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Andover Select Board agenda for Dec. 26
The Andover Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 26* at Andover Town Office, 953 Weston-Andover Road. *Please note the day change. Bellow is its agenda. 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes of December 11th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, […]
To the editor: It’s time for the Williams Dam to go
With Monday, Dec. 18’s flooding, it has become clear to me that the Williams Dam in Londonderry needs to go. The dam is located on the mill pond at the intersection of Route 100 and Route 11 near the Mill Tavern Restaurant. It is old, it is leaking and — from the aerial photographs of […]
Senior Christmas Dinner serves more than 170
By Kathy Giurtino ©2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC More than 120 senior citizens from Chester and Andover gathered at Green Mountain High School in Chester on Saturday, Dec. 9, to enjoy the 50th annual Senior Christmas Dinner. Upon arriving, diners passed between two long display tables of “gingerbread” houses constructed of cardboard and beautifully decorated by […]
SAPA TV to host annual Public Domain Christmas
Once again, SAPA TV, the Springfield area’s public access TV station, will run 24 hours of Christmas movies and short subjects from 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve to 7 p.m. on Christmas Day. Viewers in Springfield, Weathersfield and Chester, as well as in Charlestown, N.H., are welcomed to spend the day with 1964’s Santa Claus […]
College News
Zedekiah McNaughton of Springfield recently matriculated as a member of the Class of 2027 at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. McNaughton, a graduate of Woodstock Union High School, was selected from a pool of 9,643 applicants from all 50 states and 146 countries and joins a community of approximately 2,000 undergraduate students. Benjamin Munukka of […]
GMUSD Board agenda for Dec. 21
The Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday Dec. 21 at Green Mountain High School, 716 Rt. 103 south and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/88449272142 The board’s agenda is below: I. CALL TO ORDER: A. Roll call II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: (Additions […]
Flooding hits S. Vt.: Derry shops whacked again Dirt roads take the brunt of other damage
Video by David Lewis of Windham. The Chester Telegraph thanks all of our reporting partners who provided photos, video and insights into today’s events. See photo gallery below. To launch the gallery, click any image. By Cynthia Prairie and Shawn Cunningham ©2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Our southern Vermont region was hit with another rainstorm […]
Chester Water/Sewer, Select Board agendas for Dec. 20
The Chester Select Board will meet as the town’s Water and Sewer Commissioner at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday Dec. 20, 2023 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and via Zoom. That meeting will be followed by a special meeting of the Select Board. To join these meetings go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 Below are the agendas for […]
Jason Julian pleads guilty to ‘environmental crime’ in Connecticut Co-owner of quarrying firm under dispute in Chester
By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Jason Julian, whose firm Julian Materials operates three quarries in Chester that have been the subject of many complaints, pleaded guilty on Friday to six misdemeanor charges in a Connecticut court. The charges, brought by the State of Connecticut, say that Julian illegally disposed of fill containing […]
To the editor: Green Mountain Gardeners brightens area communities, residents
The Green Mountain Gardeners celebrated the holidays with its tradition of tabletop-tree-making for the homebound and donations to support our community organizations. The uniquely decorated table-top trees, together with cookies from the Weston Women’s Club, were delivered by Tom Widger and the Wantastiquet Rotary elves to bring holiday cheer to our homebound. In addition to […]
Springfield Garden Club makes holiday arrangements for Meals on Wheels recipients
Once each month, a Springfield Garden Club committee creates 24 small flower arrangements to accompany meals distributed by volunteers to local Meals on Wheels recipients. The garden club meets the first Tuesday of every month to make the arrangements to be distributed to Meals on Wheels recipients on a rotating basis so everyone receives at […]
Henry Homeyer: Don’t try this at home
Editor’s note: The Chester Telegraph has been publishing Henry Homeyer’s Notes from the Garden since 2016. Now that he has gone into ‘semi-retirement’ and writing one column a month, we’ve asked him to curate his archives of articles to find the gems he believes are pertinent to our readers. We’re happy to present this article […]
Lois B. Goddard, 83, of Chester
Lois B. Goddard, 83, of Chester, died on Thursday Dec. 14, 2023 at the home of her daughter Mary, surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 18, 1940 in Landgrove to Howard and Ruby (Beers) Capen. She was married to Paul Goddard, who predeceased her in 1981. Lois enjoyed walking, riding bicycles, fishing […]
Gene Sargent, 90, of Chittenden, formerly of Chester
Gene F. Sargent of Chittenden passed away at Rutland Regional Medical Center on the night of Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 after a short stay. He was 90 years old. Gene was a social butterfly, chatting and sharing stories with the many visitors to his hospital bed up until the end. Beyond his social tendencies, he […]
Ludlow businessman Troy Caruso charged in federal indictment in New York City
By Cara Philbin and Shawn Cunningham ©2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Troy Caruso, 56, a prominent Ludlow businessman who also lives in Smithtown, N.Y., was arrested in New York City Thursday and indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and one count of honest services wire fraud. Both are federal charges […]
DRB hearing turns rancorous as Julian Materials changes quarry application New plans include moving stone cutting outside Chester
By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Years of quarry noise and months of zoning hearings boiled over at Monday night’s meeting of the Chester Development Review Board as Julian Materials proposed a heavily amended version of its conditional use application, while neighbors demanded to know when there would be enforcement of the current […]
Photo Gallery: Santa’s arrival sparks good cheer
©2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC As dusk settled over Chester on Saturday, Chester Fire and Police escorted Santa down Main Street to the Green, with its white-lit trees and colorful Christmas tree. Their final destination was the brightly decorated Fullerton Inn to greet families and children who had come just to see him. Santa sat by […]
Op-ed: One small gift leads to so much more
By Sharon Bondroff ©2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC GRAY, MAINE In the late 1970s, searching for a gift for my partner Stevens Bunker, I stopped by a small antiques shop in Ellicott City, Md. Turns out Joe the shopkeeper, was friends with Bunker. They both loved, bought and sold old maritime stuff. Joe was a retired […]
To the editor: Kate Lorenz Fund issues first gifts
As the year draws to a close, many thanks are extended to the generous friends of The Kate Lorenz Memorial Community Fund, founded in 2022 in honor and in memory of Kate Lorenz, who lived her 42 years with sparkling passion and generosity. As a teacher, musician, community member and planet advocate, her compassion and […]
Next installment of LWV’s lecture series on ‘Election Issues and Democracy’ Dec. 13
The League of Women Voters of Vermont, in partnership with Kellogg-Hubbard Library, presents the second installment of its five-part lecture series on Election Issues and Democracy at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 13. This season examines the structural and cultural issues that affect voter attitudes and election results. This year the series returns to in-person presentations […]
