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Convenience store employee foils burglary
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC A convenience store employee preparing to open up for the day foiled an Easter Sunday foray by two burglars. According to a Vermont State Police press release, at about 4:45 this morning, an employee at the Shell station at 705 Rockingham Road in Rockingham was waiting to open the store […]
Chester Select Board agenda for April 19, 2017
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Approval of Minutes from April 5, 2017 Select Board Meeting Citizen Comments Old Business Time Capsule Update Sign Local Emergency Operations Plan Liquor Licenses: Meditrina, Pizza Stone, Fullerton Inn Outside Consumption Permit: […]
Londonderry Select Board agenda for April 17, 2017
The Select Board of the town of Londonderry will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 17 at The Twitchell Building, 100 School St. Below is its agenda. Call meeting to order Additions or deletions to the agenda Minutes: a. Approval of Regular Board Meeting Minutes – April 3, 2017; b. Approval of Special Board […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for April 17, 2017
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 17 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Below is its agenda. Adopt Agenda Minutes: April 3, 2017 Highway Report: Truck Bids Acceptance Act 148 Universal Recycling law requirements: Ham Gillett Signatures for Special Town Meeting Warning May 24, 2017 Agenda/Minutes […]
Chester board talks economic growth; sets Planning interviews
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC With a smaller crowd in attendance than at most of its recent meetings, the Chester Select Board on Wednesday, April 5 signed the Unified Development Bylaws that have been a bone of contention for months. In a related action, the board discussed the questions and timetable for […]
Special meeting of Chester Select Board for April 14, 2017
The Chester Select Board will be holding a special meeting for the purpose of interviewing candidates for positions on the Planning Commission. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday Friday, April 14 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Citizen Comments 2. Executive Session for the purpose of […]
Alleged N.H. carjacker nabbed by VSP in Springfield
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC An alleged carjacker who was being chased by Claremont, N.H., police was captured in Springfield after a high speed pursuit and a fight. according to a Vermont State Police press release. Just before 4 a.m. this morning,the Claremont Police Department alerted Vermont troopers that they were chasing a vehicle whose […]
Cavendish Select Board Agenda for April 10, 2017
The Cavendish Select Board will hold its regular meeting on Monday, April 10, 2017 in the meeting room of the Cavendish Town Office, 37 High Street at 6:30 p.m. Below is its agenda. 1. Call the meeting to order 2. Act upon minutes of the meetings of March 13th, 2017. 3. Sign Orders 4. Review […]
Weston Select Board agenda for April 11, 2017
The Weston Select Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 at Town Office on Lawrence Hill Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Any Requested Changes to the Agenda: 2. Public Comment: 3. Road Foreman: 4. Transfer Station: 5. Fire Dept. Letter: 6. VLCT Ins.: 7. Cash Flow: 8. Appointed Officers: Alternate Planning Commission […]
Grafton Planning Commission agenda for April 11, 2017
The Planning Commission for the town of Grafton will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Minutes: Feb 14, 2017 Subdivision permit proposal | Windham Foundation: Review of application; minor subdivision determination; Review of subdivision public notices, hearing […]
Grafton board votes to move meetings to new town garage
By Cynthia Prairie ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Grafton Select Board voted 4 to 1 on Monday to move its meetings to the new town garage on Tom Bell Road, more than 2 miles east of the center of town. The meetings are currently held in the gym/cafeteria at the Grafton Elementary School, 58 School […]
May 2 voting set on Green Mountain Act 46 merger
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The town school boards and town clerks of Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester met at Green Mountain Union High School on Monday, March 27, to lay out and agree to the process for holding votes on forming a Regional Education District to fulfill their obligations under the […]
Derry board taps Forbes as new member; punch cards possible at Transfer Station
By Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Robert Forbes will return as a member of the Londonderry Select Board after his appointment by the board on Monday, April 3. After considering several candidates who the board did not name, chair Paul Gordon said that Forbes had the experience the board could use since it has […]
A SNOOTFUL: Drug sniffing K-9s train at Green Mountain High
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC School was out, but a class was hard at work on the ground floor hallway of Green Mountain Union High on a recent evening. Four dogs – or K9s – were going through their paces looking for drugs placed in the corridor of empty lockers as part […]
Westminster troopers nab a dozen as VSP conducts statewide warrant sweep
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police announced tonight that it had conducted a statewide sweep, arresting 65 people on warrants for a variety of pending criminal charges and failing to fulfill court obligations. Troopers from all 10 VSP field stations were joined by local police officers, county sheriffs, game wardens, […]
Chester Development Review Board agenda for April 10, 2017
The Development Review Board for the town of Chester will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 10 for its public hearing. Below is its agenda. 1) Review minutes from March 27th 2017 meeting 2) Review the Findings of Facts/Conclusions of Law regarding Endless Creation’s Conditional Use permit with Melissa Howe 3) Comments from citizens […]
CAES Board of Directors agenda for April 10, 2017
The Chester-Andover Elementary School Board of Directors will hold its regular meeting at the Chester-Andover Elementary School library at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 10. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order: II. Approval of CAES Agenda III. Approval of Minutes a. March 13, 2017 regular meeting b. Minutes of Farm to School Meeting […]
Windham-S. Windsor women’s center honored for victim advocacy
The Women’s Freedom Center, which serves Windham and Southern Windsor counties, has been awarded the Community-Based Victim Advocacy Award by the Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services. The award is given to advocates working in a community-based program who have made a significant contribution to the lives of crime victims. Vermont Crime Victim Service Awards […]
Chester Police Log for Jan. 13 through March 21, 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. Friday, Jan. 13, 5:49 p.m. A complainant told police that her youngest child was nearly hit when […]
Chester Select Board agenda for April 5, 2017
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Approval of Minutes; March 13, 2017 Special Selectboard Meeting and March 15, 2017 Selectboard Meeting Citizen Comments Old Business Paper of Record Present Summary of VLCT’s Economic Development Seminar; David Pisha & […]
