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Current bus service seeks input from riders
© 2016 Chester Telegraph LLC Southeast Vermont Transit (aka The Current) has just started a project to evaluate the bus service it runs in the Springfield/Ludlow/Bellows Falls/Chester area. The majority of this project focuses on a survey of existing and potential bus riders in the area. It is available online through Jan 24. The transit […]
Deadlines approach for Chester election petitions
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The following elective offices in Chester are open for 2016. An asterisk denotes a paid position. Petition forms to get on the ballot for these offices are available at the Town Clerk’s Office, 556 Elm St., between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Petitions for elective office must […]
Grafton Select Board meeting for Monday, Jan. 4
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4, 2016 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: Dec. 9 & 21 (3 sets), 2015 Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll Highway Report Work Schedule Other Highway Issues: Delinquent Tax Update (Jan Atwood) […]
A LOOK BACK: 2015 saw fires, rise in crime; but business, local controversies also grabbed headlines
Fires: All tragic, some suspicious © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Early in the morning of March 6, 11 fire departments responded to a four alarm fire at the Monier home on Elm Street in Chester. While working one fire in nine below zero temperatures, firefighters were called to a house across the street to put […]
Three confirmed dead in Killington crash, Route 4 closed ‘late into evening’
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are asking drivers to avoid U.S. Route 4 between Pico Peak and the intersection of Routes 4 and 100 as they investigate a fatal crash that occurred this afternoon. According to police, the accident involved a tractor-trailer and a sport utility vehicle and that, of the seven […]
Chester Select Board meeting for Dec. 30, 2015
The Chester Select Board will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday Dec. 30 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Approve Minutes from Dec. 16, 2015 Select Board meeting Citizen Comments 2016 Draft General Fund Budget New Business/Next Agenda Adjourn
Serious accident closes Route 4 near Killington
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are reporting that Route 4 in Killington (east of Sherburne Pass, west of Killington Access Road) is closed due to a serious motor vehicle crash involving a tractor trailer. VTrans is assisting with the road closure and is re-directing traffic. Police say that the road will be […]
Hit (house) and run in Andover
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police in Rockingham are reporting that on Saturday, Dec. 26 at about 11:45 p.m. a car traveling on Route 11 left the road and collided with a house in Simonsville. By the time troopers arrived on the scene, the vehicle had been removed. According to police, the […]
Ludlow armed robbery suspect surrenders to police
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are reporting that Matthew Martin, a suspect in the Dec. 21 armed robbery of the Heritage Credit Union in Ludlow, surrendered to state police and Weathersfield police at a Pikes Peak address in the town of Weathersfield at about 3 a.m. this morning. Police say that the […]
Police tell a real life Grinch story in Pittsford
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police press releases are often dry affairs filled with acronyms and legal speak, but a burglary last night in Pittsford got the following (completely appropriate) treatment from Trooper Kaitlyn Armstrong. DATE/TIME: December 24, 2015 LOCATION: Arch Street, Pittsford VIOLATION: Burglary ACCUSED: UNKNOWN (Grinch) VICTIM: Apx. 30 elderly residents […]
Chester board talks party to celebrate N.Y. charter; Townscape recaps volunteer work
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board continued to wrestle with funding capital expenditures by municipal bond rather than through current tax revenues and worked on the budget at its Dec. 16 meeting, but not before talking about some partying. In fact, while it did not delve into the question […]
Grafton group agrees to pick up annual insurance tab, half of pay phone fee
By Cynthia Prairie ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC It was a short pre-Christmas Grafton Select Board meeting that was well-attended as a number of residents who had come to two earlier meetings stayed on. Those earlier meetings included a short one held by the Capital Budget Committee seeking public input and a longer one by the […]
Police release photos from Ludlow credit union robbery
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police have released three still photographs taken from the video camera at Heritage Credit Union during yesterday’s robbery. Police believe the robber to be Matthew Martin, 31, and say that he is wanted on warrants for other robberies in Vermont and New Hampshire. According […]
Kids, adults alike light up over holiday village at Chester Town Hall
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Time is running out to see the Christmas village constructed by Ken Barrett at Chester Town Hall. Town Clerk Deb Aldrich kept her office open until 7 last night and Ken and Shirley Barrett were on hand to welcome visitors. At one point there 15 visitors crowded […]
Police ask for help with highway arsons
Vermont State Police are seeking help in finding the person who set a series of small brush fires yesterday along I-91 in the Brattleboro area. According to police, there were suspicious brush fires at the Massachusetts state line, mile marker 6.25, Exit One, Exit Two and at mile marker 12.8. A person was seen walking […]
Police seek suspect in Ludlow bank robbery
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are looking for a suspect in the robbery of the Heritage Family Credit Union in Ludlow on Monday, Dec. 21. Just before 4 p.m. yesterday, State and Ludlow police responded to the credit union at 198 Main St. in Ludlow for a reported bank robbery. Based on […]
Evening hours for Chester Christmas display
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Chester Town Clerk Deb Aldrich will be staying late and keeping her office open on Monday, Dec. 21 so kids of all ages can stop by to see Ken Barrett’s annual holiday display. According to Aldrich, the town office, located at 556 Elm St. in Chester, will be open until […]
Weston Select Board meeting for Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015
The Weston Select Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22 at Town Offices, 12 Lawrence Hill Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Any Requested Changes to the Agenda 2. Public Comment 3. Derry Sled Dogs 4. Petition Approval in Sequence 5. Audit Engagement Letter 6. Access/Right of Way 7. Town Plan 8. Renewable […]
Police arrest suspect in knife robbery of Cavendish store
©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC A 33-year-old Springfield man has been charged with assault and robbery and aggravated assault in the knifepoint robbery of the Cavendish General Store on Monday. According to the Vermont State Police, Joshua Corliss was picked up by Chester Police late last night and taken to the Vermont Police Barracks in Rockingham. […]
Chester Police Log for Oct. 9 to Dec. 7, 2015
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC 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. Thursday, Oct. 19, 1:23 p.m. A man in the area of Trebo and Snell roads told officers that when […]
