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Grafton Select Board meeting for March 7, 2016

Grafton Select Board meeting for March 7, 2016

The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 7 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Chester. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: Feb. 22, 2016 4. Meeting Place and Time 5. Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll 6. Highway Report: Work Schedule;  Other Highway Issues 7. Land […]

All articles pass at quiet Weston Town Meeting

All articles pass at quiet Weston Town Meeting

By Christopher Biddle ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC All but one of the 27 articles in Weston’s 2016 Town Meeting passed by voice vote Tuesday morning at the Weston Playhouse. Article 17, which asked voters to approve a resolution to see if they were interesting in expanding the number of parking spaces in front of the […]

Londonderry accepts one-year State Police contract, votes to study gravel pit purchase

Londonderry accepts one-year State Police contract, votes to study gravel pit purchase

By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Wendell Coleman’s last Town Meeting as Londonderry’s moderator turned out to be a six-hour doosie that saw a controversial proposal to hire state police to patrol the town turn victorious on the impassioned speech of a just-defeated select board member. The meeting was more than three hours […]

Sands fends off write-in candidate, Gibbs beats incumbent to win seats on Grafton Select Board

Sands fends off write-in candidate, Gibbs beats incumbent to win seats on Grafton Select Board

By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With 320 voters casting ballots, Grafton residents turned out one incumbent and turned aside a write-in candidate who mounted an active campaign against another in Tuesday’s Australian balloting. Cynthia Gibbs, who had served more than 30 years as Town Clerk and Town Treasurer, won her first Select Board […]

Newcomers Cote, Whalen win seats on Chester Select Board; incumbent Jonynas garners most votes

Newcomers Cote, Whalen win seats on Chester Select Board; incumbent Jonynas garners most votes

By Cynthia Prairie © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC ON THE COVER: From left, Arne Jonynas, Dan Cote and Ben Whalen. The Chester Select Board will welcome two new members when it meets Wednesday night. Chester innkeeper Dan Cote and firefighter and state police dispatcher Ben Whalen will be taking their seats along with Heather Chase, […]

Chester voters shorten two tax exemption articles at Town Meeting

Chester voters shorten two tax exemption articles at Town Meeting

By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two of three articles to exempt organizations from property and education taxes were substantially changed at Monday night’s Chester Town Meeting, when both the Rod & Gun Club and the Green Mountain Softball League were given one-year tax exemptions (rather than five) and asked to return next year […]

RVTC student hosts WOOL radio program

RVTC student hosts WOOL radio program

Rachel Spigel, a senior at Green Mountain Union High School and a River Valley Technical Center Audio Video Production student, is now broadcasting on- air at 91.5 WOOL-FM in Bellows Falls.  Her show, More than Music, features a variety of music genres blended with a bit of history.  The show airs  from noon to 2 […]