Archive for November, 2016
Community events: Nov. 15 through Nov. 24, 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@chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Nov. 15: SoVerA holds Stars & Telescopes workshop The Southern […]
Drug Take Back Day yields 477 lbs. in Windsor, 2 tons statewide
On Oct. 22, 2016, Windsor County Sheriffs again participated in the DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, resulting in 477.6 pounds of disposed medications collected for incineration. Windsor County was second in the state, behind Chittenden County, in returns collected. Take-Back efforts began in 2012 as stand-alone disposal events occurring twice a year. Since then, […]
Arts events: Nov. 20, 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@chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Nov. 20: Jenni Johnson returns to Raise The Roof Jenni […]
Workshop set on how to start a business
Vermont Small Business Development Center is offering a four-hour workshop on how to start your own business and write a business plan. The course will be offered from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18 at the Springfield Regional Development Corp., 14 Clinton Square, in the 1st floor conference room. The registration fee […]
Saucy spiced pumpkin muffin pudding infused with fall flavors
By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com Spiced pumpkin muffin pudding is a New England treat filled with the flavors of fall. And many might think it is a dessert of the past. But with a few delicious additions and substitutions — along with the best tasting caramel sauce you will ever have — this classic is transformed […]
CAES Board of Directors meeting for Nov. 15, 2016
The Chester-Andover Elementary School Board of Directors will meet at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at the school’s Arts Center, 72 Main St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order: II. Approval of CAES Agenda-Additions and Deletions Action III. Minutes: a. Minutes of Sept. 12, 2016-Regular Meeting Action IV. Communications: a. […]
Chester Select Board holds special meeting Nov. 17, 2016
The Chester Select Board will be holding a special meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Citizen Comments 2. Jim Carroll Presentation: Select Board function and duties 3. Jim Carroll: Brief discussion of Child Safety Ordinance 4. Adjourn
Chester Select Board agenda for Nov. 16, 2016
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Approval of Minutes from the Nov. 2, 2016 Select Board Meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. General Fund Department Budget Review: Police; Fire; Ambulance; Recreation; Cemetery 5. Conflict of […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Nov. 14, 2016
The Select Board of Andover will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14 at Andover Town Offices, 953 Weston-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 10/10/16 meeting. Unable to act on minutes from […]
Second-homeowners against Iberdrola wind project as well, surveys find
By John Hoover and Cynthia Prairie © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Like their full-time resident counterparts, second-homeowners in both Windham and Grafton overwhelmingly rejected a proposal by Iberdrola Renewables to build a 24-turbine wind farm on property straddling the towns. Second-homeowners in both towns had been mailed surveys asking whether they were for the proposed […]
Trooper tails pup that escaped after car accident
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Yesterday just after noon, Jacqueline Stone of Newington, Conn., was driving south on I-91 between the Springfield and Rockingham exits when she had a medical emergency. Stone drove her 2011 Toyota Sienna off the road and hit a grass embankment. Stone was taken to Springfield Hospital but her 10-month-old puppy, […]
Weston finishes vote, tally in the dark; no glitches elsewhere
By Bruce Frauman ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC As if everything about this remarkable election were not enough, just after 5 p.m. on Election Day, the lights went out in Weston. With voting set to continue for nearly two more hours the Town Hall polling place was plunged into darkness. Luckily, that’s just about the time […]
Chester limits service of Select Board members, others
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC There was more than a little interest in the conflict over wording of an ethics policy for town officials and employees at Wednesday’s Chester Select Board meeting. The idea of a conflict of interest policy has been kicking around since mid-2015, when board member Heather Chase asked […]
Chester zoning administrator’s action questioned
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Calling the situation “very disconcerting,” a Chester resident told the Select Board last Wednesday, that the town’s zoning administrator had issued a building permit for a property without a clear ‘use’ as outlined in the town’s Unified Development Bylaws. Marilyn Mahusky, who has been a vocal critic […]
Northshire Act 46 panel to vote on merger plan Monday
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The changing landscape in education governance in Vermont surfaced during the Londonderry Select Board meeting of Monday, Nov. 7. Northshire Merger Committee member Dick Dale told the board the committee will reach the end of its process at its Monday. Nov. 14 meeting. In the meantime, Board […]
Grafton, Windham voters deal fatal blow to Iberdrola wind proposal
By Cynthia Prairie © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a decisive blow to a proposed industrial wind project, the voters in Windham and Grafton have voted against putting a 24-turbine industrial wind project along the Stiles Brook tract of land that straddles the two towns. When the votes were counted on Tuesday night, Grafton defeated […]
Chester DRB holds hearing on Karass Inn proposal
The Development Review Board for the Town of Chester will be holding a site visit to 225 Pleasant St. at 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14 followed by a Public Hearing at 6 p.m. at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. to address a Conditional Use Application permit (#491) Below is its agenda: Review minutes from […]
Suspicious emails to Vt. town clerks traced to Yale Law School
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC A survey by a Yale University Law School professor set town clerks throughout Vermont and election officials in at least 11 other states on edge just before Election Day, and has been pulled after the intervention of a nationwide association that represents Secretaries of State. Just one […]
Arts events: Nov. 11-Dec. 3, 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@chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Nov. 11: Chamber music series continues The Brattleboro Music Center’s […]
Community events: Nov. 10 through Nov. 15, 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@chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Nov. 10: ‘Intimate Grandeur’ book signing at Rock Library On […]
