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Chester Planning Commission agenda for May 6
The Chester Planning Commission will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 6 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Review minutes from April 10 and April 18, 2019 meetings. 2. Citizen Comments 3. Proposed Bylaw revisions: Finalize proposed district boundaries 4. Set date for next meeting
Chester Select Board agenda for May 1
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Approve Minutes from the April 17, 2019 Selectboard Meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. Loader Replacement; Discuss Options with Public Works Director 5. Chester Townscape Funding Request 6. […]
Green Up Day events in our communities
©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC ANDOVER Come help beautify Andover town grounds, clean our roadsides, and spruce up our cemeteries at Andover’s Green Up Day, held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 4. Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. at the Andover Town Hall, 954 Andover Road. Vermont Coffee Company coffee and homemade doughnuts […]
UPDATE: Rolling roadblock on I-91 early MONDAY – expect delays
UPDATE: The rolling roadblock scheduled for tomorrow has been changed to Monday © 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Tomorrow, April 26, 2019 beginning at about 6:30 a.m. (weather permitting) there will be a northbound rolling road block on I-91 at the Williams River Bridge in Rockingham. The delay will be for line striping. Then northbound motorists […]
Paul Truax, 84, pioneering male nurse, entrepreneur and genealogist
Paul Truax of Chester died on April 23, 2019. He was 84. Born in Huntington Center, Vt., Mr. Truax was the only child of Nina (LaForce) and Albert Truax. In 1935, he had the distinction of being born on Nov. 4, the birthday of his father’s paternal grandfather. Although an only child, he enjoyed the […]
Chester solons mull water, gravel and Hogs
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Acting as the town’s Water and Sewer Commission, the Chester Select Board, at its April 17 meeting, approved taking out a $45,000 from the state’s Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division to inventory and map the entire water system. The Asset Management Planning loan is offered to […]
Special Derry Select Board meeting for April 23
The Select Board of Londonderry will meet in a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23 at the Twitchell Building, 100 Old School St. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 3. Visitors and Concerned Citizens 4. Personnel Matters a. Executive sessions per 1 […]
Derry highway crew, Select Board discussion kicks off organizing of road work, maintenance
By Bruce Frauman ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Londonderry Select Board and the town’s three-person road crew agree in principal, but not yet in the details, that more planning would help the road crew work more efficiently. The board met in a Special Session on Wednesday, April 10, primarily to evaluate the road crew in […]
Derry to put ‘No Parking’ signs on Lowell Lake Rd. Flood response, muddy roads merit attention during board meeting
By Bruce Frauman ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The town of Londonderry intends to place “No Parking” signs along Lowell Lake Road, Select Board chair Jim Ameden announced at the Tuesday, April 15 Select Board meeting. Select Board member George Mora said that once the lake’s parking lot is full, visitors tend to park along the […]
Andover Select Board agenda for April 22
The Select Board for the town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 22 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 April 8th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five […]
Chester Planning Commission agenda for April 18
Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the Chester Planning Commission will be held on Thursday April 18, 2019 beginning at 5 p.m. until adjourned. The special meeting will convene at the Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. and will then embark on a van tour of Chester, after which it will return […]
Weston board tables OK for Fire Dept. airpacks, seeking financing data
By Bruce Frauman ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Weston Select Board on April 9 tabled a decision on purchasing eight airpacks for the Weston Volunteer Fire Department until more information could be gathered about financing options. Christine Falango represented the Weston Fire Department in requesting funds to replace airpacks at a total cost of $60,000 […]
Early morning flooding hammers area towns
By Shawn Cunningham ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Overnight rains and melting snows combined on Monday morning to cause flooding and close roads throughout the area. Luckily, it was also the first day of the spring break for local schools. At 6:24 a.m., a Weston firefighter asked the Keene Mutual Aid dispatcher to tone fire department […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for April 15
The Select Board meeting for the Town of Grafton will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 15 at the Grafton Garage, 220 Bell St. Below is its agenda. 1. Adopt Agenda 2. Approve Minutes: April 1, 2019. [There are no minutes for April 4 as there was no meeting.] 3. Warrants, as signed, presented […]
Troopers find double murder suspect dead
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Late this afternoon while searching for double murder suspect Derrick Shippee, police found him dead. According to a VSP press release, the Tactical Services Unit was searching on and around Shippee’s family’s property at 138 Sak Road in Vernon, when at around 4:35 p.m. TSU members located a body preliminarily […]
Police issue public alert for double murder suspect
UPDATE: SUSPECT FOUND DEAD. Read the story here. © 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Vermont State Police have asked the public to be “aware and alert” while they and New Hampshire State Police search for a man suspected in two second-degree murders. According to the VSP alert, arrest warrants have been issued for Derrick Shippee, […]
Chester Water & Sewer Commissioners, Select Board agendas for April 17
The Chester Water & Sewer Commissioners will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. followed by the Chester Select Board meeting. Below are their agendas. Chester Water & Sewer Commissioners Meeting 1. Citizen Comments 2. Asset Management Program; Joshua Lockhead 3. Adjourn Special Select Board meeting agenda 1. Approve […]
Londonderry Select Board agenda for April 15
The Select Board for the Town of Londonderry will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 15 at the Twitchell Building, 100 Old School St., in S. Londonderry. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 3. Minutes Approval – Meetings of April 1, 2019 and April […]
Car fire at CAES disrupts dismissal, no injuries
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC A car fire at 3 p.m. threw the afternoon dismissal for Chester-Andover Elementary School into disarray while firefighters blocked the driveway to extinguish the blaze. As parents in cars lined up behind the school to pick up their children, the car at the front of the line […]
Chester Board to begin reviewing Town Plan changes
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Chester Select Board held its statutory Town Plan public hearing before beginning to review changes proposed by the Planning Commission at its Wednesday, April 3 meeting. There are substantial changes to four chapters of the plan – Utilities and Facilities, Education and Child Care Facilities, Energy […]
