Author Archive for Shawn Cunningham
Vermont State Police incident log for September 2015
The Chester Telegraph’s Vermont State Police Log is a sampling of incidents in Andover, Grafton, Londonderry, Weston and adjacent communities. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Tuesday, Aug. 4, Londonderry – A woman called the state police to report that she believed that her daughter was staying […]
Income survey gives Chester better borrowing terms for water project
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC In addition to turning down a request from Vietnam Veterans of America to hold a coin drop on Main Street, the Chester Select Board at its Wednesday, Sept. 2 meeting discussed the results of the median household income survey that will make borrowing for the water upgrade […]
Chester board nixes Vietnam vets’ coin-drop
By Shawn Cunningham ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC On a 3 to 1 vote, the Chester Select Board last night turned down a request from Vietnam veterans to hold a coin-drop fundraiser in front of Zachary’s Pizza House on Friday, Sept. 18. The request, from Chapter 723 of Vietnam Veterans of America, came before town officials […]
Fatal car crash in Landgrove
Vermont State Police report that a man was killed in a one car accident in Landgrove early Sunday morning. Frank Tammera age 22 of Hope, N.J., was traveling on Ridge Road in the Town of Landgrove at about 2:45 a.m. when his vehicle left the west side of the road and struck a tree. The […]
‘Ladies’ raise about $2,000 at fundraiser for Weston Green
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC More than 125 people turned out on Monday Aug. 17 to support the Ladies of the Green in Weston. More formally known as the Farrar Park Association, the “ladies” make up the group that owns and maintains the Weston Green. Monday night’s picnic and concert by the Blue Flames steel […]
VTrans proposed fix for tight Main St.-Maple St. turn
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Ryan Darling of VTrans has approached the town of Chester with the idea of fixing the corner of Maple and Main streets where trucks have difficulty turning to go north on Route 103, Town Manager David Pisha told the Chester Select Board at its Wednesday, Aug. 19 […]
Dogs search again for missing Andover woman to no avail
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Four dog teams from New England K9 Search and Rescue spent Wednesday morning looking for traces of Lynn Perry, a 56-year-old Andover woman with early onset Alzheimer’s disease who has been missing since July 28. Unfortunately, their search was unsuccessful. According to Vermont State Police Sgt. Anthony […]
Vermont State Police Incident Log – July 2015
The Chester Telegraph’s Vermont State Police Log is a sampling of incidents in Andover, Grafton, Londonderry, Weston and adjacent communities. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Saturday, July 4, Jaquith Road, Weston – A resident reported that someone had attempted to enter the garage through the door […]
Chester Police Log for May 11 to Aug. 10, 2015
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. Monday, May 11, 9:46 p.m. A clerk at the Sunoco station told a Chester officer that four young men in a Volvo had tried […]
After final testimony on traffic and architecture, Chester DRB closes Jiffy Mart hearings
By Shawn Cunningham ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC It was dueling experts on traffic and Chester’s architectural character as the Development Board of Review held its final meeting on a Jiffy Mart proposed for the corner of Pleasant and Main streets in Chester on Monday, Aug. 10. The hearing began with board chair Carla Westine acknowledging […]
Chester Select Board sets 2nd water project vote, Chase seeks purchasing, conflict of interest policy review
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC In an odd bit of legal theater recommended by a bonding attorney who does work for the state, the members of the Chester Select Board met on Wednesday night as the Chester Water Commissioners. The purpose of the meeting was to arrive at the conclusion that the […]
Chester Select Board votes to repave Common with economic development dollars
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC At an early morning special meeting on Monday Aug. 10, the Chester Select Board voted 3-0 to accept a $30,000 bid from Pike Industries to plane and pave Common Street next to the town Green. The board then voted 3-1 to take the the money for the […]
State police enlist help of cadaver dogs in Andover search
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Vermont State Police have begun using cadaver dogs in the search for Lynn Perry of Andover nine days after the 56 year old woman was reported missing by her family. Perry was the focus of a four day search last week involving more than 200 police, fire, […]
Stabilization of historic firehouse estimated at $90,000; moving structure also recommended
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC In the ongoing dust-up over the future of the nearly 150-year-old Yosemite Firehouse on Route 103 in Chester, the question of its condition and the funds that would be needed to save it have been a sticking point for all concerned. And now, with the arrival of […]
Police scale back search for missing Andover woman, request residents search their properties
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC With patrols still in the woods and combing the side roads, the Vermont State Police announced mid-afternoon on Friday that they are winding down this phase of the search for Lynn Perry. The Andover woman – who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease – has been missing from her […]
Search for Lynn Perry moves into third day
UPDATE: 6:50 p.m. Thursday July 30. Searchers have spent the afternoon looking for any trace of Lynn Perry in the Route 121 area. Several worked through the torrential downpour of the mid-afternoon. Chester fire chief Matt Wilson told the Telegraph that he had some tired firefighters still out there at 6:30 p.m. “We’re going […]
‘New England’ architecture gets a hearing at Jiffy Mart DRB meeting
By Shawn Cunningham and Cynthia Prairie © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC What is the “over-all New England architectural appearance” and does the proposed Jiffy Mart “adhere harmoniously” to it were the questions on the table Monday night as the Chester Development Review Board reached the Special Criteria portion of its review for a conditional use […]
BIG BUZZ, LITTLE BUZZ: Local carver takes young Tennessee apprentice under his wing
By Shawn Cunningham ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Summer school never looked — or sounded — quite like this. For the past week, Barre Pinske has been teaching a master class for one in chainsaw carving at his Depot Street studio in Chester. That’s nothing out of the ordinary except Pinske’s student is a 14-year-old who […]
Chester board moves toward 2nd water vote, away from Yosemite Firehouse
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two historic Chester structures took center stage on Wednesday, July 15 as the Select Board started the runup to a new vote on upgrading the ancient and crumbling municipal water system while looking to back away from involvement in preserving the historic Yosemite Firehouse on Depot Street, […]
Long-delayed Popple Dungeon work begins
By Shawn Cunningham ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Popple Dungeon residents are holding their breaths and crossing their fingers as work gets underway on the long delayed project to reroute about 950 feet of crumbling paved roadway and improve the drainage under it to stabilize and preserve the road. This section of roadway stands above the […]
