Archive for November, 2015
Spate of home, business burglaries alarms Chester
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC With seven burglaries in the past two weeks, Chester is feeling the sting of drug-related crime that has touched neighboring communities this year, according to Chester Police Chief Richard Cloud. Three homes, three downtown businesses and a construction equipment facility in Chester been broken into and, because […]
Chester Select Board special meeting for Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015
The Chester Select Board has called a special meeting to be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. Approval of the Nov. 18, 2015 Select Board Minutes Citizen Comments Chester Snowmobile Club; permission to use Chester roads Water & Sewer Budgets 2016 Capital […]
Bottle rockets start brush fires in Chester: mischief or arson?
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Firefighters from Chester and Proctorsville responded to, and quickly put out, a brush fire on Popple Dungeon Road Monday afternoon. But in a worrying development, it was the third such fire in one week and the second in one day. “We believe we have someone who is […]
Grafton to begin offering some cellphone coverage
By Cynthia Prairie ©Telegraph Publishing LLC Grafton is about to enter the 21st century with better cellphone coverage, at least in the 1-mile radius around Town Hall. On Monday night, the Select Board approved a contract with Delaware-based Vanu Coverage Co., which touts itself as providing cellphone coverage in difficult-to-cover areas throughout the world. The […]
Vermont State Police incident reports for Oct. 3-Oct. 29, 2015
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: The Vermont State Police incident report is a sampling of incidents directly from Vermont State Police. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Saturday Oct. 3 , Andover – A resident of Andover Ridge Road reported that a valuable antique duck […]
Chester Development Review Board agenda for Monday, Nov. 23, 2015
The Chester Development Review Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. following a site visit at 287 Main St. at 5:15 p.m. Below is the agenda. 1) Conditional Use application from the Southern Pie Company 2) Comments from citizens 3) Review minutes from last meeting 4) Deliberative […]
SBA women’s business pitch contest set for Burlington
InnovateHER, a program co-sponsored by the Small Business Administration, is aimed at unearthing products and services that empower women and families through local business competitions that culminate in a live pitch in Washington, D.C. Mercy Connections is hosting a competition from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 255 South Champlain St. #8 […]
Respite grants offered for caregivers; deadline nears for Apple Blossom Cotillion participants; Mobus family honored by Springfield Rotary; Komen ride raises $30,000
Respite grants offered for caregivers Senior Solutions (Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont) has respite funding available through the Dementia Respite Grant. This grant, funded by the state of Vermont, supports paid respite opportunities for primary, unpaid caregivers in Windsor and Windham counties. The elder’s income eligibility limit is $2,917 per month for an individual or $3,932 per […]
Springfield Hospital seeks funds to install solar hot water system
The departments of engineering and development at Springfield Hospital are joining forces to install solar hot water at the hospital, the first ever at a Vermont hospital. Springfield Hospital is recognized as an Energy Star rated hospital – one of 200 in the nation, and one of only two in the state of Vermont. This […]
GMUHS preps two teams for 2016 Iron Chef Jr. competition
Green Mountain Union High School will be entering two teams in this year’s Iron Chef Jr. competition: one from middle and one from high school. The teams are already working in the kitchen once a week searching for the perfect recipe to enter into the competition in March 2016. The middle school team consists of […]
To the editor: Food and Nutritional Services thrives at GMUHS
I would like to begin by announcing the addition to our staff of Sous Chef Josh Adams. Josh began working this summer in our successful Summer Meals Program. He now works daily as lead person in our kitchen preparing not only food for our breakfast program but for lunch as well. He has been training for the position […]
Smoky, sherried oysters make a perfect holiday soup
By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com This is a beautifully flavorful soup for the holidays. The smoky oysters pare perfectly with Brie cheese and adding evaporated skim milk will make you feel just a little better about everything else to follow. 1/4 cup dry sherry 2 teaspoons brown sugar 3 tablespoon butter or margarine, divided 2 […]
Pay your savings before you pay your bills
By Kevin Theissen Skygate Financial Group LLC Each month you settle down to pay bills. You pay your mortgage lender. You pay the electric company. You pay the trash collector. But do you pay yourself? One of the most basic tenets of sound investing involves the simple habit of “paying yourself first,” in other words, […]
30th Annual Overture to Christmas comes to Chester
Chester’s 30th Annual Overture to Christmas will be held Saturday, Dec. 5, with events leading up to it during the week before. Everyone is invited and there is no charge. 4 to 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 30, a Gingerbread Workshop will be held at the Fullerton Inn, 40 The Common, for children in grades […]
School Merger Study committee meeting agenda for Nov. 18
The committee charged with studying school consolidation under Act 46 will meet in the Chester Andover Elementary School, 72 Main St., at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18. The agenda is below. I. Call to Order a. Roll Call b. Approval of Agenda II. Approval of Minutes – a. Approve Oct. 28, 2015 minutes III. Old […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Nov. 18, 2015
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Nov. 18 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Approve Minutes from Nov. 4, 2015 Select Board meeting and the Nov. 4, 2015 Water Commissioners meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. O’Neil Purchase & Sale Agreement 5. Sign Resolution […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Monday, Nov. 16, 2015
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. Nov. 16 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: Nov. 2 & Nov. 4, 2015 Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll Highway Report Work Schedule Other Highway Issues: MKT Class 2 Liquor License Cellular Coverage Agreement […]
UPDATE:Traffic notice for Route 9
UPDATE NOV. 13, 10:00 a.m. VT Route 9 in both directions will continue to be closed between MacArthur Rd and Hamilton Rd until at least 5pm this evening. Passenger vehicles are being rerouted via Sunset Lake Rd on the Brattleboro side and North Pond Rd on the Marlboro side. No tractor trailers are being allowed […]
Businesses urge Chester to take over info booth/restroom as ‘commitment to economic growth’
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC With the opening of the budgeting season, the age old question of what is necessary and what is not took center stage for much of the Wednesday, Nov. 4 Chester Select Board meeting that included weighing items on the proposed new capital bond plan, town-wide master planning […]
Health, environmental concerns aired at Grafton wind meeting
By Cynthia Prairie ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a wide-ranging meeting, Grafton residents gathered Monday to discuss everything from possible health effects of wind turbines on surrounding residents to suggested economic benefits of cutting taxes with yearly payments from wind companies. But what much of the discussion boiled down to is a Vermont town’s inability […]
