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CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER: Chester Select Board agenda for March 7, 2018
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1.Reorganization of the 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 Rotary Club 5. […]
Cavendish Town Meeting Warning for March 5 & 6, 2018
Below is the warning for the annual town meeting for the Town of Cavendish on Monday March 5 and Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at Cavendish Elementary School, 573 Main St. Proctorsville. The legal voters of the Town of Cavendish, in the County of Windsor, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Cavendish Town […]
Chester board delays zoning admin appointment, looks at solar farm request
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC The March 7 visit to the Chester Select Board by town attorney Jim Carroll just keeps getting busier. Carroll was already coming to discuss a junk yard ordinance and the mechanics of setting up a budget committee. But last Wednesday’s meeting the Chester Select Board added questions […]
Londonderry Town Meeting warning for March 6, 2018
Below is the warning for the Londonderry Town Meeting to be held at Town Hall, 139 Middletown Road in S. Londonderry. The inhabitants of the Town of Londonderry, Vermont, who are legal voters of the Town Meeting are hereby notified and warned to meet at their Town Hall, 139 Middletown Road, S. Londonderry, on Tuesday, […]
Weston Town Meeting warning for March 6, 2018
Below is the warning for the Weston Town Meeting to be held at the Weston Playhouse, 12 Park St. on the Green in Weston. The legal voters (The legal voters of the Town of Weston are further notified that voter qualification, registration and absentee voting shall be as provided in Title 17 Chapters 43 and […]
Grafton Town Meeting warning for March 6, 2018
Below is the warning for the Grafton Town Meeting, including school districts, to be held at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. The legal voters of the Town and Town School Districts of Grafton, Vermont are hereby warned and notified to meet in the Grafton Elementary School on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 10:00 AM […]
Chester Town Meeting Warning for March 5 & 6, 2018
Below is the warning for the Chester Town Meeting and vote taking place next week. All take place at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. The Legal Voters of the TOWN OF CHESTER are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Chester Town Hall, Second Floor in said Town of Chester on Monday, […]
Andover Town Meeting warning for Saturday, March 3, 2018
Below is the warning for the Andover Town Meeting, which will be held at Town Hall, 953 Andover Road. To the inhabitants of the Town of Andover, in the County of Windsor and the State of Vermont, qualified to vote in Town affairs: You are hereby warned to meet at the Town Hall in Andover […]
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 Feb. 26, 2018. I-91 NORTHBOUND & SOUTHBOUND ARE REDUCED TO ONE LANE WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION […]
Weather, road conditions mean drivers need to slow down
© 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC All wheel drive works, but only if all of the wheels are on the ground and traveling at a speed that fits the conditions. Chester Police, Fire and Ambulance crews were called out early this afternoon (Sunday) for a one-car crash on Route 11 near the Green Mountain Turnpike in […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Feb. 26, 2018
The Select Board for the town of Andover will meet at Andover Town Office, 953 Andover Road, at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 26. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: Act on minutes from Feb. 12 meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: […]
‘Jack’ Atwood, 85, former owner of Chester Dairies, remembered for his sense of humor
Eugene R. “Jack” Atwood, 85, of Craftsbury, died on Jan. 16, 2018, at North Country Hospital in Newport. He was born on Burton Hill in Irasburg, on Dec. 26, 1932, the son of Roger “Red” and Nellie (Scott) Atwood. He began working on his family farm on Burton Hill. He and his father had a team of […]
Chester begins zoning audit
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC As it continues to work on the required update of the Town Plan, the Chester Planning Commission is also embarking – with the help of planning consultant Brandy Sexton – on an audit of Chester’s zoning regulations. The first steps in the work were unveiled at a […]
Lydia Ratcliff, 84, whose Quality Meats were renowned in New York, Boston restaurants
Not even a rat biting into her nose one night at her Vermont boarding school in the early 1950s frazzled the bonds that were to tie Lydia Ratcliff, who died on Feb. 14 at the Genesis Care Center in Springfield, to her adopted state. She was 84. It was part and parcel of the country […]
Derry board OKs new Planning Commission member
By Bruce Frauman ©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Londonderry Select Board met for a mere 23 minutes Monday night with the primary business of appointing a new member to the Planning Commission. Planning Commission chair Sharon Crossman introduced Mary “Mimi” Adams Lines to the Select Board and recommended her appointment. Lines said she knows “a […]
Residents get a rundown on state plans for Lowell Lake
By Bruce Frauman © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Thirty-five people crowded into the meeting room of the Twitchell Building in Londonderry on Thursday, Feb. 15 to learn about state Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation plans for the development and management of Lowell Lake State Park, off Route 11 in Londonderry. District Forestry manager Nate […]
Weston Fire Dept. gets new tanker, hosts town-wide home safety equipment sale, giveaway
By Bruce Frauman ©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Under a slate-gray sky on a cold Saturday in early February, the Weston Volunteer Fire Department took delivery of a new tanker truck, a once-every-30-year event. Chief Brian Lundberg calls the tanker “water on wheels.” It holds 2,000 gallons with a 750-gallon per minute pump. The engine, which […]
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 Feb. 19, 2018. I-91 NORTHBOUND & SOUTHBOUND ARE REDUCED TO ONE LANE WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION […]
Cleaning chemical mishap sends 5 VCS workers to hospital for evaluation
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Shortly before noon on Sunday Feb. 18, the Weston Volunteer Fire Dept. responded to a call that was initially described as smoke in a section of the Vermont Country Store. On arrival, the firefighters found chlorine gas instead. Five store employees were taken to the hospital for […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Feb. 21, 2018
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Approval of Minutes from the January 8, 2018 Special Selectboard Meeting and January 17, 2018 Selectboard Meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. Chester Development Fund Update; Remus Preda & […]
