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Master Plan moves to implementation phase; Okemo Chamber seeks Chester board help

Master Plan moves to implementation phase; Okemo Chamber seeks Chester board help

By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Without final financial numbers for 2017 to finish its work on the budget, the regular meeting of the Chester Select Board handled a number of housekeeping items and heard a plea for help from the Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce. Executive Assistant Julie Hance told the […]

Village Center Master Plan rolled out for Chester board

Village Center Master Plan rolled out for Chester board

By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Saying that “if it doesn’t work for residents, it doesn’t work,” Mark Kane of SE Group rolled out the Chester Village Center Master Plan that his company and many of those residents have worked on it since October of last year. Kane told a special session of […]

Chester preps for May 6 Green Up Day; <br>Derry Energy Committee to host solar discussion; <br> Cavendish association seeks photos for calendar contest

Chester preps for May 6 Green Up Day;
Derry Energy Committee to host solar discussion;
Cavendish association seeks photos for calendar contest

Vermont’s 47th annual Green Up Day is set for Saturday, May 6. Volunteers are encouraged to green up roadways in their area anytime this spring. Green Up bags will be available by the end of April at the Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St., Chester-Andover Elementary School, 72 S. Main St.,  and Chester Hardware, 21 […]

Gustafson, Whalen win Select Board seats; budgets, bonds pass by wide margins

Gustafson, Whalen win Select Board seats; budgets, bonds pass by wide margins

By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC In the only contested race this year, incumbent member Ben Whalen and newcomer Lee Gustafson won election Tuesday night to one-year seats on the Chester Select Board. With 673 people voting, the totals were Whalen 441, Gustafson 388 and Kelly Arrison 318. When John DeBenedetti decided not […]

Caretakers save animals during fire at Springfield vet clinic

Caretakers save animals during fire at Springfield vet clinic

Photos and videos by Shawn Cunningham By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC A fire damaged the Springfield Animal Hospital tonight, Thursday, Jan. 19, but quick action by employees saved all of the animals who were staying at the facility and firefighters were able to knock down the fire quickly. Just before 8:30 p.m., […]

Other issues waylay special Chester board meeting

Other issues waylay special Chester board meeting

By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC What was intended to be a training session on the powers and responsibilities of the Chester Select Board and town manager, conducted by town attorney Jim Carroll, turned into a tutorial on legal aspects of several recent developments in Chester including why the Select Board believes it […]

46th annual Green-Up Day events around the region

46th annual Green-Up Day events around the region

ANDOVER Andover Green-Up Day will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 7. Residents and friends are invited to beautify the town grounds, clean the roadsides and spruce up the cemeteries. Participants are encouraged to bring gardening gloves and tools including wheelbarrows, rakes, clippers, loppers and leaf blowers and join in the […]

Free leadership training offered to entrepreneurs; Environmental Excellence Awards offered; state gets $46M for energy efficiency aid for Vermonters

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 […]

Grab those green bags and get ready for Green Up Day

Grab those green bags and get ready for Green Up Day

Vermont’s Green Up Day is Saturday, May 2, when it will be celebrating its 45th  anniversary. The town of Chester and the Chester Conservation Committee will be supporting Green Up Day by coordinating efforts, distributing Green Up bags, picking up large loads of trash and putting a dumpster at the Town Garage. Volunteers are encouraged […]

How to shadow the lunar eclipse of Tuesday, April 15

How to shadow the lunar eclipse of Tuesday, April 15

    By Claudio Veliz From anywhere in the United States with clear skies, including Vermont, you will be able to enjoy a total lunar eclipse in the pre-dawn night of Tuesday, April 15, when the sun, Earth and moon align and Earth’s shadow fully covers the moon. Eclipses come in two basic forms. Lunar […]

It's almost time to Green Up Chester!

It’s almost time to Green Up Chester!

Vermont’s Green Up Day is on Saturday, May 4th.  The town of Chester and the Chester Conservation Committee support Green Up Day by coordinating the Green Up efforts, picking up large loads of trash  and by putting a dumpster at the Town Garage. Volunteers are encouraged to green up roadways in their area anytime this […]

Plan your Green Up Day, May 5th

Plan your Green Up Day, May 5th

Every spring, Green Up Vermont sponsors a day of road cleaning to sweep away the winter’s trash. This year, volunteers will be Greening Up on Saturday, May 5th. Anyone interested in helping with a section of one of Chester’s roads can contact the Town’s Green Up coordinator, Frank Kelley at fjmkelley@gmail.com. He will put you […]

Taking heart -- and flowers and candy -- on Valentine's Day

Taking heart — and flowers and candy — on Valentine’s Day

by Rebecca Salem Chester merchants are stepping up to make sure you don’t throw a bucket of ice water on your relationship this Valentine’s Day with a gift of a  vacuum cleaner or a package of undershorts. “For serious relationships,” says Lonnie Lisai, “go Cabernet.” The owner of Lisai’s Grocery on Depot Street is conducting […]