Archive for November, 2011
Smart Growth Chester testifies against Dollar General
Monday’s Development Review Board hearing was to be an opportunity for a local group to testify on a Dollar General store proposed to be built next to Zachary’s Pizza House. But, for almost half of the two-hour hearing, it became semantics gymnastics when the developer’s attorney repeatedly questioned one witness on her characterization of New […]
School Board Won’t Alter ’07 Stand on Quarry
The majority of the board of Green Mountain Union High School decided Thursday night, Nov. 10, that it would not alter its 2007 position on the quarry next door, on 139 acres owned by O’Neil Sand & Gravel. Owner Amy O’Neil said her company is considering seeking an amended permit for blasting at a gravel […]
O’Neils Return with New Gravel Pit Proposal
Is a curtailed project on the same property the same as an earlier proposal or is it a new project in and of itself? That is the question surrounding a proposal posed by Amy and Mike O’Neil Wednesday night before the Chester Select Board and a small group of concerned residents. The O’Neils, who live […]
