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Mora, Ameden, Cavanaugh win Derry board seats; police contract renewed, salt shed gets voter approval
By Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Attracting more votes than any other candidate, George Mora was elected to the Londonderry Select Board during Town Meeting on Tuesday March 7. In a face-off with Chad Stoddard for the two-year position vacated by Wayne Blanchard, Mora tallied 125 votes to Stoddard’s 65. Former board chair James […]
Gustafson, Whalen win Select Board seats; budgets, bonds pass by wide margins
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC In the only contested race this year, incumbent member Ben Whalen and newcomer Lee Gustafson won election Tuesday night to one-year seats on the Chester Select Board. With 673 people voting, the totals were Whalen 441, Gustafson 388 and Kelly Arrison 318. When John DeBenedetti decided not […]
After long school meeting, Andover OKs $834,000 town budget
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC With about 10 percent of the town’s population in attendance, the Andover Town Meeting on Saturday was – as usual – a well-mannered and friendly affair even though it started 70 minutes later than scheduled due to the school district meeting running over its allotted 15 minutes. […]
Chester Select Board to vote on UDBs; opts for open interviews
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC While the main attraction at Wednesday’s Chester Select Board meeting looked to be the continuing struggle over the town’s Unified Development Bylaws, the events of the previous Monday’s Planning Commission meeting – in which commission member Tom Hildreth walked out resulting in a loss of the quorum […]
Chester commission disabled as member quits after walking out on meeting
By Cynthia Prairie ©2017-Telegraph Publishing LLC Chester Planning Commission member Tom Hildreth walked out of the panel’s Monday Feb. 27 meeting, declaring to the remaining two members “you don’t have a quorum,” as he packed up to leave. The following day he turned in his resignation to Town Hall. His action leaves just two members […]
Grafton Select Board meeting for Monday, March 6, 2017
The Grafton Select Board will meeting on at 6 p.m. Monday, March 6, at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Adopt Minutes: Feb. 21, 2017 4. Highway Report 5. Opening of Tractor/Mower Bids 6. Town Hall repairs: possible Grant opportunities 7. Follow up on […]
Chester Select Board candidates address issues
Editor’s Note: Three people are vying for two one-year seats on the Chester Select Board: incumbent Ben Whalen, who is seeking a second term, and newcomers Lee Gustafson and Kelly Arrison, both local businessowners. Arne Jonynas, who has been serving in a one-year position, was spurred to seek a three-year seat that is being vacated […]
Chester bond issues seek funds for equipment, roads
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC There are three general obligation bonds on this year’s Town Meeting Day ballot in Chester. If passed, these will fund public works and buy various pieces of capital equipment. To borrow using a bond, the items being purchased must have a usable life that is longer than […]
Vermont State Police Log Dec. 3, 2016 through Jan. 28, 2017
© 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. Saturday, Dec. 3, Rockingham – A complainant on School Bus Depot Road told troopers that an ex-boyfriend […]
Weston board questions GNAT-TV, clinic budget requests as Town Meeting nears
By Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Weston Select Board is asking GNAT-TV and the Mountain Valley Medical Clinic to come before Town Meeting on Tuesday, March 7 to justify their funding requests. On Monday, Feb. 27, board member Charles Goodwin asked GNAT videographer Bruce Frauman, who is also the reporter of this article, […]
Arrison to hold Meet the Candidate event; Chester holds Master Plan Community Design Workshop
March 4: Arrison hosts Meet the Candidate event Chester Select Board candidate Kelly Arrison will hold a Meet the Candidate morning from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, March 4, at Baba a Louis Baker, 92 Vermont Route 11, in Chester. Arrison is hoping to hear from wide variety of Chester residents about their ideas and […]
UPDATE: I-91 Bridge Construction in Rockingham
© 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 this week. All preliminary work has been completed until March 22, 2017 when work will begin on building […]
TRSU Act 46 merger committee approves four-town RED proposal
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Two Rivers Supervisory Union Act 46 Study Committee voted last night (Thursday, Feb. 23) to approve the subcommittee report that recommends the creation of a Regional Education District (RED) from Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester. If approved by the Vermont Board of Education at its March […]
Chester Select Board agenda for March 1, 2017
The Chester Select Board will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, to take public comments on the revised Unified Development Bylaws. Following the public hearing it will hold a special session on its regular business. Below is that agenda. 1. Approval of Minutes from the Feb. 15, 2017 UDB Public […]
Derry absentee ballots available for school district merger
Absentee ballots are now available at the Londonderry Town Clerk’s Office for the Taconic and Green Regional School District Merger vote. Contact the Town Clerk’s office, 100 S. School St. in South Londonderry, to request a ballot at 824-3356. All ballots must be returned by 7 p.m. on March 7 in order to be counted. […]
Andover Select Board meeting for Feb. 27, 2017
The Andover Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27 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 Feb. 14 meeting. 4. Old Business: A. Legal Trails on Stigers Road; B. […]
Grafton boards host solar energy info meeting March 3
The Grafton Select Board and the Grafton Planning Commission are hosting an informational forum on solar energy at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 3. The event will be held at the White Church. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. The purpose of the forum is to provide basic information on solar energy and how […]
Sunny skies, lots of snow brighten Chester Winter Carnival 2017
The annual Chester Winter Carnival was held last weekend with plenty of sun and snow. In addition to sliding, broom hockey, horse drawn sleigh rides and pie tasting, there was disc golf and a snowshoe hike planned. While temperatures in the 50s were delightful during the day, the rink conditions deteriorated to a point where […]
Meadowsend Timberlands buys 600 acres; looks to renewable project down the road
By Cynthia Prairie ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Meadowsend Timberlands has purchased 600 acres of land adjacent to the southern portion of its Stiles Brook Tract, straddling Grafton and Townsend, Jeremy Turner, managing forester for the company, confirmed on Tuesday. He added that a quarter of the tract is in Grafton, with the remaining acreage n […]
Chester board continues hearing comments on UDBs
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC With two members not able to attend the Feb. 15 meeting, the Chester Select Board continued to hear comments on the Unified Development Bylaws in a public hearing, but in its regular meeting, did not take on anything of consequence, including a procedure for appointing public officials. […]
