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Chester holds final info meeting on emergency services building Vote today on whether to approval $4.777 million bond issue
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC With one day to go before voting on a $4.777 million bond issue for building a new home for Chester’s fire, ambulance and police departments and renovating and upgrading the existing town garage, more than 40 residents turned up on Monday night for the last information meeting […]
Windstorm knocks out power for days
By Shawn Cunningham ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC A powerful storm on Thursday night into Friday left thousands of Green Mountain Power customers in the dark with many still powerless on Sunday morning. As of this morning — Monday — GMP was reporting 371 statewide customers without power with more than 25 percent in The Telegraph […]
Four displaced after fire damages Chester home
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC A Sunday morning fire on River Street in Chester severely damaged a house, leaving a family homeless. Neighbor Larry Reed told The Telegraph that around 10 a.m. he heard an explosion and looked outside to see the second floor porch on the green house next door — […]
Boston trucker apparently shot dead on Rt. 103 Victim pled guilty in 2017 to federal drug charges in Mass.
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC A Boston man was found dead along Route 103 in Rockingham Friday, apparently of a gunshot wound, in the truck he was driving for a Boston fruit wholesaler according to Vermont State Police. Late Friday afternoon, state police were sent to perform a welfare check on the […]
Powden releases text of speech to board, Telegraph Board members' reaction to presentation mixed
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC A speech given by Two Rivers Supervisory Union Superintendent Meg Powden but withheld from the public was released after The Chester Telegraph requested the text under a state law that protects the public’s right to know what government agencies are doing. Board members’ reaction to the speech […]
Weston board continues town worker health insurance, OKs funds for Flood Brook speed sign
By Bruce Frauman ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC During a short meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 22, the Weston Select Board voted to continue with health insurance coverage through MVP in spite of a 9 percent increase in premiums. The town insures four full-time staffers. Board member Jim Linville said the risk of exposure without insurance was […]
Derry to mull fund to tackle emerald ash borer
By Bruce Frauman ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC After considerable discussion, the Londonderry Select Board agreed on Monday, Oct. 21 to consider both an annual budget allocation and a fund that can accumulate from year to year to cope with the emerald ash borer beetle that was identified in the town in early October. The beetle […]
Chester holds last info meeting on emergency services building Bond vote to be held on Tuesday, Nov. 5
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Town of Chester will hold its final information meeting for the proposed construction of a new emergency services building and the renovation town highway garage renovation at 6 p.m. on Monday Nov. 4 on the second floor of Chester Town Hall 556 Elm St. The following day, Tuesday, Nov. […]
Powden refuses to make speech public, says ‘I don’t trust’ some school board members
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Thursday night, Superintendent Meg Powden refused to share with the Green Mountain Unified School Board the text of a speech she gave to a “welcoming meeting” held for teachers across the supervisory union on Oct. 15. Member Michael Studin brought up the issue, telling Powden that […]
Cavendish Streetscapes looks to reclaim town garage site
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Members of the Cavendish Streetscapes Committee came before the Select Board last Tuesday to discuss plans to renovate the site of the town garage that burned in February 2017. Rolf van Shaik told the board that the committee had received a $5,000 donation as well as $800 […]
Speed limits, signage top Derry board discussion
By Bruce Frauman ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Responding to a letter from Flood Brook School Principal Neal McIntyre, the Londonderry Select Board on Monday, Oct. 7 agreed to contribute $1,530 toward the cost of new speed limit beacons on Route 11. McIntyre said the total cost will be $10,000 and the state Agency of Transportation […]
Emerald ash borer found in Londonderry Surrounding towns now seen as infected or high risk
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation has announced that the emerald ash borer, a beetle that has been decimating ash trees from Michigan to Maine, now has been found in Londonderry. According to a statement released Thursday, the infested area includes all of Londonderry, Windham, […]
Chester board continues work on manager search First select board meeting in refurbished town hall
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board took another step toward conducting a search for someone to replace Town Manager David Pisha, who will step down from the post on Town Meeting Day next year. Acknowledging that the window for conducting the search is growing smaller, the board approved an […]
Aging Chester Congregational Church seeks ‘replanting’
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Next June, after 247 years, the ministry of the Chester Congregational Church, at 469 Main St., will come to an end. But if all goes well, it will also be the beginning of a new ministry, according to Pastor Susan E. Moody. With congregation membership hovering at […]
Stocker’s grandmother pleads guilty to obstruction
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The grandmother of a Chester man who stands accused of sexual assault, kidnapping and other offenses plead guilty on Wednesday to obstruction of justice by arranging contact with one of the victims to convince her to drop the charges. Obstruction of justice is a felony punishable by […]
First GMUSD budget meeting focuses on gathering info
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Green Mountain Unified School District board – acting as the finance committee – met on Sept. 25 and so began the budgeting process 50 days ahead of last year. The board was meeting as the finance committee to address the complaint that in the past, everything […]
GM board gets meeting law training, looks at overspending, honors Bont
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC At its Sept. 19 meeting, the Green Mountain Unified School District board received training on Vermont’s Open Meeting Law and later took steps to expand the public’s opportunity to comment at meetings – at least temporarily. Sue Ceglowski of the Vermont School Boards Association presented the training, […]
Chester board picks bridge option, sets bond warning, seeks citizens for town manager search
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Last Wednesday, the Chester Select Board made decisions on some issues it has talked about for several meetings, including the amount of the bond for the proposed emergency services building and which of five alternatives it would choose for the replacement of bridges along Route 103 north. […]
Local students, adults join Global Climate Strike
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC More than 70 people — from Chester and surrounding areas and from students to retirees — joined Friday’s Global Climate Strike to end the demand for fossil fuels and promote a clean environment to address the climate crisis. The midday protest took place under warm blue skies. The group gathered […]
