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Chester Planning Commission agenda for Sept. 6
The Chester Planning Commission will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday Sept. 6 at the Chester Town Hall and via Zoom. To attend via Zoom go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81029256359 1. Review the minutes from the August 16, 2021 meetings. 2. Citizen comments. 3. Discuss and approve each business-friendly guiding principle in the memo […]
Andover board gets legal advice on short-term rentals
By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two weeks after hearing residents speak of a short-term rental “tsunami,” the Andover Select Board received advice from attorney Jim Carroll on how they should and should not regulate that business. Via Zoom, Carroll told the board that there are a number of municipalities that either have […]
Derry to vote Sept. 17 on cannabis sales, sales tax Information hearings set for Aug. 31, Sept. 8
The Town of Londonderry Select Board has set a special Town Meeting for Friday, Sept. 17 for town voters to decide on both cannabis legalization in the community and the establishment of a 1 percent local sales tax. Voting will take place by Australian ballot at the Londonderry Town Office at 100 Old School St., […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Sept. 1
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 1 at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and via Zoom. To access via Zoom: https://zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 819 8884 2129 or https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 Below is its agenda. 1. Approve Minutes from the Aug. 18, 2021 Select Board Meeting 2. Citizen Comments/Answers from Previous Meeting […]
Guide to 2021 Chester Festival on the Green
© 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC The 46th Chester Festival on the Green, know by several names over the years including the “Sale on the Green” and “the Chester Fall Festival,” remains a weekend filled with music, great arts and crafts, good food and friends set in the charming Vermont town of Chester. Like so many […]
Health Dept. employees urge stronger measures as infections, deaths rise
© 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Thursday, nearly 91 Vermont Health Department workers sent a letter to the department’s top administrators urging them to step up their Covid-19 public health guidance. Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine, who received the letter, responded later on Thursday writing: “As a department, we have to recognize that in a […]
Following ‘vicious dog’ hearing, Chester board orders dog impounded, sets conditions of release
By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board – acting as a quasi-judicial body under state law – judged a German shepherd named Dutchess to be vicious and ordered her impounded. According to testimony given at the hearing last Wednesday night, the dog, which is owned by Michael Horton, has bitten […]
Kinhaven sends youth class home early after five employees test positive for Covid Co-director: All five have been vaccinated, are asymptomatic
By Cynthia Prairie ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Kinhaven Music School in Weston ended its two-week program for children ages 10 to 14 on Saturday, a week early, after five vaccinated employees tested positive for Covid-19. Kinhaven co-executive director Anthony Mazzocchi said on Tuesday that while the employees are asymptomatic, the school sent the children home […]
TRSU Districts to hold public forum on school opening on Aug. 26
Two Rivers Supervisory Union Superintendent Lauren Fierman and the principals of schools in the SU will hold an open meeting via Zoom at 6 p.m. on Thursday Aug. 26 where they will share information on the start of the school year and answer questions. The Zoom link is: https://trsu.zoom.us/j/87219938767
Vermont cases, deaths increase as positivity rate ticks down
© 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC The state of Vermont has reported six new Covid-19 deaths over the past week, a jump up from the four recent deaths reported since the first of August, for a total of 270 deaths. Positive cases are also on the rise this week with 738 new cases reported in the […]
Cavendish looks at enforcing old junkyard ordinance
By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC At its Aug. 9 meeting, the Cavendish Select Board discussed the enforcement of its 15-year-old “junkyard ordinance” and got some push back from one resident who says he was unfairly singled out under the law when others in town were not. Brendan McNamara told the board that […]
Andover confronts short-term rental ‘tsunami’
By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC With a growing number of dwellings in Andover becoming short-term and vacation rentals, the Andover Select Board on Monday, Aug. 9 took public comment as well as advice from the town’s Zoning Board of Adjustment/Planning Commission on what steps can be taken to get a handle on […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Aug. 18
The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday Aug. 18, 2021 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129. Below is its agenda. Approve minutes from the Aug. 4 Select Board Meeting Citizen Comments/Answers from previous meetings Old Business Vicious Dog Hearing: Horton Whiting Library Board […]
Weston board changes planning and zoning structure, sets tax rates
By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Weston Select Board revised the planning and zoning structure of the town at its meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 10, moving from a Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Adjustment to a Planning Commission and Development Review Board. This shifts the responsibility for a number of zoning […]
Grants available to Vermonters who need help paying overdue utility bills, rent
Green Mountain Power is reminding customers that $55 million in free grant money is available for a limited time to help renters, homeowners, businesses and farms get caught up on overdue utility bills tied to the pandemic. Customers can apply for grants through the Vermont Department of Public Service through Oct. 25, and qualified customers […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Aug. 23
The Select Board for the town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 23 at Andover Town Office, 957 Andover Road, and via Zoom. Zoom access information is below the agenda. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: Act on […]
As cases rise, Telegraph’s Covid Updates return In one week: 31 new cases in Windsor, 25 in Windham
Editor’s Note: For almost a year, The Chester Telegraph has provided a weekly update on Covid cases in Vermont. We ended the column in May as case numbers dropped significantly. But with the rise of cases, we resume this weekly Friday report. ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Covid-19 positive cases are again on the rise — […]
Andover Select Board Special Meeting agenda for Aug. 12
The Select Board for the Town of Andover will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. Aug. 12 via Zoom. Below is its agenda 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, 10 minutes per topic): 4. New Business: A. Hiring a Town […]
Chester board mulls construction finances, choices
By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC In an accelerated meeting last Wednesday that took visiting members of the Andover Select Board by surprise, the Chester Select Board heard from Town Manager Julie Hance about the finances and schedules of the soon to open Public Services Building on Pleasant Street and the soon to […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Aug. 9
The Select Board for the town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday Aug. 9 at Andover Town Hall, 953 Weston-Andover Road, and through Zoom, by calling +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) Meeting ID: 899 1441 9053 Passcode: 264380. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. […]
