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Chester Select Board special meeting set for Oct. 11
The Chester Select Board will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Citizen Comments 2. Planning Commission Appointment 3. DRB Appointment 4. Decision re: offer from Sandri Company 5. Adjourn
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. 9, 2017. I-91 NORTHBOUND & SOUTHBOUND ARE REDUCED TO ONE LANE WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE. I-91 NORTHBOUND MOTORISTS […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Oct. 9
The Select Board for the Town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 9 at Town Offices, 953 Andover-Weston Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: Act on minutes from September 25th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five […]
Boil water order lifted in Chester
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Jeff Holden, Superintendent of the Chester Water Department, has announced that the “boil water” order imposed on Monday has been lifted. Two tests required to be clear of bacteria were performed and the results were clean. The order was issued in line with a state protocol after a valve blew […]
Holden explains Chester water situation; boil order could be lifted today
By Shawn Cunningham © Telegraph Publishing LLC Water Superintendent Jeff Holden told the Chester Select Board last night that the first of two tests of the town’s water system came back clean after a construction mishap pulled dirt into the water system on Monday. That prompted the town to issue the “boil water” order for […]
New Derry Town-Zoning Admin hails from rural New York
By Cynthia Prairie ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Londonderry Select Board has hired Robert Nied of Richmondville, N.Y., as its new Town Administrator and Zoning Administrator, for the first time combining the two positions under one person. Nied (pronounced need) will be replacing Stephanie Thompson who served as Londonderry’s Town Administrator from 2015 until her […]
Weston Select Board hires new Lister Consultant, tables other actions
By Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The only action the Weston Select Board took on Tuesday, Sept. 26 was at the end of the meeting after an executive session, when the board voted to give Howie Brosseau, the town’s chief Lister, the authority to hire Linda Sherman as a Lister Consultant. The listers, Weston […]
Derry emergency alert system readied; board adopts Town Plan
By Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Kevin Beattie, town Emergency Management director, told the Londonderry Select Board at its Monday, Oct. 2 meeting that four people have been trained to use the VT Alert system and are “ready to go.” In case of an emergency, an alert will go out using one or more […]
Chester DRB agenda for Oct. 9, 2017
The Chester Development Review Board will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 9 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1) Comments from citizens 2) Review Minutes from September 25th public hearing 3) Reconvene Conditional Use Review (#509) Tucker Mulholland 81 Gold River Road 4) Reconvene Conditional Use […]
Chester Drugstore owner Bill Hale, wife Joanne die week apart
Former Chester Drugstore owner Wilbur “Bill” Hale Jr. died on Sept. 15, 2017, at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Bolivia, N.C. He had been battling leukemia for several months. His wife of 64 years, Joanne Rawson Hale, died on Sept. 22, 2017, in Bolivia, N.C. Both were born in 1930. Born in Blakely, Penn., […]
Police look for missing Hancock man
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are looking for a Hancock man reported missing by his family last night. According to a press release, police were called just before 10 p.m. by the family of Robert Ingham. They told police that Ingham, 45, was last seen in Middlebury at about 4 p.m. on […]
IMPORTANT: Boil water order in Chester
The Town of Chester has issued the following statement: BOIL WATER ORDER During the process of replacing the Town’s existing hydrants, cross contamination occurred necessitating the need for a mandatory boil water order. This is anticipated to be in effect for 3 to 4 days and will be followed by a heavy dose of chlorination. […]
Chester Historical Society announces history scholarship
The Chester Historical Society has announced that it has established a $1,000 scholarship award for the best research paper concerning local history submitted by a Green Mountain High School senior. The Daniel Heald History Scholarship is named for an early Chester resident who fought in the battles of Concord and Ticonderoga. He settled in Chester […]
Village Center Master Plan rolled out for Chester board
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Saying that “if it doesn’t work for residents, it doesn’t work,” Mark Kane of SE Group rolled out the Chester Village Center Master Plan that his company and many of those residents have worked on it since October of last year. Kane told a special session of […]
UPDATED Chester Select Board agenda for Oct. 4, 2017
The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Approval of Minutes from Sept. 20, 2017 Select Board Meeting and the Sept. 27, 2017 Special Select Board Meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. Solid Waste […]
Springfield Recycling rates hiked starting Monday, Oct. 2
By Cynthia Prairie ©2013 Telegraph Publishing LLC As of Monday, Oct. 2, the cost for a sheet of 25 tickets for the Springfield Recycling Center will increase $2.25 from $11.25 to a base price of $13.50 a sheet. Each ticket is good for 4 pounds of trash, or 100 pounds per sheet. Consumers will see […]
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 Sept. 25, 2017. I-91 NORTHBOUND & SOUTHBOUND ARE REDUCED TO ONE LANE WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE. I-91 NORTHBOUND MOTORISTS […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Oct. 2, 2017
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2 at Grafton Town Garage, 220 Bell St. Below is its agenda. 1. Adopt Agenda 2. Minutes: Sept. 18, 2017 3. Highway Report: Salt Pricing 4. Request for continuation of new flooring in Post Office to go behind the counter. 5. Forester Report/Trails 6. […]
GM girls win close one at Leland & Gray, now 7-0
The Green Mountain girls soccer team took its 6-0 record to Townshend last night for a hard fought game and came home with win number seven. Freshman Emma Stover put Leland & Gray on the board early as the Chieftains got off to a slow start. Twenty four seconds into the the second half however […]
Troopers nab fugitive from Mass. charges
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Troopers from the Westminster barracks captured a fugitive on felony charges from Massachusetts on Monday Sept. 25. Acting on a tip from Massachusetts police, the Vermont State Police and Springfield Police found John Butler, 32, whose residence was listed as Chester, at a house on Olive Street in Springfield. According […]
