Author Archive for Shawn Cunningham
Chester board questions Fire Department expenditures
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With nearly all the income and expense for 2015 accounted for, the Chester Select Board used a short special meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 30, to move another step closer to finalizing a 2016 budget proposal to present to voters at Town Meeting in March. Town Manager David […]
4 homes along Newfane road hit by burglars early on Christmas Eve
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police in Brattleboro are reporting that around 4 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, four homes on Stratton Hill Road in Newfane were burglarized. All of the burglaries involved force entry and multiple firearms and “many assorted items” were taken. At one of the houses, a camera […]
Deadlines approach for Chester election petitions
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The following elective offices in Chester are open for 2016. An asterisk denotes a paid position. Petition forms to get on the ballot for these offices are available at the Town Clerk’s Office, 556 Elm St., between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Petitions for elective office must […]
A LOOK BACK: 2015 saw fires, rise in crime; but business, local controversies also grabbed headlines
Fires: All tragic, some suspicious © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Early in the morning of March 6, 11 fire departments responded to a four alarm fire at the Monier home on Elm Street in Chester. While working one fire in nine below zero temperatures, firefighters were called to a house across the street to put […]
Three confirmed dead in Killington crash, Route 4 closed ‘late into evening’
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are asking drivers to avoid U.S. Route 4 between Pico Peak and the intersection of Routes 4 and 100 as they investigate a fatal crash that occurred this afternoon. According to police, the accident involved a tractor-trailer and a sport utility vehicle and that, of the seven […]
Serious accident closes Route 4 near Killington
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are reporting that Route 4 in Killington (east of Sherburne Pass, west of Killington Access Road) is closed due to a serious motor vehicle crash involving a tractor trailer. VTrans is assisting with the road closure and is re-directing traffic. Police say that the road will be […]
Hit (house) and run in Andover
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police in Rockingham are reporting that on Saturday, Dec. 26 at about 11:45 p.m. a car traveling on Route 11 left the road and collided with a house in Simonsville. By the time troopers arrived on the scene, the vehicle had been removed. According to police, the […]
Ludlow armed robbery suspect surrenders to police
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are reporting that Matthew Martin, a suspect in the Dec. 21 armed robbery of the Heritage Credit Union in Ludlow, surrendered to state police and Weathersfield police at a Pikes Peak address in the town of Weathersfield at about 3 a.m. this morning. Police say that the […]
Police tell a real life Grinch story in Pittsford
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police press releases are often dry affairs filled with acronyms and legal speak, but a burglary last night in Pittsford got the following (completely appropriate) treatment from Trooper Kaitlyn Armstrong. DATE/TIME: December 24, 2015 LOCATION: Arch Street, Pittsford VIOLATION: Burglary ACCUSED: UNKNOWN (Grinch) VICTIM: Apx. 30 elderly residents […]
Chester board talks party to celebrate N.Y. charter; Townscape recaps volunteer work
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board continued to wrestle with funding capital expenditures by municipal bond rather than through current tax revenues and worked on the budget at its Dec. 16 meeting, but not before talking about some partying. In fact, while it did not delve into the question […]
Police release photos from Ludlow credit union robbery
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police have released three still photographs taken from the video camera at Heritage Credit Union during yesterday’s robbery. Police believe the robber to be Matthew Martin, 31, and say that he is wanted on warrants for other robberies in Vermont and New Hampshire. According […]
Kids, adults alike light up over holiday village at Chester Town Hall
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Time is running out to see the Christmas village constructed by Ken Barrett at Chester Town Hall. Town Clerk Deb Aldrich kept her office open until 7 last night and Ken and Shirley Barrett were on hand to welcome visitors. At one point there 15 visitors crowded […]
Evening hours for Chester Christmas display
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Chester Town Clerk Deb Aldrich will be staying late and keeping her office open on Monday, Dec. 21 so kids of all ages can stop by to see Ken Barrett’s annual holiday display. According to Aldrich, the town office, located at 556 Elm St. in Chester, will be open until […]
Chester Police Log for Oct. 9 to Dec. 7, 2015
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph Police Log is a sampling of incidents directly from Chester Police reports. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Thursday, Oct. 19, 1:23 p.m. A man in the area of Trebo and Snell roads told officers that when […]
Knife vs. machete: Cavendish holdup unsuccessful
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are looking for a tan Volkswagen Jetta involved in an armed robbery at the Cavendish General Store this morning. At about 11:40 a.m., a white male approximately 5-foot-10 with a medium build held a knife to the cash register attendant at the store, demanding money. The cashier […]
Christmas village returns to Chester Town Hall
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC After a year’s hiatus and a town office remodeling that gave him more space in which to work, Ken Barrett – Chester’s own Father Christmas – is back creating a spectacle of light and movement, nostalgia and whimsy with his annual Christmas village. It’s like having a […]
State Police incident log for Nov. 5 – Nov. 30, 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. Thursday Nov. 5, Andover – A contractor doing work on East Hill Road reported that while the crew […]
Chester board moves toward capital bond plan, discusses 2016 anniversary
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC In years past, late November and early December was a time of wrangling over what would go into – and what would come out of – Chester’s municipal operating budget. But at two recent meetings – Nov. 24 and Dec. 2 – the plan for capital spending […]
Holiday traditions old and new excite in Chester and Londonderry
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Friday night, at the Mountain Marketplace in Londonderry, a crowd of more than 100 welcomed Santa Claus by singing a selection of Christmas carols and other holiday songs followed by the lighting of two large pines that stand near the information booth at the south entrance […]
Early morning blaze destroys farm machine shop
UPDATE Dec. 4, 2:25 p.m. Vermont State Police fire investigators responded at the request of the Chester Vermont Fire Department, and found the cause to be undetermined, and not suspicious. The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources also responded to assist with a HAZMAT spill of glycol that was a result of the fire. In addition […]
