Author Archive for Shawn Cunningham
VSP seeks help in Grafton burglary
© 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC According to a VSP press release, sometime between March 26 and the evening of March 27 2018, burglars stole several pieces of equipment from the Accardo home on Cabell Road in Grafton. Scott Accardo told police that a Yamaha 100 cc dirt bike, white Polaris Predator 90 cc 4-wheeler and […]
New TRSU school boards meet on budgets GM dismisses proposal; Ludlow-Mt. Holly OKs its for vote
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Last week saw both of the new Two Rivers Supervisory Union districts formed under Act 46 meet to discuss their budgets. The Ludlow-Mt. Holly Unified Union School district board approved a budget to send to the voters of those towns while the Green Mountain Unified School District […]
TRSU Exec Committee votes to reopen budget Asks full board to meet to begin the process
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Tonight, Thursday, March 22, the board chairs of both the Green Mountain Unified School District and the Ludlow-Mount Holly Unified Union District asked members of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union Executive Committee – on which they also sit – to convene a full SU board meeting to […]
Office appointments, Fall Fest and ‘EV’ charging at special Chester board meeting
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC With just three members present and an agenda shortened by last Wednesday’s snowstorm, the Chester Select Board’s special meeting on Thursday, March 15 was mostly housekeeping. Town attorney Jim Carroll’s visit to go over a list of legal questions was postponed again by snow, this time until […]
100 Green Mountain students join national student walkout
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC More than 100 Green Mountain students walked out of school at 10 this morning as part of a national demonstration organized in response to the school shooting at left 17 students and teachers dead in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14. The GM students didn’t go far, stopping […]
Proposed brewpub asks Cavendish Select Board to help speed permits
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Monday night, developers of a proposed brewpub in Proctorsville asked the Cavendish Select Board for help in expediting their permit process so they can open their doors by Thanksgiving. Outer Limits Brewery General Manager Steve Shaw told the board that if the project can’t be opened […]
Shorthanded, Cavendish FD seeks way to shut down
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC With just five members remaining on its roster, the Cavendish Fire Department is “seeking a way to close out the department,” according to Cavendish Fire District #2 Prudential Committee chair Stu Lindberg. At the Cavendish Select Board’s monthly meeting, Lindberg asked members to appoint Scott Ranney to […]
UPDATE NEW MEETING DATE: GM school board meetings postponed due to weather
© 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The meetings of the Green Mountain Union High School and Green Mountain Unified School District boards scheduled for tonight in Cavendish have been postponed due to the snowstorm. According to Two Rivers Supervisory Union, the date for the re-scheduled meeting has not yet been determined. The meetings have been rescheduled […]
Three bond issues pass by wide margins in Chester
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Chester voters passed three bond issues totaling $669,000 by wide margins on Town Meeting Day. The bond to purchase a $110,000 compaction roller for the town’s nearly 100 miles of dirt roads, $115,000 for a sidewalk plow to be used downtown and $11,000 for a Hazmat trailer […]
Weston voters give GNAT a boost during relatively quiet Town Meeting
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC All of the articles presented in the warning of the Weston Town Meeting held on Tuesday morning passed by wide margins, but as is often the case, more discussion time was spent on small expense items than the large ones. One item that was discussed in quite […]
Agreeable Chester voters pass town articles with few questions
By Shawn Cunningham ©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Nary was heard a discouraging word during Monday evening’s town meeting in Chester, where about 80 voters showed up to Town Hall to voice their approval for every article presented by town government this year. Either voters think the town is on the right track or Town Manager […]
Andover voters question GMUSD school budget during Town Meeting
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Questions about education – budgets, taxes and board representation – took up the majority of the two-hour Andover town meeting on Saturday, March 3. The turnout was a bit sparser than recent meetings and, as usual, gray was the dominant hair color. Maddie Bodin was elected to […]
Fire damages Cavendish home that was harmed during Irene
UPDATE: A GoFundMe page has been set up for homeowners Martha and Mitchell Benoit. Click here to donate. By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC A fire that started in an attached garage heavily damaged a home on Rt. 131 east of Cavendish Village this afternoon. Around 1 p.m., Proctorsville and Cavendish firefighters were […]
Chester board delays zoning admin appointment, looks at solar farm request
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC The March 7 visit to the Chester Select Board by town attorney Jim Carroll just keeps getting busier. Carroll was already coming to discuss a junk yard ordinance and the mechanics of setting up a budget committee. But last Wednesday’s meeting the Chester Select Board added questions […]
TRSU central office, special ed. budgets OKd after three votes
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC It took three tries and some testy exchanges, but the the board of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union wrestled its way to a slightly smaller budget than proposed on the night of Thursday Feb. 22. Three weeks earlier, it had rejected the SU budget by a wide […]
Chester begins zoning audit
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC As it continues to work on the required update of the Town Plan, the Chester Planning Commission is also embarking – with the help of planning consultant Brandy Sexton – on an audit of Chester’s zoning regulations. The first steps in the work were unveiled at a […]
Cleaning chemical mishap sends 5 VCS workers to hospital for evaluation
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Shortly before noon on Sunday Feb. 18, the Weston Volunteer Fire Dept. responded to a call that was initially described as smoke in a section of the Vermont Country Store. On arrival, the firefighters found chlorine gas instead. Five store employees were taken to the hospital for […]
Sparks and smoke at Vermont Country Store bring quick response from firefighters
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing, LLC A smoking electrical panel at the Vermont Country Store brought several fire companies out early Wednesday afternoon, but fortunately there was no fire and no injuries. At 1:49 p.m., the Weston Volunteer Fire Department received a report of a smoking and sparking electrical panel at the Vermont […]
GMUSD board picks Conn. curriculum director as GM principal
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Green Mountain Unified School District board which — beginning in July — will oversee the education of children from Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester, chose a new principal for Green Mountain High School last night. After a two-hour deliberation, the board voted unanimously to negotiate a […]
Veteran Baba-a-Louis baker lands at Heritage Deli
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Nancy Lockerby has moved from the westside to the eastside of Chester, but she’s still making dough. After 37 years with Baba-A-Louis Bakery, which recently closed, Lockerby found a new home at the Heritage Deli & Bakery, 642 Rt. 103 S., where she will be making breads, […]
