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Jack’s Diner has second DRB hearing, third scheduled
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Monday night, the Chester Development Review Board once again took up the application of Jacques Dodier for a conditional use permit to operate a restaurant and apartments on the site of what was Jack’s Diner until 2011 when he shuttered the operation for what was described […]
Sandri land offer to Chester goes behind closed doors
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board meeting of Wednesday, Sept. 20 was mostly about checking in with ongoing projects before holding two executive sessions – one to interview candidates for the Planning Commission and Development Review Board and another to discuss an offer by Sandri to purchase town land […]
Cavendish town garage bond passes by wide margin: site TBD
Voters in Cavendish went to the polls today deciding to go ahead with plans to borrow up to $400,000 to replace the town’s highway department garage, which burned in February. What voters didn’t know — and still must be determined — is where the garage would be located. That remarkable situation came about at the […]
Secretary of State Condos to hold 12-stop Transparency Tour
Secretary of State Jim Condos will stop at 12 sites across the state during his fourth biennial Transparency Tour, when he will discuss transparency and open government, Vermont’s Public Records Act and Open Meeting Law with municipal and state employees and citizens who serve on local government boards. The public is invited and encouraged to […]
REVISED: Special Chester Select Board meeting for Sept. 27, 2017
The Chester Select Board will hold a special board meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 27 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. The purpose is to hear the Master Plan presentation by SE Group. Below is its agenda. 1. Citizen Comments 2. Master Plan Presentation; SE Group 3. Executive Session: To Consider an offer […]
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 […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Sept. 25, 2017
The Select Board for Andover will meet immediately following the 6:30 p.m. Board of Abatement hearing on Monday, Sept. 25 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 11th meeting. 4. Public Comment […]
Weston man held on $50,000 bail after traffic stop, skirmish with troopers
A Weston man is being held on $50,000 bail today on felony charges stemming from an overnight traffic stop in Londonderry and a subsequent chase and crash in Weston. According to a Vermont State Police press release, Craig Sallee, 35, was stopped by a trooper on Route 11 in Londonderry at about 1:30 a.m. on […]
As bond vote looms, Cavendish board takes 2nd look at Rt. 131 site for garage
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC As the clock ticks down toward Tuesday, Sept. 26 — when Cavendish voters will decide whether to borrow up to $400,000 to build a new town garage to replace the one that burned in February — the question of where to build it resurfaced at September’s Select […]
Mural incident spills over as resident asks Mora to resign Derry board
By Bruce Frauman ©2017-Telegraph Publishing LLC The controversy over the Route 10 mural painted over 10 days ago by a local restaurateur spilled over to the Sept. 18 Londonderry Select Board meeting, when resident Chad Stoddard asked Select Board member George Mora to resign from the board or be removed, if she refused. Stoddard was […]
Weston board to look into Markham Road washouts; decides for early school payments
By Bruce Frauman © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Weston residents Barbara Lloyd and Jenny Server told the Weston Select Board on Tuesday, Sept. 12 that in the past seven years — but especially this year — water has rushed down from Orton Lane to Markham Road where they live, damaging their driveways and garden beds. […]
Andover to celebrate long tenure, retirement of roads foreman
The Town of Andover will celebrate the career and retirement of road crew Foreman Kevin Baker in the Town Hall, 953 Andover Road, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 1. Baker is an Andover native whose parents moved to the town when they got married. For he past 23 years, Baker has been […]
Chester DRB public hearing for Sept. 25, 2017
The Development Review Board for the town of Chester will hold its public hearing at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. following a site visit at 5:25 p.m. at 81 Gold River Road. Below is its agenda. 1) Comments from citizens 2) Review Minutes from September 11th public hearing 3) […]
Police look for leads in Grafton burglary
On Sept.11, the Vermont State Police received a report of a burglary on the Chester Road in Grafton. According to police, sometime within the past year someone broke into the house through a back window and stole a Charlie Hunter painting. In addition to the painting, a red Sunfish sailboat with a red and white […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Sept. 20, 2017
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Approval of Minutes from Sept. 6, 2017 Select Board meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. 2016 Audit Review; Ron Smith 5. Flag Pole at Town Hall; Jeff Holden 6. Approve […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Sept. 18, 2017
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18 at Grafton Town Garage, 220 Bell St. Below is its agenda. 1. Adopt Agenda 2. Minutes: September 5, 2017 3. Highway Report: Salt Pricing 4. Public Use of Meeting Room at the Town Garage 5. GIA/Solid Waste Tire Recycling 6. Benches and Picnic […]
UPDATE: I-91 Rockingham Bridge construction schedule including NIGHT WORK
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. 17, 2017. I-91 NORTHBOUND & SOUTHBOUND ARE REDUCED TO ONE LANE WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE. I-91 NORTHBOUND MOTORISTS […]
Restaurant owner: I painted over mural ‘as favor to community’
By Cynthia Prairie ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Ed Brown, owner of the Mill Tavern, told The Telegraph last night, that on Monday, using a gallon of dark colored concrete stain, he did indeed paint over the floral mural that has decorated a retaining wall at Routes 11 and 100 in Londonderry for the past three […]
Firefighters quickly extinguish blaze at Tsuga Studios
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Just before 5:30 on Wednesday evening, the Chester Fire Department was called out to a fire at Tsuga Studios on Goldthwaite Road, home of art glass maker Nick Kekic. According to Fire Chief Matt Wilson, much earlier in the day, a small fire had started near the […]
Chester Police log for Aug. 23 through Sept. 9, 2017
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph Police Log is a sampling of incidents directly from Chester Police reports. In general, we do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2:45 p.m. Police went to a home on Grafton Road for the report of […]
