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Chester Select Board special meeting agenda for Feb. 26
The Chester Select Board will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday Feb. 26 at the Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm Street. Below is its agenda. 1. Citizen Comments 2. Sign Bond Documents 3. Executive Session: Determine next steps in Town Manager search process to include potential offer of employment 4. Executive Session: […]
Meet the candidates for Chester Select Board
Three candidates are vying for two one-year positions on the Chester Select Board: Incumbent Leigh Dakin, who won her seat last year in a write-in campaign; Scott Blair, who ran an unsuccessful write-in campaign last year; and Water/Sewer Commissioner Jeff Holden. Select Board member Ben Whalen deciding not to seek re-election. Board chair Arne Jonynas […]
Chester man cited for stalking
© 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC A 39-year-old Chester man was cited for stalking and other charges by Chester Police on Thursday, Feb. 20. According to a CPD press release, on Feb. 4, 2020, police received a complaint that Michael Kennedy, 39, had been stalking and accessing email and social media accounts of a former household […]
Showers of flowers and a flurry of snow-filled fun
© 2020 Telegraph Publishing With Valentine’s Day and the Winter Carnival falling around the same time this year, it was a busy weekend in Chester. With the help of veteran florist Cheryl LeClair, the new Flower Shop at Chester Hardware, which was opened this past summer by store owners Julie and Bob Pollard, experienced a […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Feb. 24, 2020
The Andover Select Board will hold a regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday Feb. 24, 2020 at the Town Office, 953 Weston, Andover Rd. Below is its agenda 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: Act on minutes from the February 10th meeting. 4. Public Comment […]
Three young local snowboarders to compete in Burton Open Junior Jam
© 2020 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Snowboarders Sumner Orr of Weston, Connor Cavanagh of Windham and Tommy Okesson of Connecticut will be representing Southern Vermont as they head to Vail, Colo., next week to participate in the Burton U.S. Open Junior Jam. This is the first time the Junior Jam that three riders from Southern Vermont […]
Weston board ponders updated hazard plan
By Bruce Frauman ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Weston Town Clerk Kim Seymour told the board on Tuesday, Feb. 11 that she has applied for a $7,200 grant from FEMA that requires a $2,500 match from the town to conduct a survey to update the town’s Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. However, she said she doesn’t know […]
Chester Development Review Board agenda for Feb. 24
The Chester Development Review Board will meet at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 24 for a site visit at 902 Cummings Road prior to its 6 p.m. meeting at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Review draft minutes from the Feb. 10, 2020 meeting Citizens comments Conditional Use application (#546) by Edward […]
Two Derry Select Board veterans won’t seek
re-election
By Bruce Frauman © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC During a sparsely attended Candidates’ Night forum held on Monday, Feb. 17, both Londonderry Select Board members who are up for re-election in March said they have chosen not to run again. Bob Forbes said that at this time in his life, he has other things going […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Feb. 17
The Grafton Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, February 17, 2020 at the Town Garage, 22 Bell St. Below is its agenda At 6:00 PM 1. Adopt Agenda 2. Approve Minutes: February 3, 2020 3. Warrants of February 14, 2020 as signed, presented to Select Board 4. Audit Report, […]
Londonderry Select Board agenda for Feb. 17
The Londonderry Selectboard will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, February 17, 2020 at the Twitchell Office Building, 100 Old School Street, South Londonderry, VT 05155. Below is its agenda 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 3. CANDIDATES FORUM 4. Minutes Approval – Meeting of February […]
Cavendish selects ponder meeting conduct code Tierney Road quarry foes to continue fight
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Stemming from some heated exchanges in regard to the Tierney Road quarry dispute, the Cavendish Select Board on Monday night took up a proposal by member Sandra Russo to institute a code of conduct for the board’s meetings. Russo’s code was less to promote civility and seemed […]
Smoke scare at Rowell’s Inn days before opening
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday Chester firefighters were called out for a smoke alarm at Rowell’s Inn in Andover, just days before its scheduled opening as a restaurant, bakery and bed and breakfast. “The owners were lighting a woodstove when a back-draft blew smoke into the building,” […]
Police search for escaped murderer Left transitional housing in Bellows Falls yesterday
© 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Police from several agencies are looking for a convicted murderer who removed an electronic monitoring device and escaped from transitional housing in Bellows Falls yesterday. In a press release distributed this afternoon, Vermont State Police said William Wheelock, 55, who was convicted of murder in 1987 and sentenced to 21 […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Feb. 10
The Select Board for the Town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 10 at Town Office, 953 Andover Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: Act on minutes from the January 27th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: […]
Dale to Derry Selects: School budget to rise 4%
By Bruce Frauman © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Dick Dale, a board member of the Taconic & Green Regional School District, spent considerable time at the Monday, Feb. 3 meeting of the Londonderry Select Board going over details of the school district’s proposed fiscal 2020-21 budget, which is 4 percent higher than in fiscal 2019-20. […]
Chester DRB agenda for Feb. 10
The Chester Development Review Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 10 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1) Review draft minutes from the January 27th meeting 2) Citizens comments 3) Deliberative session to review previous or current matters
VSP seeks owners of apparently stolen property
© 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC During 2016 and 2017, Vermont State Police investigated a number of thefts and burglaries in Windham County and southern Windsor County. As these cases were concluded, there were items that police recovered that they believe had been stolen. However, the owners remain unknown. These include assorted small and large tools, […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Feb. 10
The Grafton Select Board will hold a special meeting beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 10 at Town Hall, 117 Main St. in Grafton. Below is his agenda. 1. Adopt Agenda 2. Discussion: Roles of individual Select Board members in the presentation of the Articles at Pre-Town Meeting; In order to be clear on […]
Lowe to lead Bennington-Rutland schools
Randi Lowe, the special education director for the Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union since 2013, will take over as superintendent on July 1, replacing current BRSU Superintendent Jackie Wilson, who announced that she will retire as of June 30. As special education director, Lowe dealt with the variety of challenges created by the mergers of the […]
