The Chester TelegraphUp-to-date news for Vermont: Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Grafton, Weston, Windhamand LondonderryThe Springfield Disaster Recovery Center, located at the Springfield Health Center, 100 River St. in Springfield, will close permanently at 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 2,  and the Rutland Disaster Recover Center, in the Asa Bloomer Building at 88 Merchants Row in Rutland, will close permanently at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 1. Once a location […]If your privately owned road or bridge was damaged or destroyed by Vermont’s July severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides,...…The Chester TelegraphUp-to-date news for Vermont: Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Grafton, Weston, Windhamand LondonderryThe Springfield Disaster Recovery Center, located at the Springfield Health Center, 100 River St. in Springfield, will close permanently at 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 2,  and the Rutland Disaster Recover Center, in the Asa Bloomer Building at 88 Merchants Row in Rutland, will close permanently at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 1. Once a location […]If your privately owned road or bridge was damaged or destroyed by Vermont’s July severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides,...WW…

The Chester TelegraphUp-to-date news for Vermont: Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Grafton, Weston, Windhamand LondonderrySOUTH ROYALTON Vermont Law and Graduate School‘s Entrepreneurial Legal Laboratory — VLSell — has introduced a new legal assistance program supporting businesses impacted by recent flooding. Under this initiative, VLSell has coordinated with volunteer attorneys to provide free legal assistance and education to businesses navigating the legal complexities of flood recovery. VLSell has partnered in […]We at Londonderry Volunteer Rescue Squad and the local fire departments...…The Chester TelegraphUp-to-date news for Vermont: Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Grafton, Weston, Windhamand LondonderrySOUTH ROYALTON Vermont Law and Graduate School‘s Entrepreneurial Legal Laboratory — VLSell — has introduced a new legal assistance program supporting businesses impacted by recent flooding. Under this initiative, VLSell has coordinated with volunteer attorneys to provide free legal assistance and education to businesses navigating the legal complexities of flood recovery. VLSell has partnered in […]We at Londonderry Volunteer Rescue Squad and the local fire departments...WW…

The Chester TelegraphUp-to-date news for Vermont: Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Grafton, Weston, Windhamand LondonderryShawn Cunningham | Sep 27, 2023 | Comments 3By Shawn Cunningham©2023 Telegraph Publishing LLChe Board of Directors of the Green Mountain Unified School District voted 6 to 3 last night to stop paying an attorney and have him halt work representing the board to defend the Chieftain mascot in an appeal before the state Agency of Education.Instead, the board will meet in executive session with the attorney to discuss the representation.  The attorney has agreed to do this...…The Chester TelegraphUp-to-date news for Vermont: Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Grafton, Weston, Windhamand LondonderryShawn Cunningham | Sep 27, 2023 | Comments 3By Shawn Cunningham©2023 Telegraph Publishing LLChe Board of Directors of the Green Mountain Unified School District voted 6 to 3 last night to stop paying an attorney and have him halt work representing the board to defend the Chieftain mascot in an appeal before the state Agency of Education.Instead, the board will meet in executive session with the attorney to discuss the representation.  The attorney has agreed to do this...WW…

The Chester TelegraphUp-to-date news for Vermont: Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Grafton, Weston, Windhamand LondonderryShawn Cunningham | Sep 27, 2023 | Comments 0By Shawn Cunningham© 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLChile last Wednesday’s Chester Select Board agenda was short, it yielded a lot of discussion and some progress on a couple of long-standing issues.Whiting board chair Matt Gorsky asks the board for some reasonable accommodation to provide benefits to library staff. Photos by Shawn CunninghamWhiting Library Board chair Matt Gorsky came before the board to ask for “some reasonable...…The Chester TelegraphUp-to-date news for Vermont: Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Grafton, Weston, Windhamand LondonderryShawn Cunningham | Sep 27, 2023 | Comments 0By Shawn Cunningham© 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLChile last Wednesday’s Chester Select Board agenda was short, it yielded a lot of discussion and some progress on a couple of long-standing issues.Whiting board chair Matt Gorsky asks the board for some reasonable accommodation to provide benefits to library staff. Photos by Shawn CunninghamWhiting Library Board chair Matt Gorsky came before the board to ask for “some reasonable...WW…

