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GMUHS board OKs limited school choice, restraint and seclusion policy

GMUHS board OKs limited school choice, restraint and seclusion policy

By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing At its regular monthly meeting, the Green Mountain Union High School Board of Directors adopted limited school choice for seventh and eighth graders, as well as a restraint and seclusion policy for disruptive students and heard a presentation on the proposed town water project from town government officials. […]

Grafton struggles with conflict of interest issues, wind project at Select Board meeting

Grafton struggles with conflict of interest issues, wind project at Select Board meeting

By Gloria Dufield ©2015 The Chester Telegraph The Grafton Select Board  of Monday, May 4, continued to focus on the Iberdrola Renewables wind project, changes in the Town Plan and whether Select Board and Planning Commission members were facing a conflict of interest in regards to both. In a breaking story, Michael Faher of the […]

Delays to Grafton Town Plan questioned; wind project again aired at Select Board

Delays to Grafton Town Plan questioned; wind project again aired at Select Board

By Gloria Dufield ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Grafton Select Board meeting on Monday, April 20, had a good audience despite the rain and ongoing mud season. Board chair Sam Battaglino’s call for public comment resulted in resident Carol Lind thanking the Select Board for their work. But she also asked that members take into […]

Grafton board seeks counsel advice on conflict of interest; considers Town Meeting date change

Grafton board seeks counsel advice on conflict of interest; considers Town Meeting date change

By Gloria Dufield ©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC Monday’s Grafton Select Board meeting began fairly routinely with early agenda items moving the meeting quickly to a mystery topic only listed as Kent Armstrong. Once he was announced, Armstrong asked each board member on what grounds each had decided to run for the Select Board — to which all […]

Grafton Select Board OKs local input resolution; approves historic preservation plan for Daisy Turner property

Grafton Select Board OKs local input resolution; approves historic preservation plan for Daisy Turner property

By Cynthia Prairie ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC At its Monday, March 16 meeting, the Grafton Select Board approved – with vocal disagreement from some of the attending public – a resolution created by Rutland Town government to attempt to give local jurisdictions a stronger say with the Public Service Board over the siting of renewable […]

Squeaker of a write-in contest for Grafton Select Board; sale of Town Garage OK'd

Squeaker of a write-in contest for Grafton Select Board; sale of Town Garage OK’d

It was a quiet day for Grafton officials as voters met at the Grafton Elementary School Tuesday for a less than hourlong Town Meeting, then sporadic visitation during daylong Australian balloting. The Grafton Select Board will have a new member with the write-in candidacy of Ron Pilette, who won a tight race 69 to 67 […]

Open offices: What's up in Chester, Andover, Grafton, Weston and Londonderry

Open offices: What’s up in Chester, Andover, Grafton, Weston and Londonderry

©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Next week: We’ll outline the fiscal articles that will be on the ballots for Andover, Chester, Grafton, Londonderry and Weston. Chester petitions due Monday Petitions to run for elective office in Chester are due at the Town Office by 5 p.m. Monday Jan. 26. According to Chester Town Clerk Deb Aldrich, […]

Grafton Select Board meeting for Monday Jan. 19, 2015

The Grafton Select Board will meet Monday, Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. for its regularly scheduled meeting. It will take place at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: January 5, 2015 Warrants: Payroll and Accounts Payable Highway Report Work Schedule Capital Budget Equipment Financing Other Highway […]

Grafton Select Board meeting for Monday, Jan. 5, 2015

The Grafton Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 5 at the Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: 12/15/2014 Warrants: Payroll and Accounts Payable Highway Report Work Schedule Town Garage Update Other Highway Issues Town Audit Pre-Town Meeting and […]

Grafton Select Board agenda for Monday, Dec. 1, 2014

The Grafton Select Board will next meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1 at the Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: 11/17/2014 & Special Meeting 11/14/2014 Warrants: Payroll and Accounts Payable Library Tax Increase Request (Deb Toomey) Southeastern Vermont Economic Development Strategies (SEVEDS) Fund Request Highway […]

As Grafton begins to look at updating Town Plan, its citizens brainstorm

As Grafton begins to look at updating Town Plan, its citizens brainstorm

By Cynthia Prairie © 2014 – Telegraph Publishing LLC Almost 50 Grafton residents turned out at the elementary school Monday night to offer up their views of and hopes for the town that they call home. The input will be gelled into a more concise form and will likely become part of a new Grafton […]

Grafton Select Board mulls Town Office repair bids, new town garage

Grafton Select Board mulls Town Office repair bids, new town garage

By Shawn Cunningham @The Chester Telegraph – 2014 The Grafton Select Board opened bids for repairs to the town offices at its Tuesday, Nov. 3 meeting, but the project ended up back on the table when one of the bids failed to include major portions of the work. The town received two bids for the […]

Grafton Select Board Agenda for November 3, 2014

The Grafton Select Board will hold its regular meeting on Monday November 3, 2014 at 6 p.m. at the Grafton Elementary School. Here is the agenda:   1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: 10/20/2014 & Special Meeting 10/20/2014 4. Warrants: Payroll and Accounts Payable 5. Highway Report a. Work Schedule b. Other Highway […]

Grafton voters overturn junk ordinance

Grafton voters overturn junk ordinance

By Mark Burbela Grafton ©The Chester Telegraph — 2014 In a 56 to 37 vote, the voters of Grafton defeated an ordinance that would have limited the number of unregistered vehicles that could be stored on a residential property and required screening from view of so-called “junk.”  The ballot was taken at a special town […]

Grafton Select Board updated on break-ins, drug use

Grafton Select Board updated on break-ins, drug use

By Mark Burbela ©The Chester Telegraph – 2014 The Grafton Select Board met Tuesday Sept. 2 to discuss local crime and getting more publicity for its town-maintained covered bridge. Capt. Robert Lakin of the Windham County Sheriff’s department was to lead a discussion on narcotics use, local crime connected to narcotics and how communities are […]

Grafton residents petition junk ordinance to town-wide vote

Grafton residents petition junk ordinance to town-wide vote

By Mark Burbela Grafton ©The Chester Telegraph – 2014 Although the Grafton Select Board meeting on Monday, Aug. 4 was slated to be short because of an executive session to discuss a personnell matter and a proposal that a portion of a public roadway be turned into a private road, there was much discussion about […]

Grafton Select Board OKs junk vehicle regulations

Grafton Select Board OKs junk vehicle regulations

By Mark Burbela Grafton ©The Chester Telegraph – 2014 Despite objections from some of the 25 residents in attendance, the Grafton Select Board on Monday, July 21, passed a new ordinance regulating the storage of junk and junk vehicles, in an attempt to address numerous complaints about junk stored at private residences and to ensure […]