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The Chester Telegraph is a southern Vermont-based online newspaper that covers Chester, Londonderry, Grafton, Andover, Weston, Ludlow, Cavendish, Weathersfield and Baltimore.

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Chester Festival, long held on the Green, to move to Legion field | The Chester Telegraph
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC pproximately three dozen people gathered at Chester's American Legion on Tuesday evening for a long awaited information session about moving the 202...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Holiday events throughout the region | The Chester Telegraph
By Stacia Spaulding ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC o you need a Christmas tree or other holiday decorations? Are the kids excited to meet Santa? How about a relaxing evening filled with holiday music?...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Snowy morning crash blocks Rt. 103N in Chester | The Chester Telegraph
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC uesday's snow storm was four hours old when it caused a two-vehicle crash that shut down Route 103 north in Chester into mid-afternoon. Both drivers...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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A new year and new businesses coming to the Green, and more | The Chester Telegraph
Editor's Note: Last week The Chester Telegraph took a look at what seems to be an uptick in Chester business activity through the lens of the hospitality sector - namely restaurants. This week's focus...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Greven Field’s Green Monster strikes out | The Chester Telegraph
By Lorien Strange ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC ast Monday night’s Cavendish Select Board meeting was short and a little bittersweet, with the board voting to remove Greven Field’s Green Monster, a b...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Chester icons under the aurora borealis | The Chester Telegraph
©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC hester resident Bruce Johnson sent over a few photos he shot during Tuesday night's aurora borealis, a spectacular atmospheric display that Vermonters -- and much of the...
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November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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With Create Together, Fletcher Farm turns the page toward a new community artistic vision | The Chester Telegraph
By Lorien Strange ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC ocals think they know what’s going on here,” says Kathryn Svec as she leans against a cabinet in a recently refurbished pottery studio. Outside the lon...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Restaurant openings point to business revival in Chester | The Chester Telegraph
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC s the days turn colder it seems the business climate in Chester is heating up with around a dozen businesses opening, moving, expanding or changing ...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Family Center Food Shelf fills the gaps amid an uneasy economy and the federal shutdown | The Chester Telegraph
By Cynthia Prairie ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC n a recent afternoon in late October, the buzz in the grocery store grew louder as more shoppers arrived. The aisles soon were packed with people -- a...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Chester native Travis Van Alstyne wins 2025 Hathaway History Award | The Chester Telegraph
By Shawn Cunningham ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC hester native and filmmaker Travis Van Alstyne was awarded the 2025 Richard O. Hathaway Award by the Vermont Historical Society for his animated shor...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Blue rally, red rally on the Chester Green | The Chester Telegraph
By Shawn Cunningham and Cynthia Prairie ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC n a picture perfect October Saturday, two polarized political factions shared Chester's Green - at different times - to hold peac...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Londonderry residents continue debate over future of Williams Dam | The Chester Telegraph
By Cynthia Prairie ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC or years, Londonderry residents have been arguing over the dam at the Williams River at Route 11, which for some is a much needed fire pond as well bu...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Tempest in a coffee cup? Area micro-roasters face harsh brew of tariffs, other price increases | The Chester Telegraph
By Lorien Strange ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC ou may have noticed that your bag of fresh roasted coffee has been taking a bigger chunk out of your wallet lately. Or you may just be wondering just w...
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October 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Windsor GOP elects Spaulding of Chester as chair; Saturday event on Green features four speakers | The Chester Telegraph
he Windsor County GOP elected Chester resident Roy Spaulding its chairman during its reorganizational meeting, held on Saturday, Oct. 11 at the Windsor Welcome Center. According to a press release, it...
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October 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Henry Homeyer: Bulb-planting and garden cleanup for winter | The Chester Telegraph
By Henry Homeyer ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC fter a hot, dry summer – with a drought in most parts of New England – we had a very early frost this year, Sept. 20. Not enough to kill our late potato...
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October 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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What's happening with the Julian Quarries, which have been stirring controversy for years for its neighbors in north Chester, Vermont.
E-Court rejects Julian Quarries appeal of ‘stop work’ order | The Chester Telegraph
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC n Sept. 30, Environmental Court Judge Joseph S. McLean sided with Vermont's Land Use Review Board -- and by extension a number of Chester residents ...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Are you on a Class 4 road in Vermont?
Chester solons get Class 4 earful | The Chester Telegraph
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC s the Chester Select Board wordsmithed a final version of its policy on the maintenance and use of Class 4 highways at its Oct. 1 meeting, two lando...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Is Chester’s long-delayed sidewalk project in the Depot finally a go? | The Chester Telegraph
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC hildren in second grade at Chester-Andover Elementary today had not been born when the Town received an $800,000 grant to build a sidewalk from Barg...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Act 181 is coming: How will it affect your property? | The Chester Telegraph
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC n 2024, the Vermont Legislature passed Act 181 that makes a number of changes to the state's laws on land use with special attention to encouraging ...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Drought-stricken Vermont now under a burn ban | The Chester Telegraph
tarting at noon today, Monday, Sept. 22, the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation has issued an order for all Town Forest Fire Wardens to cease issuing burning permits. The order will r...
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September 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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The Ultimate Guide to the 2025 Chester Festival! | The Chester Telegraph
© 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Welcome to the 51st Chester Festival on Green, a weekend filled with friendly faces, fine crafts, wonderful arts, great food and superb music and entertainment for the ...
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September 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Area firefighters repurpose FEMA houses for skill building | The Chester Telegraph
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC ast Tuesday, two houses near the Williams River along Route 11 in Chester were put to one final use before they are to be demolished as part of a FE...
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August 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Curran inducted into Vermont’s Ag Hall of Fame | The Chester Telegraph
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC ark Curran's life took an unlikely turn when the college philosophy major decided to take a year off and spend it as a carpenter and ski bum in Verm...
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August 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Chester considering a local option tax to support new housing initiative | The Chester Telegraph
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC t its Wednesday, Aug. 20 meeting, he Chester Select Board again broached the subject of a local option sales tax as a way to begin a town-wide conve...
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August 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Chester to test pedestrian solutions for the Green | The Chester Telegraph
Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC tarting this week there will be some strange looking construction around the Chester Green as the town tries out some ideas for solving a few traffic p...
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August 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM