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Weston board continues town worker health insurance, OKs funds for Flood Brook speed sign
By Bruce Frauman ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC During a short meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 22, the Weston Select Board voted to continue with health insurance coverage through MVP in spite of a 9 percent increase in premiums. The town insures four full-time staffers. Board member Jim Linville said the risk of exposure without insurance was […]
Derry to mull fund to tackle emerald ash borer
By Bruce Frauman ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC After considerable discussion, the Londonderry Select Board agreed on Monday, Oct. 21 to consider both an annual budget allocation and a fund that can accumulate from year to year to cope with the emerald ash borer beetle that was identified in the town in early October. The beetle […]
Derry Select Board Special meeting for Oct. 30
The Select Board for the Town of Londonderry will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 100 Old School St. in S. Londonderry. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda 3. Executive Session – The appointment or employment or evaluation of a […]
Chester holds last info meeting on emergency services building Bond vote to be held on Tuesday, Nov. 5
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Town of Chester will hold its final information meeting for the proposed construction of a new emergency services building and the renovation town highway garage renovation at 6 p.m. on Monday Nov. 4 on the second floor of Chester Town Hall 556 Elm St. The following day, Tuesday, Nov. […]
Police search for runaway teen
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are asking the public for help in locating a runaway teen. According to a VSP press release, 16-year-old Alexys Grundy was last seen around 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 when she left a vehicle in Weathersfield on foot. Alexys is described as 5 foot 8 inches tall […]
Cavendish Streetscapes looks to reclaim town garage site
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Members of the Cavendish Streetscapes Committee came before the Select Board last Tuesday to discuss plans to renovate the site of the town garage that burned in February 2017. Rolf van Shaik told the board that the committee had received a $5,000 donation as well as $800 […]
Chester board picks plan for Church St. walkways
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board has chosen a sidewalk construction plan from among three in its efforts to make walking easier and pedestrians safer along Church Street from Main to Route 103 in the Stone Village. Back on July 24, Christina Haskins of Dufresne Group conducted a “local […]
Derry cemeteries to close for winter on Nov. 1; Chester Food Shelf seeks turkey donations
Derry cemeteries to close for winter on Nov. 1 The Cemetery Commission of the Town of Londonderry has announced that the Town Cemeteries will be closed to burials for the season as of Nov. 1. Flags will be removed from veterans’ graves after Veteran’s Day on Nov. 11. Any items remaining on graves after Nov. […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Oct. 28
The Select Board for the Town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28 at Town Offices, 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 October 14th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: […]
Trees destroy Derry family’s home during storm Go-Fund-Me campaign set up to aid Cobb-Bryant family
Friends have set up a Go Fund Me account for a Londonderry family whose trailer home was destroyed by a microburst storm during a Nor’easter that sent pine trees toppling into their home late on Wednesday, Oct. 16 into early Thursday, Oct. 17. Chris Cobb, Kristen Bryant, both in their 30s, and their 3-year-old son […]
Chester Select Board special meeting for Oct. 24
The Chester Select Board will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Citizen Comments 2. Town Accounting Discussion and Training; Ron Smith, Auditor 3. EMS Financing Plan 4. Town Manager Search Appoint Manager Search Committee Establish Priority Qualifications 5. Adjourn
Obituary: Carol Lu Spinrad, 91, Chester
Carol Lu Spinrad, 91, passed away peacefully on Sept. 24, 2019. “Grammy” was born in Chicago, the daughter of Richard Grossman and Mildred Saiewitz. She lived in Alabama the first year of her life, then New York City and Long Island until 1977 when her family moved to Chester, where she lived in the same […]
Londonderry Select Board agenda for Oct. 21
The Londonderry Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21 at 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 – Meeting of October 7, 2019 4. Selectboard Pay Orders 5. Announcements/Correspondence 6. Visitors and […]
Alleged hit and run driver surrenders to police
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC State Police in Westminster have identified a Landmark College student as the driver involved in a hit and run crash that occurred on Route 5 in Dummerston on Saturday Oct. 12. According to a VSP press release, Jakob Morrissey, 21, of Philadelphia, Penn. was the driver of the Mercedes GLA […]
Police seek to ID man in hit and run incident
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Saying they are trying to identify a man in connection with a pedestrian hit and run incident in Dummerston this past weekend, Vermont State Police released a photo taken from surveillance footage at the Sunoco station on Route 5 in that town. According to VSP press releases, around 11 a.m. […]
Chester Planning Commission agenda for Oct. 21
The Chester Planning Commission will meet from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Review minutes from Sept. 16, 2019 meeting 2. Citizens Comments 3. Continue reviewing draft boundaries in R6 & R18 districts 4. Set date for the next meeting 5. Adjourn
Speed limits, signage top Derry board discussion
By Bruce Frauman ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Responding to a letter from Flood Brook School Principal Neal McIntyre, the Londonderry Select Board on Monday, Oct. 7 agreed to contribute $1,530 toward the cost of new speed limit beacons on Route 11. McIntyre said the total cost will be $10,000 and the state Agency of Transportation […]
Cavendish Select Board agenda for Oct. 15
The Cavendish Select Board will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday Oct. 15 instead of the regular day of Monday Oct. 14 at the town office 37 High Street in Cavendish. Below is its agenda 1. Call the meeting to order 2. Act upon minutes of September 9th, 2019. 3. Hear Citizens […]
GMUSD board agenda for Oct. 17
The Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday Oct. 17 in the Library at Green Mountain High School, 716 Route 103 South in Chester. Below is its agenda. CALL TO ORDER: a. Roll Call II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: (Additions & Deletions) III. EXECUTIVE SESSION: a. […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Oct. 16
The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday Oct. 16 on the second floor of Town Hall, 556 Elm Street, Chester. Below is its agenda: Approve Minutes from the October 2, 2019 Selectboard Meeting and Executive Session Citizen Comments Old Business Church Street Scoping Study Alternatives Discussion Temporary Sign […]
