Archive for October, 2015
Grafton Select Board meeting for Monday, Nov. 2, 2015
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: Oct. 19, 2015 Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll Highway Report Work Schedule Other Highway Issues: Buy-Out Demo Bids (55 Kidder Hill Road) Tree Removal Update Wind Question […]
Chester water commissioners, Special Select Board meetings
The Chester Water Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Following that meeting, the Chester Select Board will meet. Below are both agendas. Water Commissioners 1. Set Water Rate 2. Citizen Comments 3. Adjourn Chester Select Board 1. Approve Minutes from the Oct. 21, 2015 Select Board […]
Minor injuries in mini-van dump truck collision
©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC No one was seriously injured in the mini-van-dump truck collision on Route 103 this morning. According to police, at 8 a.m. Thursday, a mini-van traveling north toward Chester crossed the center line and collided head-on with the southbound dump truck, owned by the Town of Chester, in front of the Chester-Andover Family […]
Truck-minivan accident shuts Route 103 from Rockingham to Chester
©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police in Rockingham are reporting that Route 103 is temporarily shut down to through traffic from the Vermont Agency of Transportation garage at 991 Rockingham Road in Rockingham to the intersection of Route 103 and Route 11 in Chester due to a motor vehicle collision on Route 103 […]
I-91 Closure this morning
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC UPDATE 10/29 10:20 a.m. The Vermont State Police are reporting that I-91 south between the Rockingham and Springfield exits has been reopened to one lane. UPDATE 10/29 6:38 a.m. I-91 Southbound between exits 6 and 7 (Rockingham and Springfield exits) which was closed due to a rock slide, has now […]
Haunted house at MacLaommain’s Pub to benefit Food Shelf
MacLaommain’s Scottish Pub will be holding a haunted house in its Great Hall from 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 31 to benefit the Chester-Andover Food Shelf and the Vermont Foodbank. On Saturday, it will host a storytelling and a “friendlier” haunted house for younger children from 1 to 3 […]
As break-ins spike, Londonderry panel to finalize policing proposal
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 — Telegraph Publishing LLC With just a few days left in October, Vermont State Police incident reports show there have been at least 20 instances of burglary, breaking and entering, and other types of larceny in Londonderry, Peru, Weston and Andover since the beginning of the month — and five […]
Bewitching weekend in Chester for kids and adults alike
©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC It was a day of feasting and an evening of frights for more than 400 folks who descended upon Chester-Andover Elementary School last Saturday to take part in the pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving meal and the annual Trunk or Treat Halloween festivities. According to Chris Meyer, more than 400 meals were served up […]
Borrowing plan put forth as capital needs in Chester double annual set-aside
By Shawn Cunningham ©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC With budgeting season approaching quickly, Town Manager David Pisha gave the Chester Select Board a draft budget at its Wednesday, Oct. 21 meeting. He also introduced a plan that he believes will even out the impact of the town’s capital expenditures over the next five years. Pisha told the […]
Grafton Capital Budget Committee to meet
The Capital Budget Committee of Grafton will meet at Town Hall, 117 Main St., at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Discussion of Capital Needs 4. Allocation of Funds 5. Select Board Recommendations 6. Other Business 7. Date of Next Meeting: No Date Set. […]
Whiting gets new sign courtesy VCS team; St. Luke’s donates garden tools to Whiting Library; Springfield Rotary presents $5,000 to lucky winner; Rock Library adds Internet security feature
Whiting Library in Chester has a bright new sign thanks to the Vermont Country Store in Rockingham. The old sign was hard to see while driving along Chester’s scenic Main Street, tending to blend into the brick colors of the library and the trees farther down the street. The new sign was designed and painted […]
Haunted Firehouse in S. Londonderry; workshop on becoming citizen-scientist; BRGNS holds Stick Season Social fund-raiser
Oct. 31: Firehouse haunts, trunk or treat in South Londonderry The community is invited to attend the sixth Annual Haunted Firehouse starting at 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31 at South Londonderry Fire Station, 60 Main St. The event is free and sponsored by the South Londonderry Fire Department. The firehouse will be open with free […]
Local businesses raise funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Two local businesses have raised funds for cancer awareness and research in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Lori Brown, owner of Boccaccio’s Hair Salon, 113 Clinton St. in Springfield, came to Springfield Hospital and put pink in everyone’s hair for a $10 donation, returning all the donations to the Springfield Hospital to support the […]
Springfield S.B. member becomes Londonderry Town Administrator
The Town of Londonderry has announced that Stephanie Thompson will be replacing Kevin Beattie who served as Londonderry’s first Town Administrator from 2011 through 2015. Thompson is a resident of Springfield where she serves on the Springfield Select Board and is also active in the community. She is participating in the Vermont Leadership Institute Program […]
Small business workshops target veterans
A free small business event with the focus on veterans is being held from 8:30 to 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 6 at 14th Star Brewing Co., 133 N. Main St., in St. Albans. It includes two workshops: Financing a Veteran-Owned Business and Doing Business with the Government. Registration and networking begins at 8:30 a.m. The […]
Claremont Opera House new repertory company announces winter-spring schedule
The Claremont Opera House’s new repertory theater company will present a series of offerings to the area schools this year, including The Lightning Thief, a musical adapted from the book by Rick Riordan at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 4; and Dinoman at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 29. All of these shows are open […]
Before investing, understand your emotions and biases
By Kevin Theissen Skygate Financial Group LLC One of the most well-known investors of the 20th century, Benjamin Graham, said, “The investor’s chief problem — and even his worst enemy — is likely to be himself.” What Graham understood — and modern research is catching up to — is the idea that we all have […]
Give your traditional holiday yam dish a Caribbean twist
By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com This side dish is perfect to add more depth to your holiday meal. (Yeah, I don’t care to think about how quick it set upon us either). The bold flavors of the Caribbean will certainly have you making this for any of the holidays fast approaching. Nonstick cooking spray 2 pounds […]
‘Selfless actions’ save life in I-91 crash
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC A father and daughter saved a Claremont, N.H., man from death in his burning car last night on I-91 ,according to Vermont State Police. Michel and Marie Lajoie of Maryland were driving on the interstate just after midnight when they noticed that a car in the median was on fire […]
Vermont State Police incident log for Sept. 6-Sept. 27, 2015
The Chester Telegraph’s Vermont State Police Log is a sampling of incidents in Andover, Grafton, Londonderry, Weston and adjacent communities. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Sunday, Sept. 6, Peru – At 11:25 a.m., Vermont State Police responded to a report of theft of personal property from […]
