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Chester Police log for Aug. 25 to Oct. 5, 2015
Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph Police Log is a sampling of incidents directly from Chester Police reports. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Tuesday, Aug. 25, 4 p.m. In an ongoing issue, police responded to a home on Popple Dungeon Road for the report of an […]
Rita G. Dufield, 82, strong, generous and loving mother, friend
Rita G. Dufield, 82, died on Wednesday morning Oct. 7, 2015 at the Springfield Health & Rehab Center with her family by her side. She was born Nov. 17, 1932 in Newport, N.H., the daughter of Eugene and Irene (Sylvester) O’Clair. She grew up in Newport and attended Newport schools. In 1949, she married Amos Currier Jr., who predeceased […]
Chicken Pie Supper feathers nest for Andover scholarships
© 2015 — Telegraph Publishing LLC “It’s chicken pie, not chicken pot pie,” explained Bonnie Zipeto as servers whisked away the remains of the 5 p.m. seating and kitchen volunteers prepared for the 6 o’clock crowd. “It doesn’t have peas or other vegetables in the dish.” Whatever the recipe, Andover’s 11th Annual Chicken Pie Supper […]
People: Whiting Library welcomes new children’s librarian; VSO announces new exec director
Whiting Library, 117 Main St. in Chester, has hired Karin Fischer as its youth services librarian. Fischer has served as a library assistant and interim library director. She is also a poet, an artist and mother, and has served elementary age children in creating art projects, and selecting reading materials. Fischer is also pursuing the […]
In the Community: Towns advance tobacco free policies; FOLA Follies of 2016 announce theme; and drug Take-Back Day collects 325 pounds
The towns of Winhall and Dorset have partnered with the Collaborative of Londonderry to support tobacco and smoking prevention policies by ordering and displaying signs designating town properties as smoke and tobacco free. Both towns recognized the need to communicate their smoking and tobacco use policies respectively adopted in 2008 and 2011. These tobacco policies […]
Vermont State Police report missing man
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC UPDATE SUNDAY OCT. 11 – Vermont State Police reported at 5:54 a.m. that Gordon Stacey had been located in Essex, VT which is approximately 70 miles from his North Clarendon home. VSP reports that he is safe and that his family was on their way to him. At about 3 […]
Telegraph donates $300 to Rotary from inaugural ad program
The Chester Telegraph presented a check for $300 to the Chester Rotary on Thursday, Oct. 1 before its First Thursday evening meeting at the Fullerton Inn. The Rotary and The Telegraph had teamed up to promote the 2015 Fall Festival by creating a page within the paper with complete information about the September event that […]
Flood resiliency, land-management workshop in Grafton
The Saxtons River Watershed Collaborative will be holding a free flood resiliency, land-managment workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Learn about best management practices for flood- and erosion-prone lands and the programs and resources that are available to help landowners conserve […]
Grafton Select Board OKs $30,500 for new salt shed
By Cynthia Prairie ©2015 — Telegraph Publishing LLC The Grafton Select Board approved two capital expenditures at its Monday, Oct. 5 meeting, including $16,184 for guard rail replacement along Route 121 and $30,500 for a new salt shed. The guard rail work was awarded to Lafayette Highway Specialities of Massachusetts, while the salt shed – […]
Windham Town Office break-in
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Vermont State Police in Rockingham report they are investigating an attempted break-in at the Windham Town Office at 5976 Windham Hill Road. According to a VSP press release, the attempted break-in was reported on Oct. 2, but had taken place in the days preceding. According to the report – […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday Oct. 7, 2015 (Amended)
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. Approve Minutes from the Sept. 16, 2015 Select Board Meeting and the Sept. 16, 2015 Executive Session Citizen Comments Old Business Historic Marker; Railroad Station Water Project Next Steps – Sign […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Monday, Oct. 5, 2015
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: Sept. 21, 2015 Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll Highway Report Work Schedule Other Highway Issues: Village Park Tree Removal Route 121 Illegal Dump Area Decaying Trees – […]
Voters approve Chester water project by wide margin
By Shawn Cunningham and Cynthia Prairie ©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC With a turnout more than double either of the two previous ballots, Chester voters Tuesday passed a $4 million bond for a project to add a 330,000 gallon water tank and replace aging mains. The measure passed by a vote of 280 to 121 with turnout […]
Crowds flood Peru streets for 36th annual fair
A cool but sunny Saturday greeted the 36-year-old Peru Fair. With 100 vendors selling everything from pottery to dumplings, music filling the air from several stages and the aroma of fire-roasted pig wafting through the crowds, it was bound to be a success. Proceeds from the fair go to the Peru Scholarship Fund, a non-profit […]
Info meeting primes Chester for 3rd water project vote today
By Cynthia Prairie ©2015 – Telegraph Publishing LLC In a 40-minute informational meeting – the third held since May 18 — about 30 Chester residents Monday night listened as Town Manager David Pisha and engineer Naomi Johnson offered a more focused explanation of the project and its funding than given in earlier meetings. Town voters […]
Water meeting tonight, voting tomorrow in Chester
© Telegraph Publishing LLC There will be an informational meeting at 6 tonight at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St., where town officials will give a presentation and answer questions on the $4 million water project that will be voted on Tuesday, Sept. 29. SAPA TV will record the meeting and intends to broadcast it […]
Who dumped those tires?
The Vermont State Police are asking for the public’s help. On Sunday Sept. 27, at about 11 a.m. a resident reported seeing a man dumping tires by the side of Middletown Road about three-quarters of a mile outside of Grafton. The man was driving a beige Chevrolet pickup truck. Anyone with information on this is […]
Weston Select Board agenda for Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015
The Weston Select Board will hold its next meeting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at Town Offices, 12 Lawrence Hill Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Any Requested Changes to the Agenda: 2. Public Comment: 3. SO #21 Payroll & SO #21 Vendors: 4. New & Old Business: 5. Miscellaneous: 6. Adjourn:
Truck tire mishap shuts Maple at 103 in Chester
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Maple Street in Chester remained closed at noon today after a tractor-trailer carrying an oversized load clipped a curb, tearing up a tire and shutting off traffic in downtown Chester around 9:30 this morning. Police estimate that the small section of roadway will be closed for “for […]
DRB green-lights new Jiffy Mart for Chester
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC At its Monday Sept. 21 meeting, the Chester Development Review Board gave its approval to an application by Champlain Oil to construct a 4,980-square-foot Jiffy Mart, which would house convenience store, a Subway and a Ramunto’s Pizza Express. The Jiffy Mart would also have four double-sided gas […]
