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Open offices: What’s up in Chester, Andover, Grafton, Weston and Londonderry
©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Next week: We’ll outline the fiscal articles that will be on the ballots for Andover, Chester, Grafton, Londonderry and Weston. Chester petitions due Monday Petitions to run for elective office in Chester are due at the Town Office by 5 p.m. Monday Jan. 26. According to Chester Town Clerk Deb Aldrich, […]
SAPA-TV announces video on demand; seeks donations to further broadcasting
By Shawn Cunningham ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC If living on a Class 3 road out in the woods has always meant missing the thrill of watching a Chester, Springfield or Weathersfield select board meeting in your pajamas, you won’t be deprived any longer. As Springfield Area Public Access Television begins its video on demand service, […]
Cavendish town offices, facilities go solar
After several years of discussion, planning and hard work, the Town of Cavendish solar array has gone on-line and is now feeding electric power into the grid to support Cavendish municipal buildings and facilities. To celebrate this watershed event, the town will hold a Grand Opening Celebration and ribbon-cutting at the new Cavendish Municipal Solar […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Jan. 21, 2015
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 21 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Approve minutes from Jan. 7, 2015 and Jan. 9, 2015 Select Board meetings Citizen Comments Old Business Liquor License Renewals: MacLaomainn’s Entertainment Permit: MacLaomainn’s Brookside Cemetery Trail Grant AT&T Tower Modification Sign Town Warning […]
Grafton Select Board meeting for Monday Jan. 19, 2015
The Grafton Select Board will meet Monday, Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. for its regularly scheduled meeting. It will take place at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: January 5, 2015 Warrants: Payroll and Accounts Payable Highway Report Work Schedule Capital Budget Equipment Financing Other Highway […]
Chester board considers eliminating votes during town meeting; adopts budget proposal for voter approval
By Shawn Cunningham ©2015 The Chester Telegraph The Chester Select Board is considering whether voting from the floor at town meeting should be eliminated. Two articles were proposed for consideration at the Monday March 2 meeting. Article 2 asks “Shall the Town of Chester vote on all public questions by Australian ballot.” Article 3 asks […]
Chester Police Log for Nov. 14 to Dec. 29, 2014
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. Friday, Nov. 14, 2014, 2:54 p.m. Police were dispatched to Dodge Road for a report of dogs on a property. The property owner stated […]
Wunderle heads Vermont chapter of American Society of Landscape Architects
Scott Wunderle, owner of Terrigenous LLC, began his term in November as president of the 60-member Vermont chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. There are 16,000 ASLA members nationwide, according to Wunderle. Among duties that Wunderle has as chapter president is maintaining the chapter’s website, publishing its quarterly newsletters as well as making […]
Public Funds bring tidy return, Hearse House project to receive grant
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC The three-member board that oversees more than a dozen funds given to the town for designated purposes met Tuesday to hear from representatives of People’s Bank who manage the $660,000 public funds portfolio and to announce a grant to support the rehabilitation of the Hearse House at […]
Chester planning board, DRB address problems in new zoning regs
By Shawn Cunningham ©2015 The Chester Telegraph The Chester Planning Commission and Development Review Board met in a joint session on Monday Jan. 5 to discuss questions and problems associated with interpreting the town’s new Unified Development Bylaws. The bylaws, which were developed by the Planning Commission over five years, consist of revised zoning regulations, […]
Chester Select Board meeting to be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7
The Chester Select Board will hold a special meeting beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. 1. Australian Ballot Discussion 2. General Fund; Water & Sewer Budget Review 3. Approve minutes of the Dec. 17, 2014 Select Board meeting; approve minutes of the […]
Grafton Select Board meeting for Monday, Jan. 5, 2015
The Grafton Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 5 at the Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: 12/15/2014 Warrants: Payroll and Accounts Payable Highway Report Work Schedule Town Garage Update Other Highway Issues Town Audit Pre-Town Meeting and […]
Our year in review: Land rights, wrecks, fires, floods and friendships
©2014 Telegraph Publishing LLC When The Chester Telegraph began publication three years ago, more than a few people (including the publisher of a local newspaper) warned us that “nothing ever happens” in these communities. And yet, over the past year, keeping up with “nothing” has often been hectic work. Here’s a selection of some of […]
Chester special Select Board meeting Friday morning
The Chester Select Board will hold a special meeting at 9 .m. Friday, Jan. 2 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Sign 2015 Tax Anticipation Note Citizen Comments Adjourn
Environmental judge upholds Chester DRB on Dollar General permit
By Cynthia Prairie ©2014-Telegraph Publishing LLC Environmental Judge Thomas Walsh handed the billion dollar Tennessee-based Dollar General corporation an early Christmas present by striking down an appeal of the Chester Development Review Board’s OK of a developer’s plans for a 9,100-square-foot store across from the Country Girl Diner. The decision was signed on Monday, Dec. […]
Londonderry Transfer Station tests Sunday hours
Effective Jan. 1, 2015. the Londonderry Transfer Station and Recycling Center will extend hours to 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays. This is in addition to its current hours of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays and Thursdays through Saturdays. Sunday hours are part of a pilot program. An attendant will be running […]
Chester board delays budget decisions; discussed land purchase in questionable executive session
By Shawn Cunningham ©Telegraph Publishing LLC – 2014 The Chester Select Board took up the 2015 budget at its Wednesday Dec. 17 meeting, discussing several issues from earlier meetings. But it was agenda item No. 7 – the proposed purchase of land – that raised questions about transparency in the town government of Chester. Town […]
Weston Select Board agenda for Tuesday, Dec. 23
The Weston Select Board will hold its regular meeting beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 23 at Town Offices, 12 Lawrence Hill Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Any Requested Changes to the Agenda; 2. Public Comment; 3. Variable Rate Pricing Ordinance: See below; 4. SO #29 Payroll, SO #29 Vendors; 5. Review & Approve […]
Chester Planning Commission looks at signs, ponders ‘appropriate funkiness’
By Shawn Cunningham © 2014 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Planning Commission continued to take comments from the public, especially small business people, regarding new sign regulations that the commission is beginning to work on. While the crowd was not as large as the previous meeting, several who were not at the Monday, Dec. 1 […]
UPDATE: Fund drive raises $2,100 for fuel assistance, donations still being accepted
Leigh Dakin, state representative and co-organizer for the annual Heating Fuel Fund and Food Assistance Drive said on Monday, Dec. 22 that thus far $2,100 has been raised to benefit local residents in need of financial help with heating bills. On Monday, Dec. 15, the Chester and Andover Democrats raised $1,450 for the fund, knowing […]
