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Four TRSU towns look to merge; Ludlow, Mt. Holly seek ‘Plan B’
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC After presentations on the scenario recommended by its superintendent and often emotional but inconclusive discussions of the plan, the Two Rivers Supervisory Union Act 46 Study Committee voted to allow Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester to study forming a Regional Education District (RED) within TRSU. That subcommittee […]
Derry board OKs article on shed spending capped at $200,000
By Bruce Frauman © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC As expected, the Londonderry Select Board on Tuesday Jan. 17, agreed to ask voters at Town Meeting to fund a new wooden salt and sand shed for a total “not to exceed $200,000.” While the wooden structure itself is expected to cost around $59,000, the bulk of the […]
Caretakers save animals during fire at Springfield vet clinic
Photos and videos by Shawn Cunningham By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC A fire damaged the Springfield Animal Hospital tonight, Thursday, Jan. 19, but quick action by employees saved all of the animals who were staying at the facility and firefighters were able to knock down the fire quickly. Just before 8:30 p.m., […]
Act 46 panel reverses course, looks at ‘scenarios’ to save BRHS, meets in Chester tonight
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Last month, the Two Rivers Supervisory Union’s Act 46 Merger Study Committee voted to set aside all but one of the options it had considered and move forward on consolidating into a single district. But by its next meeting – on Jan. 11 – “a cluster” of […]
Wooden salt shed to be put on Derry Town Meeting ballot;
Transfer Station fee hike proposed
CORRECTION: While the Londonderry Select Board did discuss on Jan. 12 the amount that it would ask the voters to approve, the board did not vote on that dollar amount that night. It only decided to ask voters to approve the wood-frame shed. However, at the Tuesday, Jan. 17 meeting, the board did decide to […]
Weston voters to decide on fire truck financing; zoning admin hopefuls await new job description
By Bruce Frauman © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Weston Select Board will be asking voters to decide whether to approve financing for a new fire tanker at Town Meeting on Tuesday, March 7. The Weston Volunteer Fire Department made the case for replacing the 1987 tanker, which can only pump about 40 percent of […]
Bridge work continues: Exit 6 at I-91 northbound to close this week
The Vermont Agency of Transportation has begun replacing the bridges on I-91 over the Williams River in Rockingham. The projected completion date is May 18, 2020. Here is the anticipated construction schedule from Jan. 16, 2017. I-91 southbound travel lane only (right lane) over the bridge remains closed until about Jan. 20 to allow crews […]
ANALYSIS: Inconsistency hangs over Chester appointments process
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Several potential members of two Chester town planning and zoning panels have been waiting for months for the Select Board to make appointments and, at its Wednesday, Jan. 18 meeting, the board will be discussing how it will approach the task deciding who will serve. The methods […]
Chester board approves budget, considers Act 250 appeal
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC After a relatively uneventful budgeting season, the Chester Select Board approved the 2017 financial plan and voted to send an article to town meeting to raise $2.9 million in taxes, but not before one resident questioned the large surpluses from 2016 and expressed concern that several new […]
Act 250 permit for Chester water tank restricts gravel extraction plan
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Friday, the District #2 Environmental Commission issued a permit to allow Chester to build a water tank and transmission line on 139 acres of land east of Green Mountain Union High School. But the Act 250 permit seems likely to make further development on the site […]
Snows on their way to you . . .
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Our region can expect 8 to 12 inches of snow beginning around 9 a.m. Thursday and continuing through Friday morning, with the most intense snowfall during the night on Thursday, including calls for heavy snow. The Chester Telegraph talked with the National Weather Service in Burlington Wednesday morning to ask […]
State: Chester must reappraise, future ed tax hikes likely
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Perhaps one of the driest items on the Chester Select Board agenda last Wednesday could have the greatest impact in the future, while the town officer who understands the system it is a part of will be leaving before the work will begin. Lister Wanda Purdy told […]
Grinch strikes Pomfret, VSP seeks help replacing toys
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Yesterday morning Vermont State Police responded to a break-in at the the Teago General Store in Pomfret. Between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, someone broke in through the front window and stole items from the store including 25 to 30 unwrapped toys from the Toys for Tots bin. The burglar […]
Chester planners send bylaw revisions for approval over some objections
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC After nearly two years of work, the Chester Planning Commission voted – at the end of Tuesday night’s public hearing – to send its revisions of the Unified Development Bylaws to the Chester Select Board for review. A number of residents and business owners spoke in favor […]
Independent school students, parents protest proposed VT rule change
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC MANCHESTER A crowd of more than 800 in the Burr and Burton Academy auditorium rose in a standing ovation as a Long Trail School student chastised the State Board of Education saying, “We are the future!” The board was meeting at BBA on Monday, Dec. 12 to […]
Video tour through Ken Barrett’s Christmas Garden
Ken Barrett’s annual Christmas Garden at the Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester, will be on display 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday through Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. Here’s a snippet. Be sure to visit it yourself — oh, and take the kids!
Weston Fire Department truck fails to meet pumping standards
By Bruce Frauman ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Weston Select Board on Tuesday, Dec. 13 learned that two one of the Weston Volunteer Fire Department’s trucks do not meet current standards. The department’s 18-year-old pumper is pumping 1,200 gallons per minute instead of the required 1,500 gallons per minute, and the its 30-year-old tanker-pumper, which […]
Derry policing board urges town to renew VSP contract
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Londonderry’s Policing Committee came out in force on Monday to recommend to the Select Board that it place on the 2017 Town Meeting warning a proposal to renew the Vermont State Police contract for one year of 25 hours a week of patrol and community policing for […]
TRSU Act 46 panel picks merger option that could close Black River HS
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With about 70 people in attendance at Ludlow’s Town Hall on Wednesday night, the Two Rivers Supervisory Union Act 46 Study Committee voted to go forward with an option that would – if approved by voters – dissolve the Ludlow-Mount Holly school district and unify the middle […]
Sign dust-up highlights ongoing permitting problems in Chester
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board heard nearly an hour of public comment at its Wednesday, Dec. 7 meeting. This included a discussion of an issue that echoed questions of procedures not followed and unilateral action taken in a recent zoning controversy, in which a building was constructed with […]
