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UPDATED: Newfane teen missing, police ask for assistance
UPDATED: Nov. 3, 10 a.m. State police have announced that Donavan Hamilton has been found safe. Police would like to thank the public for their tips which were instrumental in finding the youth. © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police are asking for help in locating a teenager missing from his Newfane home. […]
Grafton Select Board meeting for Monday, Nov. 2, 2015
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: Oct. 19, 2015 Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll Highway Report Work Schedule Other Highway Issues: Buy-Out Demo Bids (55 Kidder Hill Road) Tree Removal Update Wind Question […]
Chester water commissioners, Special Select Board meetings
The Chester Water Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Following that meeting, the Chester Select Board will meet. Below are both agendas. Water Commissioners 1. Set Water Rate 2. Citizen Comments 3. Adjourn Chester Select Board 1. Approve Minutes from the Oct. 21, 2015 Select Board […]
Minor injuries in mini-van dump truck collision
©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC No one was seriously injured in the mini-van-dump truck collision on Route 103 this morning. According to police, at 8 a.m. Thursday, a mini-van traveling north toward Chester crossed the center line and collided head-on with the southbound dump truck, owned by the Town of Chester, in front of the Chester-Andover Family […]
Truck-minivan accident shuts Route 103 from Rockingham to Chester
©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police in Rockingham are reporting that Route 103 is temporarily shut down to through traffic from the Vermont Agency of Transportation garage at 991 Rockingham Road in Rockingham to the intersection of Route 103 and Route 11 in Chester due to a motor vehicle collision on Route 103 […]
I-91 Closure this morning
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC UPDATE 10/29 10:20 a.m. The Vermont State Police are reporting that I-91 south between the Rockingham and Springfield exits has been reopened to one lane. UPDATE 10/29 6:38 a.m. I-91 Southbound between exits 6 and 7 (Rockingham and Springfield exits) which was closed due to a rock slide, has now […]
Haunted house at MacLaommain’s Pub to benefit Food Shelf
MacLaommain’s Scottish Pub will be holding a haunted house in its Great Hall from 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 31 to benefit the Chester-Andover Food Shelf and the Vermont Foodbank. On Saturday, it will host a storytelling and a “friendlier” haunted house for younger children from 1 to 3 […]
As break-ins spike, Londonderry panel to finalize policing proposal
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 — Telegraph Publishing LLC With just a few days left in October, Vermont State Police incident reports show there have been at least 20 instances of burglary, breaking and entering, and other types of larceny in Londonderry, Peru, Weston and Andover since the beginning of the month — and five […]
Bewitching weekend in Chester for kids and adults alike
©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC It was a day of feasting and an evening of frights for more than 400 folks who descended upon Chester-Andover Elementary School last Saturday to take part in the pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving meal and the annual Trunk or Treat Halloween festivities. According to Chris Meyer, more than 400 meals were served up […]
Borrowing plan put forth as capital needs in Chester double annual set-aside
By Shawn Cunningham ©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC With budgeting season approaching quickly, Town Manager David Pisha gave the Chester Select Board a draft budget at its Wednesday, Oct. 21 meeting. He also introduced a plan that he believes will even out the impact of the town’s capital expenditures over the next five years. Pisha told the […]
Grafton Capital Budget Committee to meet
The Capital Budget Committee of Grafton will meet at Town Hall, 117 Main St., at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Discussion of Capital Needs 4. Allocation of Funds 5. Select Board Recommendations 6. Other Business 7. Date of Next Meeting: No Date Set. […]
Springfield S.B. member becomes Londonderry Town Administrator
The Town of Londonderry has announced that Stephanie Thompson will be replacing Kevin Beattie who served as Londonderry’s first Town Administrator from 2011 through 2015. Thompson is a resident of Springfield where she serves on the Springfield Select Board and is also active in the community. She is participating in the Vermont Leadership Institute Program […]
‘Selfless actions’ save life in I-91 crash
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC A father and daughter saved a Claremont, N.H., man from death in his burning car last night on I-91 ,according to Vermont State Police. Michel and Marie Lajoie of Maryland were driving on the interstate just after midnight when they noticed that a car in the median was on fire […]
Vermont State Police incident log for Sept. 6-Sept. 27, 2015
The Chester Telegraph’s Vermont State Police Log is a sampling of incidents in Andover, Grafton, Londonderry, Weston and adjacent communities. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Sunday, Sept. 6, Peru – At 11:25 a.m., Vermont State Police responded to a report of theft of personal property from […]
Board member’s answer to wind project zoning question spurs debate; capital budget proposed
By Cynthia Prairie ©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC About 15 Grafton residents squeezed into the Grafton Elementary School Library then folded themselves into teeny chairs for the Monday night meeting of the Grafton Select Board. The Select Board then proceeded to squeeze a long agenda into less than an hour, before going into executive session on a […]
Chester DRB meeting for Monday, Oct. 26
The Chester Development Review Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 26 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Final Plat hearing for the Putnam minor sub-division Comments from citizen Review minutes from last meeting Deliberative session to review previous matters .
Lack of documentation on ownership of Yosemite artifacts raises questions
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC While members of the Chester Select Board have asserted that the town has no ownership interest in the historic Yosemite Firehouse, questions arose at its Oct. 7 meeting regarding the building’s contents, namely those that are or might be the property of the town of Chester. On […]
Condos brings transparency in government tour to Springfield
Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos is continuing his third biennial Transparency Tour with a stop in Springfield on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The presentation, focusing on laws about open and transparent government, will be held in the Springfield High School cafeteria, 303 South St. in Springfield, at 6 p.m. “Since taking office, one of my […]
Chester Select Board meeting for Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Town Hall 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Approve Minutes from Oct. 7, 2015 Select Board meeting Citizen Comments Old Business Flags at Town Hall Yosemite Fire Station 2016 Draft General Fund Budget Financial Updates: General Fund; Water & Sewer; […]
Grafton Select Board meeting for Monday, Oct. 19, 2015
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: Oct. 5, 2015 Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll Highway Report Work Schedule Other Highway Issues: Town Garage Update Village Park Tree Removal Kidder Hill Rd Tree […]
