to do with all that free time? You know from […]
Community events: May 19 through May 25, 2016
For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. May 19: Book discussion on ‘Guernsey Literary’ at Rock Library […]
Chester Police log for May: April 9 to May 3, 2016
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph Police Log is a sampling of incidents directly from Chester Police reports. In general, we do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Saturday, April 9, 10:28 a.m. A resident of Popple Dungeon Road called to complain that her ex-husband […]
Grafton board opts to make all VLCT correspondence public
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC In what may have been a most surprising and quick boost to transparency in local government, a three-person quorum of the Grafton Select Board on Monday night unanimously agreed that correspondence between board members and the Vermont League of Cities and Towns be open to public inspection. The […]
Community events: April 21 through April 24, 2016
For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. April 21: School vacation program focuses on bats Bat enthusiast […]
Dollar General, Jiffy Mart could go head-to-head on construction
By Cynthia Prairie and Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Gird yourself Chester. If all goes as stated, heavy equipment will descend on Main Street as two large construction projects – within spitting distance of each other – begin in mid-April. After an unexplained delay, the developer the Zaremba Group is expected to start […]
Sandri floats idea of purchase, lease of town land;
historical society says Yosemite will have new owner
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The president of Sandri Cos. asked the Chester Select Board last Wednesday if it was open to selling town land so the company could add a Dunkin Donuts franchise to the convenience store and liquor outlet that it already runs at its Sunoco gas station on Main […]
Arts events: March 23 through March 26, 2016
For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. March 23: Northern Stage presents ‘The Mountaintop’ The Mountaintop, written […]
Arts events: March 7 through March 12, 2016
For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. March 7: Watercolors of Scotland at Whiting Library Whiting […]
Londonderry accepts one-year State Police contract, votes to study gravel pit purchase
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Wendell Coleman’s last Town Meeting as Londonderry’s moderator turned out to be a six-hour doosie that saw a controversial proposal to hire state police to patrol the town turn victorious on the impassioned speech of a just-defeated select board member. The meeting was more than three hours […]
Grafton voters ask the questions in a lively candidate forum
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC About 40 members of the Grafton public got a chance Monday night to ask questions of the four people seeking two seats on the Grafton Select Board. The candidates forum, overseen by town Moderator David Ross at the Grafton Elementary School, was a lively and at times pointed […]
Community events: Feb. 24 through March 3, 2016
For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Feb. 24: Rockingham citizens group holds community forum Citizens in […]
Chester introduced to erosion, runoff issues in relatively quick Select Board meeting
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC “Wow,” exclaimed Chester Select Board member Bill Lindsay as that body adjourned its Wednesday, Feb. 3 meeting after only an hour and 12 minutes. While there may have been a light agenda, that’s seldom kept the board from adjourning before two hours. Katherine Otto of the Southern […]
Community events: Feb. 10 through Feb. 17, 2016
For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Feb. 10: Ash Wednesday at St. Luke’s St. Luke’s Episcopal […]
Free leadership training offered to entrepreneurs; Environmental Excellence Awards offered; state gets $46M for energy efficiency aid for Vermonters
MONTPELIER Vermont is seeking 15 small business owners to participate in the Emerging Leaders Initiative beginning in April at Vermont Technical College in Williston, Vt. Emerging Leaders is a free, executive-level training program for entrepreneurs to learn how to establish a three-year strategic growth plan for their businesses. Strategic plans emphasize organizational structure, resource network […]
Andover OKs Chester service MOU, finalizing full budget, then takes up a party issue
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC ON THE COVER: Town Clerk Linda Bargfrede, far left, and the Andover Select Board. Photo illustration by Chester Telegraph. The Andover Select Board moved closer to a final budget for fiscal 2016/17 at its Monday, Jan. 11 meeting, and worked out a number of housekeeping items including […]
Chester board talks party to celebrate N.Y. charter; Townscape recaps volunteer work
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board continued to wrestle with funding capital expenditures by municipal bond rather than through current tax revenues and worked on the budget at its Dec. 16 meeting, but not before talking about some partying. In fact, while it did not delve into the question […]
Grab the kids and make these easy cranberry marshmallows
By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com These super easy marshmallows are honestly as light and silky as a cloud. They are the best I have ever tasted and the good thing about them, you can use whatever flavors and colors you desire to be festive. Try lime, cherry or lemon, adding more food coloring while beating for […]
Chester wrestles with health insurance co-pay, bidding process
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a contentious Nov. 18 meeting that saw Chester’s Select Board set a special meeting for 7 p.m. tonight to finish the agenda rather than continuing late, members questioned whether the town should take possession of the information booth, whether to require town employees to pay something […]
History, library, fund-raising among community events for Nov. 18 through Nov. 22
For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Nov. 18: Vermont’s environmental history explored In a free discussion […]
