All Entries in the "Andover" Category
Road work to impact driving around Andover, Londonderry, Weston this summer
By Christopher Biddle © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Residents of and visitors to Andover, Londonderry and Weston may find it slow going on the roads this summer in part, ironically, because of the mild winter that just ended. The Vermont Department of Transportation and local municipalities may be rolling out a larger than usual number […]
Andover board accepts culvert bids, work to begin in summer
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a brief meeting Monday night, the Andover Select Board accepted the low bids of Ameden Construction of Jamaica for three culvert projects to be started in June. Consulting engineer Everett Hammond pointed to the complexity of the culvert work done last year on Lowell Lake Road […]
Come out swinging: CAES parents, kids kick off ambitious plan for new playground
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC A group of parents, school staff and students have come together to begin working on a plan to replace Chester-Andover Elementary School’s well-worn 25-year-old playground known to generations simply as “The Structure.” The effort began several years ago when maintenance on the castle-like Structure began to get overwhelming […]
Andover Town Meeting addresses status as education tax ‘sending town’
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The single longest discussion at Saturday’s Andover Town Meeting was for an article funding early education to the tune of $21,077. But it wasn’t the amount of the article that was at issue, but education funding in general. Gordon Payne rose to ask several questions about the […]
Vermont State Police incident log for Jan. 4 – Jan. 31, 2016
© 2016 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. Monday, Jan. 4, Londonderry – Vermont State Police received a report of a burglary on Landgrove Road in […]
Andover Select Board discusses road, water issues, approves budget and warning
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The replacement of a box culvert will close the Andover-Weston Road at Simmonds Road for up to 30 days this summer, according to engineer Everett Hammond in a presentation to the Andover Select Board last night. The work is part of a culvert replacement project that will […]
Andover OKs Chester service MOU, finalizing full budget, then takes up a party issue
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC ON THE COVER: Town Clerk Linda Bargfrede, far left, and the Andover Select Board. Photo illustration by Chester Telegraph. The Andover Select Board moved closer to a final budget for fiscal 2016/17 at its Monday, Jan. 11 meeting, and worked out a number of housekeeping items including […]
Police ask for help in Andover theft today
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing , LLC Vermont State Police at the Rockingham Barracks are investigating a theft that took place today – Thursday Nov. 5 – in Andover. Some time during the day someone stole power tools from a job site on East Hill Road. Police are requesting help from anyone who might have seen […]
Londonderry board OKs proposal to hire State Police, delays town vote til March
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 – Telegraph Publishing LLC The Londonderry Select Board last night unanimously approved the recommendations of its Ad Hoc Policing Committee to contract with Vermont State Police for patrols. But decided to wait until Town Meeting in March 2016 to put the question before voters. But it was one audience member’s […]
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 […]
Chicken Pie Supper feathers nest for Andover scholarships
© 2015 — Telegraph Publishing LLC “It’s chicken pie, not chicken pot pie,” explained Bonnie Zipeto as servers whisked away the remains of the 5 p.m. seating and kitchen volunteers prepared for the 6 o’clock crowd. “It doesn’t have peas or other vegetables in the dish.” Whatever the recipe, Andover’s 11th Annual Chicken Pie Supper […]
Vermont State Police incident log for September 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. Tuesday, Aug. 4, Londonderry – A woman called the state police to report that she believed that her daughter was staying […]
Andover celebrates itself with food, fun and fund-raising
©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Between 250 and 300 people turned out for the 2nd Annual Andover Day on the grounds of Andover Town Hall, 953 Weston-Andover Road, on Saturday, according to Town Clerk Linda Bargfrede. The annual event raised more than $2,000 to fund scholarships that go to college bound Andover students. But the real […]
Dogs search again for missing Andover woman to no avail
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Four dog teams from New England K9 Search and Rescue spent Wednesday morning looking for traces of Lynn Perry, a 56-year-old Andover woman with early onset Alzheimer’s disease who has been missing since July 28. Unfortunately, their search was unsuccessful. According to Vermont State Police Sgt. Anthony […]
VSP keeping all avenues open in search for Andover woman
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are keeping “every avenue open” as the search continues for Lynn Perry, the 56-year-old Andover woman who is suffering from early onset Alzheimer’s disease and went missing on Tuesday, July 28. Perry was the subject of an extensive four-day search involving more than 200 people, including Upper […]
State police enlist help of cadaver dogs in Andover search
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Vermont State Police have begun using cadaver dogs in the search for Lynn Perry of Andover nine days after the 56 year old woman was reported missing by her family. Perry was the focus of a four day search last week involving more than 200 police, fire, […]
Police scale back search for missing Andover woman, request residents search their properties
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC With patrols still in the woods and combing the side roads, the Vermont State Police announced mid-afternoon on Friday that they are winding down this phase of the search for Lynn Perry. The Andover woman – who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease – has been missing from her […]
Police search for missing Andover woman
Police from all over the region are in Andover searching for a 56-year-old Andover woman who is suffering from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and was reported missing by her family at 7:20 this morning, Tuesday, July 28. According to Vermont State Police out of the Rockingham Barracks, Lynn Perry, who lives just west of the old […]
Classes for EMT, Advanced EMT training coming up; Londonderry seeks volunteers for policing plan panel
District 11 Emergency Medical Systems will be hosting classes for Emergency Medical Technicians and Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians beginning in the fall. District 11 includes Weston, Andover, Chester, Grafton and Londonderry as well as Springfield, Windham, Rockingham, Athens, Ludlow, Weathersfield, Baltimore, Cavendish and Westminister. EMT class will be held Mondays, Wednesdays and some Saturdays from […]
