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Wylie to fill Ameden select board seat in Londonderry
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With new member Will Reed participating by phone from vacation, the Londonderry Select Board voted to appoint Bill Wylie, a South Londonderry resident, as interim Select Board member to fill the seat of former board chair Jim Ameden until March 2017. The only other candidate was former […]
UPDATE: Response from Iberdrola;
Citing site concerns, Windham Select Board asks Iberdrola to suspend wind project
UPDATE: Below is the full text of the response received from Iberdrola on Wednesday night By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Select Board of the Town of Windham voted 2 to 1 at its Monday night meeting to send a letter to Iberdrola Renewables asking the Spanish wind turbine company “to suspend your […]
Weston celebrates birthdays of local icons: Playhouse turns 80, Country Store 70
By Leah M. Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The sun shone brightly as the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company celebrated the start of its 80th season of producing summer theater. The town of Weston, along with many others, came together to acknowledge the occasion with a grand birthday party. The morning started off with a […]
Special Londonderry Select Board meeting for June 28, 2016
The Londonderry Select Board will be holding a special meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday June 28, 2016 at the Twitchell Building, 100 Old School St. Below is its agenda. 1. Call meeting to order 2. Additions or deletions to the agenda 3. Discussion of sand/salt shed 4. Possible moving of meeting location to Prouty land […]
Grafton Select Board meeting for June 20, 2016
The Grafton Select Board will meet at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. at 6 p.m. Monday, June 20, 2016. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: June 6, 2016 4. Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll 5. Highway Report: 6. Sullivan, Powers, & Co. Audit Proposal 7. Signature for Cemetery […]
Two candidates forums set: One for Grafton Select Board, one for governor’s office
A Candidates Forum will be held for Don Dougall and John Turner, the two candidates running fill the empty Grafton Select Board seat left when Gus Plummer resigned. That forum will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 7 at the Grafton Church, also know as the White Church at 55 Main St. in Grafton. […]
UPDATE: DOG FOUND -VSP seeks help finding dog stolen from Rutland Humane Society
UPDATE: An investigation into the theft of a one year old terrier mix named Fred from the Rutland County Humane Society led police to the Green Mountain National Forest in Mt. Tabor, where the the “Rainbow Family of Living Light” is holding its annual gathering. Fred was located there and police arrested Melanie Vangel, 20, […]
Not ‘au revoir’ but ‘a bientot’ for Reeds of Misty Valley Books
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With about two weeks left before Bill and Lynne Reed are scheduled to move from the house next to Misty Valley Books on the Chester Green to their new digs in Walpole, N.H., more than 75 friends and customers turned out at the Fullerton Inn Tuesday evening […]
Chester Police log for June: March 24 – May 12, 2016
© 2016 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. Tuesday, March 24 Allen Brothers Oil sought police assistance in recovering money from a debit card purchase […]
Vermont State Police Incident Log for June: May 3 through May 31
© 2016 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. Tuesday, May 3, Windham – At about 7:30 a.m. a complainant reported the theft of hay from […]
Chester recognized as one of 10 ‘safest cities’ in state
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a brief gathering on Chester Town Hall steps on Monday, Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marji Graf presented Chester Police Chief Richard Cloud with a certificate on behalf of SafeWise, a company that recently published rankings of safest places in Vermont. On June […]
State Police ask for help in vandalism
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Vermont State Police in Rockingham are investigating a report of vandalism to a vehicle that happened around midnight on Sunday, June 12. The 2011 GMC Sierra pickup was parked at 124 Lower Bartonsville Road in Rockingham. The passenger side tail light, the passenger side window and mirror of the […]
Andover Day Fair seeks vendors for August event
The Andover Project Committee is seeking vendors for its 3rd annual Andover Day Fair, to be held at the Andover Town Hall grounds, 953 Weston-Andover Road, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20. The event will consist of booths for arts, crafts, homemade items, live music, demonstrations, food, a Chinese auction, and […]
REVISED Chester Select Board agenda for June 15, 2016 REVISED
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its revised agenda. 1. Approve Minutes from June 1, 2016 Selectboard Meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. Yosemite Legal Opinion Regarding Title Search (With Grant Information, if Available) 5. Executive Session: Discussion […]
Water main work begins in Chester, expect brief shutoffs
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Chester Water Department is reporting that water main work from the intersection of Route 103 and River Street to Green Mountain Union High School has begun and will continue for two to three months. During that time there will be brief, localized water shutoffs. The area affected will be […]
Long meeting on Yosemite, Academy and fire buildings, but little action by Chester Select Board
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a busy, three and a half hour meeting, the Chester Select Board again took no action in examining the Academy Building lease or the transfer of the Yosemite Firehouse, set aside the conflict of interest policies for future discussion, reduced the scope of the sidewalk project […]
Grafton town attorney sees ‘no violations’ in Sands’ meeting; suggests use of Iberdrola-funded escrow account
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Grafton town attorney Robin Stern, in an email to Town Administrator Emily Huff and copied to Select Board chair Al Sands and Town Clerk Kim Record, says that she has found no violation of the Grafton Code of Conduct on Sands’ part in meeting with Iberdrola Renewables and […]
In an agreeable meeting, Grafton board sets election date, foregoes bid process on winter sand
By Cynthia Prairie ©Telegraph Publishing LLC Monday’s Grafton Select Board meeting was a quiet and quick affair. With only three of four board members present — chair Al Sands was away — vice chair Skip Lisle moved through the long agenda relatively quickly. It would likely have been a longer meeting if, as suggested by […]
Grafton Select Board meeting for June 6, 2016
The Grafton Select Board will meet on Monday, June 6 at 6 p.m. at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: May 16, 2016 & May 26, 2016 Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll Highway Report: Winter Sand & Paving Specs. Update on request for Iberdrola to answer […]
Fire truck buy spurs Weston board to improve purchase procedure
By Christopher Biddle © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With lessons learned from the unforeseen length of time it took to take delivery of a new town dump truck, and with the forthcoming purchase of a new fire truck, the Weston Select Board wants to improve the way it plans for big-ticket equipment costs. At its […]