The Chester TelegraphUp-to-date news for Vermont: Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Grafton, Weston, Windhamand LondonderryShawn Cunningham | Sep 25, 2023 | Comments 0Screenshot of Thursday night’s 7-minute long GMUSD board meeting. Image from Okemo Valley TV.By Shawn Cunningham© 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLChursday night’s Green Mountain Unified School District Board meeting ended almost as soon as it began. The board adjourned slightly more than seven minutes into the meeting over how to handle an agenda item regarding the appeal of its May 18 decision that the name Chieftain does not violate...…The Chester TelegraphUp-to-date news for Vermont: Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Grafton, Weston, Windhamand LondonderryShawn Cunningham | Sep 25, 2023 | Comments 0Screenshot of Thursday night’s 7-minute long GMUSD board meeting. Image from Okemo Valley TV.By Shawn Cunningham© 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLChursday night’s Green Mountain Unified School District Board meeting ended almost as soon as it began. The board adjourned slightly more than seven minutes into the meeting over how to handle an agenda item regarding the appeal of its May 18 decision that the name Chieftain does not violate...WW…

The Chester TelegraphUp-to-date news for Vermont: Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Grafton, Weston, Windhamand LondonderryThe Chester Telegraph | Oct 10, 2023 | Comments 0he Memorial Service for David Lord, who died May 14, will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28 at the First Universalist Parish, in Chester.David was a long-time resident of Chester and active member of the community. He had moved a year ago to Palm City, Fla., with his wife, Kathy Pellett. Following the service, refreshments will be served in the Fellowship room at the church and there will be a time for sharing memories of...…The Chester TelegraphUp-to-date news for Vermont: Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Grafton, Weston, Windhamand LondonderryThe Chester Telegraph | Oct 10, 2023 | Comments 0he Memorial Service for David Lord, who died May 14, will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28 at the First Universalist Parish, in Chester.David was a long-time resident of Chester and active member of the community. He had moved a year ago to Palm City, Fla., with his wife, Kathy Pellett. Following the service, refreshments will be served in the Fellowship room at the church and there will be a time for sharing memories of...WW…

The Chester TelegraphUp-to-date news for Vermont: Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Grafton, Weston, Windhamand LondonderryPress release | Oct 10, 2023 | Comments 0hat does it take to provide 100 households with supplemental food during the holiday season? For the Chester-Andover Family Center Food Shelf, it takes a community effort. These are challenging times, and everyone deserves a bountiful holiday meal.Please consider making a cash or food donation. Monetary donations can be made via PayPal. Alternatively, checks payable to “CAFC/Holiday Food” can be mailed to CAFC, P.O. Box...…The Chester TelegraphUp-to-date news for Vermont: Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Grafton, Weston, Windhamand LondonderryPress release | Oct 10, 2023 | Comments 0hat does it take to provide 100 households with supplemental food during the holiday season? For the Chester-Andover Family Center Food Shelf, it takes a community effort. These are challenging times, and everyone deserves a bountiful holiday meal.Please consider making a cash or food donation. Monetary donations can be made via PayPal. Alternatively, checks payable to “CAFC/Holiday Food” can be mailed to CAFC, P.O. Box...WW…

The Chester TelegraphUp-to-date news for Vermont: Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Grafton, Weston, Windhamand LondonderryThe Chester Telegraph | Oct 10, 2023 | Comments 1ohn Evans Carroll died on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, surrounded by family at his home in South Londonderry. Born on May 16, 1957 on Staten Island, N.Y., the son of John M. Carroll and Adrienne E. Carroll, who both preceded John in death.John moved to South Londonderry in 1987. He later married Robin Hopkinson, and they had two children: son Evan M. Carroll and daughter Jamie A. Carroll. Ever the giving man, he also adopted his...…The Chester TelegraphUp-to-date news for Vermont: Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Grafton, Weston, Windhamand LondonderryThe Chester Telegraph | Oct 10, 2023 | Comments 1ohn Evans Carroll died on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, surrounded by family at his home in South Londonderry. Born on May 16, 1957 on Staten Island, N.Y., the son of John M. Carroll and Adrienne E. Carroll, who both preceded John in death.John moved to South Londonderry in 1987. He later married Robin Hopkinson, and they had two children: son Evan M. Carroll and daughter Jamie A. Carroll. Ever the giving man, he also adopted his...WW…