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Chester Fall Fest shines under two sunny days
©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two sun-filled days and the Green filled with vendors and visitors. It’s no wonder that Nancy Davis, one of the organizers of the Chester Rotary Club’s annual Chester Fall Festival, declared the event a success. (To launch photo gallery, click any photo) “Vendors were happy with the event and with their […]
Select board hears -1.5% loan reduces Chester water project cost by $800,000
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a short meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 16, the Chester Select Board heard an update on the water project, which comes up for a vote next Tuesday, Sept. 29, and a preliminary offer to build the town a new radio/cell tower that would replace the one – […]
Grafton residents await answers on wind project
By Gloria Dufield © 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Less then a dozen community members attended Grafton’s 15-minute Select Board meeting on Monday in which topics ranged from finalizing details relating to ongoing projects, FEMA buyouts and the town garage closing, to the continued discussion on the wind project. The board voted Town Administrator Rachel Williams […]
Londonderry extends clerk’s office hours for tax payments
The Londonderry Town Clerk’s office at 100 Old School Road in South Londonderry will be open for extended hours to accept tax payments. From Monday Sept. 28 to Thursday Oct. 1, the office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 2015 property taxes for Londonderry land owners are due Oct. 1.
Grafton Select Board meeting for Monday, Sept. 21, 2015
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: Sept. 8, 2015 4. Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll 5. Highway Report a. Work Schedule b. Other Highway Issues 6. FEMA Storage […]
Chester Police Log for June 13 through Sept. 10, 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. Saturday, June 13, 10:02 a.m. Police spotted a chicken running out into traffic at River Street and Route 103 South being chased down by […]
Vermont State Police incident log for September 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. Tuesday, Aug. 4, Londonderry – A woman called the state police to report that she believed that her daughter was staying […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Sept. 16, 2015 – Amended
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. Approve minutes from Sept. 2, 2015 Select Board meeting and Sept. 2, 2015 executive session Citizen Comments Old Business Water Project Summary Cell Tower Update Financial Updates General Fund Water & […]
Two Londonderry residents cited for petit larceny
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police cited a pair of Londonderry residents with petit larceny on Thursday, Sept. 10. The charges stem from a report of firewood stolen from a residence on Glebe View Lane in South Londonderry on July 26. After investigating the theft, state police located two suspects — a 31-year-old […]
CAES Board meeting for Monday, Sept. 14, 2015
The meeting of the Chester-Andover Elementary School Board of Directors will be held at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14 at the CAES Library, 72 Main St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda III. Minutes Approval a. Minutes of Aug. 10, 2015 – Regular Meeting IV. Communications a. […]
Two missing men with dementia found
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police from the Rockingham Barracks were busy yesterday afternoon and last night after family members sought help in finding two men with dementia who had left their homes. In the first call, troopers responded to the area of Kimball Hill Road north in the town of Wesminster at […]
Grafton to sell old town garage for $95,000 to local excavating firm
By Cynthia Prairie ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a relatively quick meeting to clear Town Hall* for the Planning Commission last night, the Grafton Select Board unanimously voted to accept the bid for the old town garage to Grafton resident and business owner Jamie Gregory, of Jamie Gregory Trucking and Excavating. The bids were opened […]
Income survey gives Chester better borrowing terms for water project
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC In addition to turning down a request from Vietnam Veterans of America to hold a coin drop on Main Street, the Chester Select Board at its Wednesday, Sept. 2 meeting discussed the results of the median household income survey that will make borrowing for the water upgrade […]
Construction of Dollar General in Chester expected to begin soon
By Cynthia Prairie © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Construction on the 9,100-square-foot Dollar General for Main Street in Chester is expected to begin this fall with the store opening in early 2016. And a sure sign of the impending work are the building permits nailed to wooden frames on the property. A spokesman for the […]
Two injured in Proctorsville Gulf crash
©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police report that a two-vehicle accident occurred at the bottom of the Proctorsville Gulf around 12:50 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8. Ludlow Ambulance and Proctorsville Fire Department were dispatched to the crash on VT103 in the town of Cavendish. Police say that a 2012 Ford Fusion driven by a Brattleboro […]
Public legislative forum to address property tax and ed reform
On Monday, Sept. 14 at 6:30 p.m., state Rep. Oliver Olsen, an Independent from Londonderry, will host a legislative forum on property tax and education reform at Flood Brook School featuring House Speaker Shap Smith (D-Morristown) and state Rep. Dave Sharpe (D-Bristol), chairman of the House Education Committee. Flood Brook School is located at 91 […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Tuesday, Sept. 8
The Grafton Select Board will meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Below is its agenda. The meeting date was changed to Tuesday to accommodate the Monday Labor Day holiday. (CORRECTION: The meeting was scheduled for Town Hall.) Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: Aug. 17, 2015 Warrants: […]
Chester board nixes Vietnam vets’ coin-drop
By Shawn Cunningham ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC On a 3 to 1 vote, the Chester Select Board last night turned down a request from Vietnam veterans to hold a coin-drop fundraiser in front of Zachary’s Pizza House on Friday, Sept. 18. The request, from Chapter 723 of Vietnam Veterans of America, came before town officials […]
Motorcyclist injured in early morning crash
A 48-year-old Cavendish motorcyclist was injured in a 7 a.m. accident involving a Volvo driven by a Ludlow resident at Routes 103 and 131 in Cavendish, Vermont State Police said this afternoon. According to police, the Volvo was traveling south on Route 103, with the driver intending to turn left onto Route 131. At the […]
Campaign launched for 2016 Londonderry 4th of July Fireworks
Kate Buggeln and husband Steve Kulovits of South Londonderry donned matching Uncle Sam costumes at the West River Farmers Market in Londonderry this past Saturday to begin to drum up financial support for the town’s annual Fourth of July Fireworks on Magic Mountain. The 2016 fireworks will be held on Friday, July 1 at nightfall, […]
