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  • Ludlow Rotary Club prepares for 67th annual Penny Sale

    Ludlow Rotary Club prepares for 67th annual Penny Sale

    Although the Ludlow Rotary Club’s 67th Annual Penny Sale is several weeks away, members have already begun preparations. This is the major fund-raising event for LRC’s annual scholarships that are given to area high school seniors. The LRC has awarded more than $250,000 in scholarships. The Penny Sale will feature hundreds of gifts donated by […]

  • Second annual Grace Cottage 'Make Tracks for Health' fundraiser March 1

    Second annual Grace Cottage ‘Make Tracks for Health’ fundraiser March 1

    Enjoy the beauty and joy of winter while helping Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital in Townshend in its mission to provide vital healthcare to the local communities. The second annual Make Tracks for Health event will be held from 10 a.m. until noon on Saturday, March 1 at the Nordic Center at Stratton Mountain […]

  • Gypsy Reel, Rick Redington perform Feb. 22 in Ludlow, offer tribute to Mark Huntley

    Gypsy Reel, Rick Redington perform Feb. 22 in Ludlow, offer tribute to Mark Huntley

    Friends of Ludlow Auditorium will be offering a special musical event featuring Gypsy Reel and Rick Redington & Tuff Luv at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22 in the Heald Auditorium at Ludlow Town Hall, 37 S. Depot St. Gypsy Reel is like a Celtic rollercoaster ride complete with musical twists and turns that will […]

  • Aviation & Career Education Camp for young people this summer in Springfield

    Aviation & Career Education Camp for young people this summer in Springfield

    Hartness State Airport, 15 Airport Road in North Springfield, will be hosting the 2025 Aviation Career Education Academy from Monday, July 28 through Friday, Aug. 1. The day camp will take place from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. and will provide a valuable opportunity for area students between the ages of 12 and 16 to learn […]

  • High winds make for dangerous conditions; ski areas pause operations

    High winds make for dangerous conditions; ski areas pause operations

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC UPDATE: 7 a.m. Wednesday Feb. 19 – Green Mountain Power is reporting no outages this morning. The wind forecast for this morning arrived pretty much on schedule and with it came the power outages. By 6 a.m. Monday, Green Mountain Power’s online outage map was showing 1,180 […]

  • It's GM 'Grizzlies' as students vote for new mascot

    It’s GM ‘Grizzlies’ as students vote for new mascot

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC The polls have closed, the votes have been counted and the result is in. Green Mountain Union High School’s new mascot is the grizzly bear. GM Principal John Broadley told The Telegraph on Sunday that the 200 plus students who voted to chose from five candidates picked the […]

  • Chester Select Board agenda for Feb. 19

    Chester Select Board agenda for Feb. 19

    The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday Feb. 19, 2025 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and via Zoom. To join the meeting via Zoom go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 Below is the board’s agenda 1. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 2. Approval of Minutes from the Select Board […]

  • Cavendish board talks road projects, speed limits and transfer station improvements

    Cavendish board talks road projects, speed limits and transfer station improvements

    By Lorien Strange © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC At Monday’s meeting of the Cavendish Select Board outgoing member George Timko thanked the board and said he hoped more people in Cavendish would get involved with local government. Timko has spent more than 20 years on the board and former board member Sandra Russo is running […]

  • Chester board denies driveway appeal, gets presentation on sidewalk study

    Chester board denies driveway appeal, gets presentation on sidewalk study

    By Shawn Cunningham ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC By a 3-1 vote last Wednesday, the Chester Select Board voted to deny an appeal by the owner of a Main Street property for a curb cut to install a new driveway. But while the vote sounds resolute, some board members spoke of how conflicted they were over […]

  • FOLA screens adventurous ski films Feb. 20

    FOLA screens adventurous ski films Feb. 20

    Friends of Ludlow Auditorium joins forces with the Catamount Trail Association to present an evening of skiing films at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20 in the Heald Auditorium in Ludlow Town Hall, 37 S. Depot St. The evening begin with the short CTA film 40 Years on the Trail produced by Climb High Productions. […]

  • College News

    College News

    Two local undergraduate students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute of Worcester, Mass., were named to the university’s fall 2024 Dean’s List. The criteria for the WPI Dean’s List differ from that of most other universities as WPI does not compute a grade point average. Instead, WPI students are named to the Dean’s List based on the […]

  • Op-ed: Clark sues to block Trump actions

    Op-ed: Clark sues to block Trump actions

    By Charity Clark Vermont Attorney General In the chaos of President Trump’s first three weeks in office, I sued on behalf of Vermont to block unconstitutional or illegal actions. President Trump’s executive orders and early actions reflect his campaign promises and dark view of the state of the union. Unfortunately, at least three of these […]

  • Op-ed: Be brave little state, defend public education

    Op-ed: Be brave little state, defend public education

    By John Castle Gov. Phil Scott has provided his shock and aw-shucks proposal for rescuing taxpayers and claiming to improve education along the way. Finding renewed hubris with the “red wave” of new Republicans in the State House and Democrats running scared, Gov. Scott is seizing the opportunity with a misguided overhaul of our public […]

  • To the editor: Share Heat fundraiser for Family Center an encouraging community event

    To the editor: Share Heat fundraiser for Family Center an encouraging community event

    It was encouraging to participate in the Share Heat fundraiser at Vermont Vines last Saturday, where dozens of people came together to raise money for the Chester-Andover Family Center. As the press release in The Chester Telegraph explained, the money will be available to local residents who have trouble paying their heating bills. It was […]

  • Donate to Green Up Vermont via state income tax return

    Donate to Green Up Vermont via state income tax return

    For 55 years, the first Saturday in May – Green Up Day – has been about gathering family and neighbors outside to clean up litter and debris from roadsides and waterways. This is a much-loved, prideful tradition that continues to keep our natural landscapes clean and healthy and instills a sense of community care in […]

  • New GM High mascot to be chosen this week

    New GM High mascot to be chosen this week

      By Lorien Strange ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Green Mountain Union High School students will be selecting a new mascot this week, more than a year since a contentious series of school board meetings ended with the demise of the original controversial mascot, the Chieftain. The original, 50-year-old mascot was considered racist and outdated and […]

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