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Community events: Oct. 13 through Oct. 18, 2016
For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Oct. 13: Are you eligible for no-cost weatherization? Harald Schmidtke, […]
Grafton Select Board to hold hydrology forum Monday, Oct. 10
The Grafton Select Board has called a special meeting for 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10 at the White Church in Grafton to hold a hydrology forum. Invited participants: David Deen, chair, House Committee on Fish, Wildlife, and Water; Geoff Goll, vice president, Princeton Hydrology; John Bennett, senior planner, Windham Regional Planning Commission; Billy Coster, director […]
Iberdrola sweetened the pot, but Windham residents stirred it
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Following the rollout on Tuesday of Iberdrola Renewables’ “sweetened deals” to the towns of Windham and Grafton, there were outcries that the Spanish wind company was “bribing” and “buying votes.” (See also, Iberdrola offers Grafton voters ‘partnership’ payments) However, the new proposals, which eliminated four of the 20 […]
Grafton board officially sets wind vote for Nov. 8
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 – Telegraph Publishing LLC The Grafton Select Board on Monday night voted unanimously to make Tuesday, Nov. 8, the date for the townwide vote on the Iberdrola wind project and also adopted the same language that Windham adopted for its vote. Registered voters in the Town of Grafton will be able […]
Derry board expected to OK work-around for Genser buyout
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Londonderry Select Board received an email from the Vermont Department of Transportation stating that the “training wall” on property owned by Bette and Walter Genser at the corner of Routes 100 and 11 must stay to protect the Route 100 bridge over the West River and […]
To the editor: Factoids aside, Meadowsend Timberlands a good steward of land
The conversation continues about the potential of an industrial wind project on Meadowsend Timberland’s Stiles Brook Forest, a privately owned, 5,000-acre tract of land in Windham and Grafton. As part of the Meadowsend Timberlands team for over 11 years, I have participated in meetings, workshops, presentations and read the many commentaries on the subject over […]
Op-eds: 2 views on the Windham-Grafton industrial wind plan
On Thursday, Aug. 11, The Chester Telegraph received a request from KSE Partners, a Montpelier and Washington, D.C.-based lobbying firm, to run an op-ed by Art Sasse, the communications director for Iberdrola Renewables, the Spanish wind turbine company that is seeking to build Vermont’s largest wind project in Windham and Grafton. Instead of letting the […]
Derry boards work to make town office basement usable
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Londonderry Select Board moved forward in its town office planning project during a special joint meeting with members of the Planning Commission on Wednesday, Aug. 10. The goal of the project is to end up with “a building that will work,” said Planning Commission member Larry […]
Weston Board says ‘no’ to Little School diagonal parking
By Bruce Frauman ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Feeling they had done their due diligence, members of the Weston Select Board on Aug. 9 voted to draft a letter to the committee that proposed changes to the parking in front of the Little School saying that it did not “seem like a viable option.” At Town […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016
The Chester Select Board will meet as the Chester Water Commissioners at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. (The Chester Select Board will meet immediately following this meeting.) 1. Citizen Comments 2. Set Water Rate 3. Adjourn Special Select Board meeting 1. Approve Minutes from […]
AOT-FEMA buyout impasse continues over Londonderry wall
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Emergency Management Director Kevin Beattie told the Londonderry Select Board that his repeated requests for information from Eckman Engineering about the status of correspondence between Eckman and the Agency of Transportation on the “training wall” on the West River had not yielded results. But, he said at […]
Weston board ponders Little School parking, well requests, tables other issues
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC More issues were tabled than decided at the July 26 Weston Select Board meeting including choosing among bidders for a new furnace at the Town Office building, a supplier for heating oil and securing an expert opinion to how close to a wellhead pavement can be laid […]
A CLOSER LOOK: State House candidates answer our questions
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With two Democratic candidates vying for a seat in the State House from Windsor 3-1 and no Republicans or Independents in sight, next Tuesday’s primary might just as well be the Nov. 8 General Election for Chester, Andover, Baltimore and North Springfield. As is our custom in contested races, we’ve […]
Venue Change: Grafton Select Board agenda for Aug. 1, 2016
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 1 at Town Hall, 117 Main St., due to a plumbing problem at its usual venue, Grafton Elementary School. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: July 18, 2016 4. Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll 5. Highway Report […]
Derry Select Board floats proposed salt shed to DRB
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Three members of the Londonderry Select Board sat before the town’s Development Review Board on Wednesday, July 20 to present their proposal to build a salt and sand shed on the Prouty Land adjacent to Route 100, about half way between the two town centers. There are […]
Candidates for lt. gov., governor talk industrial wind power, citizen input at Grafton forum
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The small crowd gathered before even one candidate entered Grafton’s White Church on Monday night got the biggest treat of the day, when young Ripley Schemm practiced a solo soprano performance with one of the world’s most famous arias. Accompanied by his father on piano, Ripley, who is […]
Chester Select Board agenda for July 20, 2016
The Chester Select Board will hold a public hearing regarding the throwing up of a portion of Quarry Road at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 20 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., followed by the Select Board meeting. Below is the agenda. Approve Minutes from July 6, 2016 Select Board Meeting Citizen Comments Old Business Town-Wide […]
Editorial: Ill winds in Grafton and no end in sight
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Grafton may have already lost. Even before the voters cast one ballot on the Iberdrola wind project, the town is torn apart. Incivility reigns. All it took was the prospect of this industrial wind project for community members to lose sight of the characteristics that have made Grafton […]
CAES replacing 30-year-old roof; GMUHS begins process
By Steve Seitz ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Replacement of the leaking 30-year-old roof at Chester-Andover Elementary School is under way, with completion expected to be by early July and plans to replace the leaking decades-old roof at Green Mountain Union High are in preliminary stages. Marilyn Mahusky, who chairs the Chester-Andover Elementary School board, said […]
To the editor: Tom Bock announces run for State House
I am pleased to announce that I am running as a Democrat for the Vermont House of Representatives seat, Windsor District 3-1, currently held by Leigh Dakin. I look forward to representing the towns of Chester, Andover, Baltimore and North Springfield at the State House in Montpelier. Having served on the Chester Board of Selectman […]
