Archive for November, 2015
Chester Select Board agenda for Nov. 18, 2015
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Nov. 18 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Approve Minutes from Nov. 4, 2015 Select Board meeting and the Nov. 4, 2015 Water Commissioners meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. O’Neil Purchase & Sale Agreement 5. Sign Resolution […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Monday, Nov. 16, 2015
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. Nov. 16 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: Nov. 2 & Nov. 4, 2015 Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll Highway Report Work Schedule Other Highway Issues: MKT Class 2 Liquor License Cellular Coverage Agreement […]
UPDATE:Traffic notice for Route 9
UPDATE NOV. 13, 10:00 a.m. VT Route 9 in both directions will continue to be closed between MacArthur Rd and Hamilton Rd until at least 5pm this evening. Passenger vehicles are being rerouted via Sunset Lake Rd on the Brattleboro side and North Pond Rd on the Marlboro side. No tractor trailers are being allowed […]
Businesses urge Chester to take over info booth/restroom as ‘commitment to economic growth’
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC With the opening of the budgeting season, the age old question of what is necessary and what is not took center stage for much of the Wednesday, Nov. 4 Chester Select Board meeting that included weighing items on the proposed new capital bond plan, town-wide master planning […]
Health, environmental concerns aired at Grafton wind meeting
By Cynthia Prairie ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a wide-ranging meeting, Grafton residents gathered Monday to discuss everything from possible health effects of wind turbines on surrounding residents to suggested economic benefits of cutting taxes with yearly payments from wind companies. But what much of the discussion boiled down to is a Vermont town’s inability […]
Chester Police Log for July 25 – Oct. 30, 2015
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph Police Log is a sampling of incidents directly from Chester Police reports. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Saturday, July 25, 11:32 a.m. A complainant told police that a green Chevy pick up truck was parked by […]
Chester-Andover Elementary spaghetti fundraiser to support Keewaydin trip
Chester-Andover Elementary School invites the community to come for dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19. Staff and volunteers will be cooking and students will be serving a spaghetti dinner with proceeds going to help send 5th and 6th grade students at the school to the Keewaydin Environmental Education Center, for a week-long […]
College news
William Culver of Grafton joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Class of 2019. More than 1,400 freshmen joined the Rensselaer community in Troy, N.Y., on Aug. 31 with the first day of classes. They hail from 46 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and from countries all over the world. Kyle Record of Grafton was among […]
GMUHS Board of Directors meeting for Thursday, Nov. 12
The Board of Directors of Green Mountain Union High School will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 at the Library Learning Commons of the school, 716 VT-103. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order a. Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of Minutes a. Minutes of Oct. 8, 2015 – Regular […]
Arts events for Nov. 13 – Nov. 18
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. Nov. 13: GMUHS performs ‘Peter Pan’ The Green Mountain Union […]
Townscape plants 1,000+ daffodils in Chester; Medicare open enrollment; Winter farmers market held in Londonderry; Sign up for Holiday Food Baskets; and Autumn Moon Committee honored
Chester Townscape continued its fall tradition of planting daffodils at key public locations in Chester to increase the color that will emerge next spring. This year’s planting was of the bright and perky Goblet. This fall, 2,800 daffodil bulbs were sold, and more than 1,000 were donated back to Chester Townscape, whose volunteers were then […]
To the editor: Wilder Library thanks community for support in raffle fundraiser
The director of the Wilder Memorial Library and its trustees extend a hearty thank you to all local merchants and artists who generously donated prizes to our “Fall in Love With Your Library Raffle.” Thanks to your generosity, as well as the generosity of everyone who purchased raffle tickets, the library raised several thousand dollars. […]
GMP donates $130,000 to WARMTH program
Green Mountain Power is helping to keep Vermonters warm this winter with a $130,000 donation to WARMTH, a program that helps with heating emergencies. Last winter the WARMTH program helped families with heating emergencies more than 5,000 times. Funds are paid directly to the fuel or energy supplier, and each household receives no more than […]
Community events for Nov. 9 – Nov. 17
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. Nov. 9: St. Luke’s Operation Christmas Child packing sessions continue […]
In the holiday spirit, make a traditional mincemeat pie
By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com I can hear it now: “This is not mincemeat.” Still, you’re in for one heck of a surprise, especially when the aromas of this recipe starts wafting into every room of the house. If you closed your eyes, you would swear you were in your ancestors’ kitchen. If you have any […]
Andover man victim of phone fraud, police seek public assistance
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Vermont State Police report that an Andover man contacted them on Nov. 7 to say that he was the victim of a “financial phone scam.” The man said that he had been called by a Jamaican man who identified himself as Ceon McKenzie to say that he had won $10.5 […]
Discover distant planets at SoVerA meeting
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC At its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m., the Southern Vermont Astronomy Group will present a talk titled “Extrasolar Planets: How are they found and how many are like Earth?” An “exoplanet” is a planet that orbits distant stars, the closest being about four light years away. […]
Road upgrades in Chester continue with Route 11 paving
Pike Industries, which has been upgrading the roads in Chester since the end of July, announced Friday that it has paved VT 103, Depot Street and the Green including the parking area along VT 11 this week. “Today and tomorrow (Saturday) Pike will be paving VT 11 and plans to finish VT 11 and intersecting […]
Police ask for help in Andover theft today
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing , LLC Vermont State Police at the Rockingham Barracks are investigating a theft that took place today – Thursday Nov. 5 – in Andover. Some time during the day someone stole power tools from a job site on East Hill Road. Police are requesting help from anyone who might have seen […]
Car gas leak is first time for new Chester FD turnout gear
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Moments before The Telegraph arrived at the Chester fire station to photograph firefighters in new turnout gear donated by a second homeowner to honor the service of former Fire Chief Harry Goodell, the trucks went rolling out, lights flashing on their way to a call. According to […]
