Community Corner
🌱 What big budget and voting changes Chester’s Selectboard is considering next
And check out Level Up Your Games: Games Group for School Aged Kids on the Chester Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:
- What big budget and voting changes Chester's Selectboard is considering next
Also on today's calendar: Level Up Your Games: Games Group for School Aged Kids and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 64 and low of 50 degrees.
- Wednesday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, temps: high: 71, low: 51.
- Thursday: Warm with periods of sun, with a high of 77 and low of 59 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Communication becomes central issue for Chester Selectboard (vermontjournal.com) — Chester's Selectboard is weighing major changes that could affect how and when you pay property taxes, including a shift to a fiscal year budget, quarterly payments, and a new fund balance policy to reduce borrowing. Members are also debating moving budget votes to Australian ballot, backing a childcare center on Main Street, and preparing to hire a new fire chief by early 2027.
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📸 Around Chester
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chester
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★ Featured events ★
- Level Up Your Games: Games Group for School Aged Kids →
Whiting Library, 117 Main St, Chester
3:00 pm
Friday October 2
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Other local events
- Homeschool Art Exploration Program '26-'27 →
Endless Creations Studio, 23 maple street, chester
10:00 am - LADIES NIGHT →
Endless Creations Studio, 23 maple street, chester
5:00 pm - Stoneware Pottery Class →
Endless Creations Studio, 23 maple street, chester
6:00 pm - Wheels in the Field 2026 →
The Pinnacle, Lovers Lane Road, Chester
7:30 am - Monthly Breakfast: Chester →
Stone Hearth Inn, 698 VT Route 11, Chester
9:00 am - Hearing screen 0830-1430
Chester-Andover Elementary School Chester, VT 05143
8:00 am - LADIES NIGHT →
Endless Creations Studio, 23 maple street, chester
5:00 pm - Level Up Your Games: Games Group for School Aged Kids →
Whiting Library, 117 Main St, Chester
3:00 pm - Drew @ Pizza Stone Club/Restaurant Chester, VT →
Chester VT
6:00 pm - Drew Hill at PIZZA STONE →
PIZZA STONE, Chester
6:00 pm - Drew Hill at Pizza Stone Club/Restaurant →
Pizza Stone, Chester
6:00 pm
Thursday October 1
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Monday October 5
Thursday October 8
Friday October 9
Sunday October 11
📣 Chester Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Global Partners LP posted a job opening for Food Service Supervisor- Ramunto's in Chester. Apply here.
- The Adecco Group posted a job opening for Maintenance Technician in Chester. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chester here.
🗞 Nearby News
Windham
- BDCC welcomes VEDA for milestone meeting (vermontbiz.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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