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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 […]
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 […]
