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Chester Select Board agenda for March 21, 2018
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. 1. Approval of Minutes from the March 15, 2018 Special Selectboard Meeting and March 15, 2018 Executive Session 2. Citizen Comments 3. Canopy Project Update; Scott Wunderle 4. EMS/Town Garage […]
100 Green Mountain students join national student walkout
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC More than 100 Green Mountain students walked out of school at 10 this morning as part of a national demonstration organized in response to the school shooting at left 17 students and teachers dead in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14. The GM students didn’t go far, stopping […]
Proposed brewpub asks Cavendish Select Board to help speed permits
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Monday night, developers of a proposed brewpub in Proctorsville asked the Cavendish Select Board for help in expediting their permit process so they can open their doors by Thanksgiving. Outer Limits Brewery General Manager Steve Shaw told the board that if the project can’t be opened […]
Shorthanded, Cavendish FD seeks way to shut down
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC With just five members remaining on its roster, the Cavendish Fire Department is “seeking a way to close out the department,” according to Cavendish Fire District #2 Prudential Committee chair Stu Lindberg. At the Cavendish Select Board’s monthly meeting, Lindberg asked members to appoint Scott Ranney to […]
UPDATE NEW MEETING DATE: GM school board meetings postponed due to weather
© 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The meetings of the Green Mountain Union High School and Green Mountain Unified School District boards scheduled for tonight in Cavendish have been postponed due to the snowstorm. According to Two Rivers Supervisory Union, the date for the re-scheduled meeting has not yet been determined. The meetings have been rescheduled […]
Daniel Newton, 81, Chester resident and Army veteran enjoyed NASCAR, time with family
Daniel A. Newton, 81, of Chester and formerly of Barre, passed away on Saturday, March 10, 2018 at Berlin Health and Rehabilitation Center in Berlin. Born on Oct. 31, 1936 in Lyndonville, he was the son of Daniel E. and Eleanor Mae (Labor) Newton. He grew up in Barre and graduated from Spaulding High School […]
UPDATE: I-91 Rockingham Bridge construction
© 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Vermont Agency of Transportation is replacing the bridges on I-91 over the Williams River in Rockingham. The projected completion date is May 18, 2020. Here is the anticipated construction schedule for the week of March 12, 2018. I-91 NORTHBOUND & SOUTHBOUND ARE REDUCED TO ONE LANE WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION […]
Chester Select Board special meeting agenda for March 15, 2018
The Chester Select Board will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 15 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Reorganization of Board 2. Approval of Minutes from the Feb. 21, 2018 Select Board meeting 3. Citizen Comments 4. Old Business 5. Sale on the Green Request; Chester […]
Andover Select Board agenda for March 12, 2018
The Select Board for the town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 12 at Town Offices, 953 Andover Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: Act on minutes from February 26th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes […]
Taconic & Green School District budget passes by wide margin
By Bruce Frauman ©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Voters of the nine towns encompassing the Taconic and Green Regional School District overwhelmingly approved the five articles presented by Australian ballot on March 6, 2018, including a $32 million budget for the next fiscal year. T&G represents the Act 46 outcome of the nine towns and the […]
Three bond issues pass by wide margins in Chester
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Chester voters passed three bond issues totaling $669,000 by wide margins on Town Meeting Day. The bond to purchase a $110,000 compaction roller for the town’s nearly 100 miles of dirt roads, $115,000 for a sidewalk plow to be used downtown and $11,000 for a Hazmat trailer […]
Weston voters give GNAT a boost during relatively quiet Town Meeting
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC All of the articles presented in the warning of the Weston Town Meeting held on Tuesday morning passed by wide margins, but as is often the case, more discussion time was spent on small expense items than the large ones. One item that was discussed in quite […]
First GM Unified School District budget goes down in defeat
By Cynthia Prairie ©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC The voters of the towns of Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester — well, 739 of them anyway — rejected the first ever proposed budget of the new consolidated Green Mountain Unified School District. The ballots were all brought to Chester Tuesday night to be counted together since the […]
Prouty legacy continues on Derry Select Board; VSP cuts coverage, contract downsized
By Bruce Frauman ©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC For the first time in recent memory, the voters of Londonderry completed all its business during Town Meeting before taking a lunch break on Tuesday afternoon. Despite the quick meeting, of note was the fact that Taylor Prouty will be continuing the legacy of his grandfather and father […]
Chester Development Review Board agenda for March 12, 2018
The Chester Development Review Board will meet for two site visits on Monday, March 12 prior to its regular public meeting to be held at 6 p.m. Below is the site visit schedule followed by its agenda. The public is allowed to attended both. Site visit schedule 5 p.m. Drew’s All Natural LLC 926 VT. […]
Agreeable Chester voters pass town articles with few questions
By Shawn Cunningham ©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Nary was heard a discouraging word during Monday evening’s town meeting in Chester, where about 80 voters showed up to Town Hall to voice their approval for every article presented by town government this year. Either voters think the town is on the right track or Town Manager […]
Andover voters question GMUSD school budget during Town Meeting
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Questions about education – budgets, taxes and board representation – took up the majority of the two-hour Andover town meeting on Saturday, March 3. The turnout was a bit sparser than recent meetings and, as usual, gray was the dominant hair color. Maddie Bodin was elected to […]
Francis McLaughlin II, 66, former Marine sergeant who served Chester community
Francis E. McLaughlin II, 66, died peacefully at home with his family in Chester on Feb. 28, 2018 after a long battle with heart disease. He was born March 23, 1951 in Hartford, Conn., to Ralph McLaughlin and Gladys (Robbins) McLaughlin. Mr. McLaughlin graduated Bloomfield High School class of 1969. He served as a volunteer […]
Fire damages Cavendish home that was harmed during Irene
UPDATE: A GoFundMe page has been set up for homeowners Martha and Mitchell Benoit. Click here to donate. By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC A fire that started in an attached garage heavily damaged a home on Rt. 131 east of Cavendish Village this afternoon. Around 1 p.m., Proctorsville and Cavendish firefighters were […]
William Smith Jr., 78, enjoyed restoring a 1941 Ford convertible
William J. Smith Jr. 78, of Chester, passed away on Feb. 26, 2018 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. He was born June 20, 1939 in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of William J. Sr. and Elizabeth (Castles) Smith. He lived and attended school in the Baldwin area. On Oct. 5, 1957 he […]
