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Grafton residents await reopening of village grocery after surprise closing
By Gloria Dufield ©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC The Grafton community was hit hard in May by the unexpected closing of Mae’s Cafe at 56 Townsend Road, followed closely by the announcement that the Grafton Village Market, around the corner at 162 Main St., would also be closing. Sandi Woods, who operated the Village Market for many […]
Londonderry Select Board meeting agenda for June 15
The Londonderry Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday June 15, at the Town Offices, 100 Old School Road in South Londonderry. Below is the agenda. Call meeting to order at 6 p.m., go into executive session for employee reviews. Regular meeting starts at 7 p.m. Additions or deletions to the […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday, June 17, 2015
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St, for its regular meeting. Below is its agenda. Approve Minutes from June 3, 2015 Select Board Meeting| Citizen Comments Old Business DRB Appointments Andover MOU Wastewater Discharge Permit Discussion; Jennie Auster; Aldrich & Elliott Water Project […]
Grafton Select Board meeting for Monday, June 15, 2015
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, June 15 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: June 1, 2015 4. Warrants: Payroll and Accounts Payable 5. Highway Report a. Work Schedule b. Other Highway Issues 6. Sheriff’s Department […]
DRB to keep flood hazard review open on Chester Jiffy Mart
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC After a contentious hearing on June 1, this past Monday’s Chester Development Review Board meeting was polite and even relaxed in portions as the town’s quasi-judicial land use arbiters once again took up the application of Robert Record and Champlain Oil for a conditional use permit to […]
Chester Select Board member pushes fire district; board still unclear on ownership of historic firehouse
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC At its June 3 meeting, the Chester Select Board set up a busy session for June 17, when the meeting time will return to 7 p.m. from 6:30 at the request of chairman John DeBenedetti. Among the discussions at last week’s meeting that will be on the […]
Londonderry residents seek answers, tell State Police of fears of arsons, burglaries
Cynthia Prairie © 2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC Emotions burbled beneath a surface of congeniality as more than 200 Londonderry residents jammed Town Hall on Middletown Road Monday night to hear from Vermont State Police and its fire investigators concerning a recent spate of burglaries and the long history of suspected arsons in the area. State Rep. […]
Chester Police Log for Feb. 21 to May 19, 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, Feb. 21, 4:10 p.m. Police were sent to Green Mountain Turnpike at VT Route 11 east for a one-car accident. Upon arrival the […]
Chester alumni celebrate reuniting with a holiday-themed parade
By Leah M. Cunningham ©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC T he unsettled weather of the morning cleared up just in time for Chester’s annual Alumni Day parade, which kicked off at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 6. This year’s theme was Holidays, and several returning classes went all out with their floats, including an Earth Day float, one […]
Wind developers invite skeptical Graftonites to info session; speed study on Route 121 OK’d
By Gloria Dufield ©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC The Monday, June 1 Grafton Select Board meeting was well attended with many community members taking part in the continuing discussions on the Grafton-Windham wind project, a proposed speed limit change on Route 121 and the minimum bid on the town garage. Melissa Belcher, of Meadowsend Timberlands Ltd., a […]
Sun shines bright on Chester Memorial Day Parade
By Leah M. Cunningham ©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC Under warm and sunny skies, residents of Chester gathered in and around the Green on Saturday, May 30 for the annual Memorial Day Parade. Green Mountain Union High/Middle and Chester-Andover Elementary bands marched by as the CAES flag squad twirled their red and white banners to the glee […]
Jiffy Mart developer sees new store as improvement to area’s character
By Shawn Cunningham ©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC Pointing to a “very old service station, a very old metal diner, an abandoned pizza parlor that’s overgrown, a dollar store site and a rental house that’s not in very good shape,” Matt Wamsganz, the point man overseeing constructing a 5,000-square-foot Jiffy Mart for Champlain Oil, told the Chester […]
Chester Development Review Board meeting for Monday, June 8, 2015
The Chester Development Review Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, June 8 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. following at 5:15 p.m. site visit at 218 Gunderson Road/VT Rte 11 West. Below is its agenda. Reconvened Conditional Use request by Payne & Elise Junker. Reconvened Flood Hazard Review and Conditional Use Review with Champlain […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday, June 3, 2015
The Chester Select Board will hold its meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. Approve minutes from May 21, 2015 Select Board Meeting, May 27, 2015 Special Select Board Meeting and May 28, 2015 Special Select Board Meeting Citizen Comments Old Business […]
Chester police respond to assault report, find nothing
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Chester Police responded to a report of an assault in progress in the Depot Street area last night around 10 p.m. According to Chief Richard Cloud, speaking with the Telegraph this morning, the report was received by dispatchers who remained on the line with the caller. Treating […]
Chester Select Board special meeting for May 28, 2015
The Chester Select Board has canceled the special meeting that was to have been held at 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 27 and rescheduled it for 6 p.m. tonight, Thursday, May 28. The meeting is to sign the warning for a vote to ratify the water project bond vote of May 19, 2015. The ratification vote […]
Lawrence Hill Road in Weston closed Thursday for bridge work
The Weston Select Board is announcing that on from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 28, the bridge over the West River on Lawrence Hill Road (right by Town Hall) will be closed to all traffic except emergency vehicles. Any residents who must cross the bridge to get to their homes will have to […]
VTel responds to Big Pole controversy in Chester; Andover-Chester MOUs still in play
By Cynthia Prairie ©2015 – Telegraph Publishing LLC Following two executive sessions to discuss legal issues with town attorney Jim Carroll, the Chester Select Board reconvened its public session after almost a 90 minutes on Thursday, May 21. After the first executive session, the board authorized Town Manager David Pisha to sign an amendment to […]
Chester Development Review Board meeting for Monday, June 1, 2015
The Chester Development Review Board will next meet at 6 p.m. Monday, June 1 following a 5:15 p.m. site visit to Artisans Marketplace, 7 Pineview Drive at VT Rt. 103 South. The DRB meeting will be held at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. Review minutes from last meeting. Conditional […]
Reconstruction begins on 300-foot wall in Weston
By Mallory Hopkins © 2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC Construction has begun on a 300-footlong replacement wall on Lawrence Hill Road in Weston. The original wall has stood below the Community Church since the 1800s, when it was built using rocks found in fields and rivers. But the wall has become unstable, with stones falling into the […]
