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Police seek info on Peru burglary
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Vermont State Police are looking for information on the recent burglary of a Peru home. According to a press release sometime between Oct. 15 and Nov. 4 someone took one pair of orange and black Rossignol skis and eight pairs of ski poles from a locker in a common area […]
No one injured in one car accident in Peru
A Cohoes, N.Y., woman was not injured yesterday afternoon when her car went off the road and hit a utility pole in Peru. According to a Vermont State Police press release, Danielle Barker, 38, was driving west on Route 11 about 3:30 p.m. when she fell asleep. Her car drifted to the right, leaving the […]
Mailbox in Baltimore damaged by shotgun
© Telegraph Publishing LLC Just before 10 p.m. on Monday night a Baltimore resident told police that someone had used a shotgun to vandalize her mailbox. According to a Vermont State Police press release, Carol Lighthall reported to troopers that someone in an older model black truck with a flatbed had damaged her mailbox with […]
Derry board sets up panels to address speeding, FEMA land, town insurance
By Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Londonderry Select Board approved on Monday night the formation of three new committees that it hopes will address public safety, aesthetic and budget issues. The Traffic Safety Committee was recommended by member George Mora after residents asked why the Select Board doesn’t do something about speeding on […]
Derry vandalism case moves to restorative justice center
By Shawn Cunningham and Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The case of Ed Brown, the Londonderry restaurant owner who was to appear before the court in Brattleboro on Tuesday, Nov. 7, to be arraigned on unlawful mischief charges for painting over a mural on Route 11, has been transferred to the alternative Brattleboro Community […]
Chester board begins budgeting, talks 911 addresses, Coleman plaque
By Shawn Cunningham ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board opened the 2018 budgeting season last Wednesday night with a review of a draft general fund budget and some confusion ensued. This is the first budget since the town upgraded its accounting software from QuickBooks to programs developed for municipalities by the New England […]
Chester Development Review Board agenda for Nov. 13, 2017
The Chester Development Review Board will hold its public hearing at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 13 following a 5:20 p.m. site visit at 9 River St. Below is its agenda. 1) Comments from citizens 2) Review Minutes from October 23rd public hearing 3) Reconvene Conditional Use Review (#507) Jacques Dodier 4) Conditional Use application […]
UPDATE: I-91 Rockingham Bridge construction schedule
The Vermont Agency of Transportation has begun 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 Nov. 6, 2017. I-91 NORTHBOUND & SOUTHBOUND ARE REDUCED TO ONE LANE WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE. I-91 NORTHBOUND MOTORISTS […]
Mass. man charged with arson, murder in deaths of two Townshend residents
The Vermont State Police and the Windham County State’s Attorney have obtained an arrest warrant for Justin Orwat, age 46, of Springfield, Mass., on charges of aggravated murder and first degree arson in the deaths of two people in Townshend on Friday, Oct. 27. Orwat is currently being held at the Hamden County, Mass., jail […]
New Hearse House Museum opens in Chester
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC More than three years ago, the Chester Beautification Committee asked the town’s Select Board for the town to apply for a $15,000 grant from the Agency of Commerce and Community Development to restore the 1830s Hearse House, which stands at the entrance to the Brookside Cemetery. The […]
Weston board chair: Town’s quaint identity imperiled
By Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC At the Weston Select Board meeting on Tuesday Oct. 24, chairman Denis Benson said the town is at a crossroads and gave the board two weeks to consider his thoughts. Benson said Weston is heading down a road to losing its identity as a quaint, rural town. He […]
High wind warning for tonight through tomorrow morning
The National Weather Service has issued a High Wind Warning for areas of Vermont from 8 p.m. Sunday to 11 a.m. Monday. Warning areas can be seen on the National Weather Service website at www.weather.gov/btv or www.weather.gov/aly. Warning areas currently include all of Western Massachusetts as well as Rutland, Bennington and Windham counties in Vermont. […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Nov. 1, 2017
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Approval of Minutes from Oct. 18, 2017 Select Board Meeting Citizen Comments Old Business Jack Coleman Memorial Plaque; Pat Budnick 911 Addresses; Matt Wilson Police Department Update; Chief Cloud General Fund Budget […]
Two men rob Rutland convenience store at gunpoint
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two men robbed a Rutland Town convenience store at gunpoint early this morning making off with an undisclosed amount of cash. According to Vermont State Police, at about 12:45 a.m., two men entered the Sandri Sunoco store at 117 Route 7 South. One pointed a pistol at the clerk and […]
UPDATE: I-91 Rockingham Bridge construction schedule
The Vermont Agency of Transportation has begun 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 Oct. 30, 2017. I-91 NORTHBOUND & SOUTHBOUND ARE REDUCED TO ONE LANE WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE. I-91 NORTHBOUND MOTORISTS […]
Car slams into Proctorsville eatery: Driver injured, patrons, staff unhurt
UPDATE: Oct 27, 4 p.m. – Neal’s Restaurant and Bar has reopened. By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Afew minutes before 6 p.m. Thursday, a car traveling north on Route 103 in Proctorsville crashed into Neal’s Restaurant just as the dinner rush was getting under way. At 5:50 p.m., the Proctorsville Fire Department […]
Riverside Motors in Londonderry burglarized
©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are asking the public for help in finding the person or people who burglarized a shop in Londonderry. Troopers say that someone broke into Riverside Motors, in the Mountain Marketplace, through a side window between 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 24 and 9 a.m. the following morning. According […]
104th Fighter Wing to conduct low-altitude exercise in Vermont today
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, WESTFIELD, Mass. The 104th Fighter Wing will be conducting homeland alert air defense exercises today, Wednesday, Oct. 25, over Rutland, Vt. and Lebanon and Concord, N.H. The exercises will end 50 miles east of Burlington. During the exercise, two F-15C Eagles will intercept and shadow […]
‘Damp patch’ snags Chester emergency services building study
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The state of Vermont has thrown a small wrench into Chester’s feasibility study on constructing new town buildings on the Town Garage site. Last Wednesday, Chester architect Claudio Veliz, updating the Chester Select Board on the study that his firm is conducting on the buildings to house […]
VSP seeks ‘armed and dangerous’ fugitive
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are requesting assistance in apprehending Daniel Greenwood, age 41. Greenwood is wanted for escape from custody in Orleans County. Police have reports that Greenwood carries a firearm and is considered to be armed and dangerous. Greenwood’s prior cases involve possession of cocaine, three counts of violation of […]
