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Chester DRB hearing for Monday, Feb. 27
The Chester Development Review Board will meet for a site visit at 5:15 p.m. on Monday Feb. 27. That visit will take place at 155 S. Main St. It will then meet for a public hearing at 6 p.m. at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Review minutes from Feb. 13, 2017 […]
Derry Candidates Night: Three vie for open Select Board seats
By Bruce Frauman © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC With the death of Londonderry Select Board chair Steve Prouty and members Wayne Blanchard and Bill Wylie deciding not to run for re-election, three Select Board seats will change hands on Town Meeting day. Emmett Dunbar and Cathy Aragi each came to the town’s Candidates Night on […]
Grafton Select Board meeting for Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: Feb. 6, 2017 4. Presentation of Audit: Fred Duplessis, Sullivan, Powers & Co., P.C. 5. Highway Report 6. Increase in Dog […]
New crop of canines arrives at Springfield Humane Society
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Twenty dogs from Virginia and North Carolina arrived in snowy Springfield on Tuesday night in search of new homes. The dogs — puppies and adults, males and females — come from shelters that are overflowing, says Springfield Humane Society Executive Director Anne Eddy. “We always take local […]
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. Periodic temporary daytime lane closures in the southbound high-speed lane (left lane) to allow crews/equipment access […]
Chester’s rookie K-9 captures a lot of attention
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Police Department has a new officer, and he’s just a year old. Dutch, a Dutch shepherd belonging to Chester Police Chief Rick Cloud, has been learning on the job, but his formal, 6-week training begins on March 6. According to Cloud, Dutch will be trained […]
Green Mountain RED merger moves forward; Ludlow, Mt. Holly reject plan
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Monday night, school merger study committee representatives from Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester who are working to form a Regional Education District heard from Mount Holly and Ludlow reps that those towns will not participate in the RED – even as a fallback position in their […]
Full Derry board meeting opens with tribute to Prouty
By Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC With his voice breaking, Londonderry Select Board chair Paul Gordon opened the meeting of Feb. 13 saying, “It is with great sadness that I step in as vice chairman. The sudden passing of our chairman and friend, Steve Prouty, leaves us without our dedicated leader.” Prouty, 66, who […]
Ludlow, Mt. Holly schools close door on RED; 3 options remain
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Thursday night, Feb. 9, the Act 46 sub-committee for Mount Holly and Ludlow voted unanimously to tell the four towns working to form a Regional Education District that they would not participate in that effort – even as a backup in case other options don’t work […]
Residents hear Act 46 merger proposal at Flood Brook School
By Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Around 50 people braved the single digit temperatures and blowing snow on Thursday, Feb. 9 to attend an Act 46 School Merger Forum at Flood Brook School in Londonderry. The hour-long presentation by study committee member Debra Lyneis outlined the proposed merger of schools for nine towns into […]
Chester Select Board meeting for Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017
The Chester Select Board will hold a public hearing on the Chapters 2 and 3 of the proposed Unified Development Bylaws at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, after which it will go into its Select Board hearing. Both meetings will be held at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its […]
Memorial service set for Steven Prouty, Derry Select Board chair
A service for Steven G. Prouty, who died earlier this week, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017 at the South Londonderry Town Hall, 139 Middletown Road. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the West River Railroad Depot Project or the Town of Londonderry for tree planting on […]
Steve Prouty, champion of Londonderry, Select Board chair, dies at 66
By Bruce Frauman © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Steve Prouty, chair of the Londonderry Select Board, died at his home on Monday morning, Feb. 6, 2017. He was 66. Prouty was elected to the board in 2011 and rose to chair last May after Jim Ameden resigned for family reasons. Prouty’s father, Clyde, served 36 […]
Chester Police Log for Dec. 2, 2016 to Jan. 31, 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, Dec. 2, 2016 8:51 p.m. Police were sent to Kevadus Circle for the report of a […]
Chester board hears comment on zoning regs; will interview appointments in public
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Wednesday, Feb. 1, the Chester Select Board opened what could be a long series of hearings on proposed changes to the Unified Development Bylaws, with more than 40 residents in attendance. The bylaws are the combination of zoning regulations, flood hazard regulations and subdivision standards. They […]
Chester DRB agenda for Monday, Feb. 13, 2017
The Chester Development Review Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Feb. 13 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. 1) Review minutes from Jan. 9th 2017 meeting 2) Deliberative session to review previous matters 3) Final Plat Review (#492) Pennell Minor Sub-Division 4) Final Plat Review (# 493) Putnam […]
TRSU ‘Red’ Sub-committee meeting agenda for Feb. 13, 2017
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Two Rivers Supervisory Union Act 46 Sub-Committee studying a Regional Education District for the towns of Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester will hold a meeting on Monday, Feb. 13 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the Library Learning Commons at Green Mountain Union High School, 716 Route 103 South […]
Mount Holly, Ludlow Act 46 sub-committee meeting postponed
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Act 46 sub-committee looking at merger options for Ludlow and Mount Holly schools that was scheduled for 6 p.m. this evening at the Mount Holly School has been postponed. That meeting has been re-scheduled for 6 p.m. on Thursday Feb. 9 at the Mount Holly School.
Chester Winter Carnival schedule of events
The Chester Winter Carnival is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 17 through Sunday, Feb. 19. Most outdoor events will take place at the Pinnacle off Lovers Lane in Chester. Below is the schedule of events. Please note that some events have fees attached. Friday, Feb. 17 5 to 8 p.m. Chester-Andover Elementary School, 72 Main St., […]
4 Chester firefighters certified for ice water rescue
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Members of the Chester Fire Department spent the weekend training in chilly waters to be certified as Ice Water Rescue Technicians. The training was hosted by the Proctorsville Fire Department and was conducted by Capital Technical Rescue of Albany, N.Y. It also was attended by members of the Ludlow and […]
