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Vermont State Police Incident Log for Feb. 8 to April 17
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: The Vermont State Police incident report is a sampling of incidents directly from the Vermont State Police. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Wednesday, Feb. 8 – Londonderry – Just before 5 a.m. police received a report of a break-in […]
Chester Development Review Board Agenda for June 12, 2017
The Development Review Board for the Town of Chester will meet on Monday June 12 at 6 p.m. at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. The hearing will be preceded by site visits. The agenda is below: 5 p.m. Site visit: Drew’s All Natural property at926 VT. Rte. 103 So. 5:25 p.m. Site visit: Stewart […]
Comment on Current route changes Thursday
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Southeast Vermont Transit has scheduled two public meetings to take comment on changes to the four of The Current bus routes serving Springfield, Bellows Falls and Ludlow. The meetings will take place on Thursday, June 8 at noon and 6 p.m. at The Current’s facility on 706 Rockingham Road, Rockingham. […]
State agency seeks return of historical marker
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Jonathan Peckham Miller’s historical marker is missing and the Vermont Division of Historic Preservation hopes the public can help with its return. On May 26, 2017, the state agency told Vermont State Police the bronze historical marker was missing from a site in Randolph Center. The marker, […]
Chester commemorates Memorial Day 2017
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Although the weather was dreary and threatened rain, Chester once again observed Memorial Day on its traditional May 30th date. With honor guards from the American Legion and Chester Fire Department in the lead, residents watched as the Green Mountain High School and Chester-Andover Elementary School bands, […]
250 lb. anvil stolen from Westminster residence
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Sunday June 4, Vermont State Police responded to a residence in Westminster for the reported theft of an large anvil. According to a VSP press release thieves made off with the anvil, which was in the garden of the residence, between May 21 and June 4, 2017. The anvil […]
Chester Select Board agenda for June 7, 2017
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 7 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Approval of Minutes from May 17, 2017 Select Board Meeting and May 17, 2017 Executive Session Meeting Record Citizen Comments Old Business Report on the Public Works Department; Graham Kennedy Planning Commission Appointments […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for June 5, 2017
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 5 at the Grafton Town Garage, 220 Bell St. Below is its agenda. Adopt Agenda Minutes: May 15, 2017 Highway Report Health Officer Report: Houghtonville Road; Town Pond Windham County Sheriff’s Department Journey’s End Foot Bridge/Hydraulic Repairs Trayhan Update 2018 Professional Audit Select […]
UPDATE: I-91 Rockingham Bridge construction schedule
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC 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 June, 5 2017. Monday thru Friday: Daytime lane closures on I-91 over the bridge […]
Ludlow nixes Mill River merger, Mt. Holly votes yes;
Merger heads back to Act 46 drawing board
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Voters in Ludlow today defeated a proposed merger between that town and its U-39 partner Mount Holly with the Mill River Unified Union School District in Clarendon. The vote in Ludlow was 245 for and 527 against the merger out of a total checklist of 1,588 voters […]
More speak against merger at Ludlow meeting
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC A crowd of nearly 80 people gathered in President’s Hall at the Ludlow Elementary School on a warm sunny evening last Tuesday to hear a presentation and ask questions about the proposed merger of the Ludlow and Mount Holly schools into the Mill River Unified Union School […]
Weston board considers ramp, other changes to Wilder Library
By Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Deborah Granquist, chair of board of the Wilder Memorial Library, asked the Weston Select Board on Tuesday, May 23 to begin considering improvements to the historic library that would include handicapped access and parking. She added that since the Little School added its handicapped access ramp, the library […]
Chester board talks new fire station, cemetery expansion
By Shawn Cunningham ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board discussed plans for expansion of the Brookside Cemetery and a new emergency services building at its meeting last Wednesday – but one member appeared frustrated that topics brought up more than two years ago were still being “kicked down the road.” After hearing presentations […]
104th ANG fighter pilots spar high above Green Mountains
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, WESTFIELD, MASS. Some morning in the near future you’ll hear that rumble, the one that scared your cat and made you search the skies last week. And as that rumble becomes a roar, echoing off the Green Mountains of southern Vermont, you […]
Weston Select Board agenda for May 23, 2017
The Select Board for the town of Weston will meet at Town Offices, 12 Lawrence Hill Road, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 23. Below is its agenda. Any Requested Changes to the Agenda: Public Comment: Library: Graffiti: Earned Sick Leave: Review and Approve Minutes: SO #11 Payroll, SO #11 Vendors: Committee Reports: New & Old […]
Pinkham graveside services set for June 4
Graveside committal services with full military honors followed by a Masonic ritual for Earle E. Pinkham will be conducted at 1 p.m., Sunday June 4 at Cobb Cemetery on Hall Ranch Road in Grafton. Mr. Pinkham, a resident of Chester, died on Friday, March 10, 2017 at Springfield Hospital. He was 98. Mr. Pinkham was born […]
Reward offered in Rockingham Shell burglary
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Authorities are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of burglars who hit the Rockingham Shell station more than two weeks ago. In a press release, the Vermont State Police announced that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives continue to investigate the May 4, […]
UPDATE: I-91 Rockingham Bridge construction schedule
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC 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 May 22, 2017. Monday thru Friday at noon: Truck traffic continues on Golden Hill […]
Andover Select Board agenda for May 22, 2017
The Select Board for the Town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 22, 2017, at Town Office, 953 Weston-Andover Road. Below is its agenda. Call Select Board meeting to order. Act on Agenda. Act on Minutes: Act on minutes from May 8th meeting. Old Business: A. Gordon Payne – Rt 11 […]
Derry resident tells board of problems below solar farm; Town Plan ready for hearing
By Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The resident of the blue house located below a solar array, which is now owned and operated by Green Mountain Community Solar, brought to the Londonderry Select Board Monday, May 15 her story of broken promises and a difficult living situation. Jennifer Grycel, whose home is owned by […]
