Author Archive for The Chester Telegraph
Chester Development Review Board agenda for Monday, Nov. 23, 2015
The Chester Development Review Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. following a site visit at 287 Main St. at 5:15 p.m. Below is the agenda. 1) Conditional Use application from the Southern Pie Company 2) Comments from citizens 3) Review minutes from last meeting 4) Deliberative […]
GMUHS preps two teams for 2016 Iron Chef Jr. competition
Green Mountain Union High School will be entering two teams in this year’s Iron Chef Jr. competition: one from middle and one from high school. The teams are already working in the kitchen once a week searching for the perfect recipe to enter into the competition in March 2016. The middle school team consists of […]
To the editor: Food and Nutritional Services thrives at GMUHS
I would like to begin by announcing the addition to our staff of Sous Chef Josh Adams. Josh began working this summer in our successful Summer Meals Program. He now works daily as lead person in our kitchen preparing not only food for our breakfast program but for lunch as well. He has been training for the position […]
School Merger Study committee meeting agenda for Nov. 18
The committee charged with studying school consolidation under Act 46 will meet in the Chester Andover Elementary School, 72 Main St., at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18. The agenda is below. I. Call to Order a. Roll Call b. Approval of Agenda II. Approval of Minutes – a. Approve Oct. 28, 2015 minutes III. Old […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
MacLaomainn’s scares up a bundle for Food Bank, Food Shelf
MacLaomainn’s Scottish Pub raised $1,510 for the Vermont Food Bank and three boxes of food for the Food Shelf at Chester-Andover Family Center in its two-day Halloween Haunted House event held last Friday and Saturday. Admission was $1 for children 10 and under, $5 for others or cans of food. In an interview on Saturday […]
UPDATED: Newfane teen missing, police ask for assistance
UPDATED: Nov. 3, 10 a.m. State police have announced that Donavan Hamilton has been found safe. Police would like to thank the public for their tips which were instrumental in finding the youth. © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police are asking for help in locating a teenager missing from his Newfane home. […]
Historic info, funds sought as Hearse House work continues
The Chester Townscape is seeking contributions of information and dollars to restore the historic Hearse House at Brookside Cemetery and open it to the public for tours. Early support of the Chester Townscape project enabled the Town of Chester to contract with a carpenter for woodwork, foundation, roof and site work that set the stage […]
New Arrivals: Son to Mary E. Dodge and Benjamin T. Sugimori
Dodge-Sugimori Mary Elizabeth Dodge and Benjamin Thomas Sugimori of Chester announce the birth of their son, John Frederick Sugimori, born on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
Grafton Select Board meeting for Monday, Nov. 2, 2015
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: Oct. 19, 2015 Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll Highway Report Work Schedule Other Highway Issues: Buy-Out Demo Bids (55 Kidder Hill Road) Tree Removal Update Wind Question […]
Chester water commissioners, Special Select Board meetings
The Chester Water Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Following that meeting, the Chester Select Board will meet. Below are both agendas. Water Commissioners 1. Set Water Rate 2. Citizen Comments 3. Adjourn Chester Select Board 1. Approve Minutes from the Oct. 21, 2015 Select Board […]
Grafton Capital Budget Committee to meet
The Capital Budget Committee of Grafton will meet at Town Hall, 117 Main St., at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Discussion of Capital Needs 4. Allocation of Funds 5. Select Board Recommendations 6. Other Business 7. Date of Next Meeting: No Date Set. […]
Claremont Opera House new repertory company announces winter-spring schedule
The Claremont Opera House’s new repertory theater company will present a series of offerings to the area schools this year, including The Lightning Thief, a musical adapted from the book by Rick Riordan at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 4; and Dinoman at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 29. All of these shows are open […]