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GMUSD board agenda for April 21
The Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday April 21 at the High School Library, 716 Rt. 103 South and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to: https://trsu.zoom.us/j/85863233984 Below is the board’s agenda. I. CALL TO ORDER (2 min): A. Roll call II. Approval of […]
Mountain towns raise $45,000 to aid Ukraine
More than 400 people descended on Magic Mountain’s Black Line Tavern on Saturday, April 9 for an event that was organized by local residents, including Wayne Granquist and Jim Linville, both of Weston, and raised more than $35,000 for Save the Children’s Ukrainian Crisis Relief Fund. More than $10,000 was raised at an earlier event. […]
‘We Are Nature’ to be performed by ESBR students
Agents from the fictional organization, the International Time Navigators Association, will be on stage at Ludlow’s Town Hall auditorium, 37 S. Depot St., at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 14. In We Are Nature, written entirely by the student body of the Expeditionary School at Black River, ITNA agents go forward in time to look […]
VSAC webinar: How to appeal your financial aid package
Vermont Student Assistance Corp. is offering a free Zoom webinar on how to appeal your financial aid offer on Tuesday, April 26 at 6 p.m. In the era of the current pandemic, families are struggling with a variety of financial and personal pressures caused by Covid-19. Vermonters who have received a Vermont state grant or […]
Special Select Board meeting on the Williams Dam in Londonderry
The Londonderry Select Board will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday April 20, 2022 at Londonderry Town Hall, 139 Middletown Road in South Londonderry. The special select board meeting will feature a presentation by the town’s project engineer, and a question and answer session. This meeting is being held to provide information […]
UPDATED: Chester Select Board agenda for April 20
The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday April 20, 2022 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and via zoom. To join the meeting go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 Below it the board’s agenda. New item(s) in boldface. 1. Approve Minutes from the April 6, 2022 Select Board Meeting 2. Citizen Comments/Answers […]
Henry Homeyer: Spring into these gardening activities
By Henry Homeyer © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC I finally had a few days of dry weather with temperature in the 50s, so have been able to start some spring cleanup. Some of my beds are still too wet, so I will wait on working there until my feet don’t sink in. Walking on wet […]
Lucille Hart, 89, of Weston
Lucille (Wood) Hart, 89, of Weston, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. She was born in Rutland on April 10, 1933 to William and Beatrice (Devino) Wood. Her fondest memories were of living on the farm and attending high school in Vergennes. Lucille met her husband of 48 years, Harry […]
Weather Service warns of ‘fire weather’
© 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC The National Weather Service is warning that high winds and low humidity today will increase the danger of fire and is advising against open burning. The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation Fire Danger Forecast map shows “high” fire danger for all of the state and “very high” in […]
GMUSD board chair asserts ownership of buses LMH members nix re-registration, titling in GM name
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a 3-3 tie vote, the board of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union defeated a motion to re-register and re-title eight school buses in the name of Green Mountain, the district that bought them for $684,000 back in 2019. The buses are currently registered to TRSU. All […]
Driver in Rt. 103N crash pleads not guilty to two charges
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC One month to the day after the crash that left Chester bookstore owner Vicki Thornton severely injured, Travis Stella, 27, of Wilton, Conn., was arraigned on charges of DUI-1 and grossly negligent operation with serious injury resulting in Windsor County Superior Court in White River Junction. Represented […]
Chester panel mulls zoning change for Baba A Louis buyer
By Shawn Cunningham © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC With adjustments to the Village Green District proposal finished at its Monday April 4 meeting, the Chester Planning Commission turned its attention to a request from Robert “Sugar Bob” Hausslein for a change of zoning to accommodate food manufacturing in the long shuttered Baba A Louis bakery […]
Blake Hill Preserves honored by SBA as Small Business Persons of the Year
The owners of Blake Hill Preserves in Windsor, formerly of Grafton, have been named the 2022 Vermont Small Business Persons of the Year. Vicky Allard and Joe Hanglin are being recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration for Blake Hill Preserves’ employment growth, success in the marketplace, company expansion and community involvement. Two other Windsor-based […]
Rotary scholarship to go to non-traditional student in District 7870
The Rotary Club of Chester announces a districtwide scholarship in memory of Janice H. McElroy, who served as Rotary District 7870 governor in 2011-2012 and was instrumental in securing a Rotary International grant of $412,000 to help southern Vermont rebuild after the devastation of Hurricane Irene. Prior to her death in 2014, McElroy requested that […]
Farmers invited to apply for $5,000 land stewardship, innovation and service award
The Vermont Land Trust is accepting applications for the 2022 Eric Rozendaal Memorial Award that will be granted to a farmer who exemplifies land stewardship, innovation and service to their community. Farmers who are actively working on or managing a commercial farm operation in the state, are residents of Vermont and have not received this […]
Art in Bloom show seeks artists and artisans
Green Mountain Gardeners is seeking local artists and artisans to participate in the 2022 Art in Bloom exhibit and sale, which will take place Thursday, June 16 to Friday, June 24 at the Custer Sharp House, 2461 Middletown Road, Londonderry. The theme this year is “A Colorful Showcase Celebrating Summer.” Submissions, including paintings, sculpture, photography, […]
St Luke’s re-opens to public with Holy Week services
The public is invited to attend services that began on Palm Sunday, April 10, and will progress through Holy Week, culminating with Easter Sunday, April 17. After a long Covid hiatus, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church – the gray church at 313 Main St. in Chester – has returned to in-person worship services, with broadcasts also […]
Londonderry cemeteries to open May 1
The Cemetery Commission of the Town of Londonderry has announced that the cemeteries will open on Sunday, May 1. Clean-up by the cemetery caretakers will begin immediately. All decorations that were added over the winter should be removed; any decorative items remaining on May 1 will be disposed of. As a reminder, plantings in the cemetery […]
League of Women Voters offering four $1,500 scholarships
The League of Women Voters of Vermont is offering four $1,500 scholarships through their Winona Smith Scholarship program. Applications, due on Sunday, May 1, can be completed online here. Students need to submit two essays (500 words): one on issues concerning voting rights and one on the impact of a recent civic, national or world […]
To the editor: Vote for Balint for Congress
Vermont Democrats have a decision to make on Primary Day, Tuesday, Aug. 9: Who among the four current candidates should be the party’s choice to replace U.S. Rep. Peter Welch in the General Election in November? Let me tell you why I am supporting Becca Balint of Brattleboro. For one thing, I am impressed by […]
