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Sands fends off write-in candidate, Gibbs beats incumbent to win seats on Grafton Select Board
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With 320 voters casting ballots, Grafton residents turned out one incumbent and turned aside a write-in candidate who mounted an active campaign against another in Tuesday’s Australian balloting. Cynthia Gibbs, who had served more than 30 years as Town Clerk and Town Treasurer, won her first Select Board […]
Newcomers Cote, Whalen win seats on Chester Select Board; incumbent Jonynas garners most votes
By Cynthia Prairie © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC ON THE COVER: From left, Arne Jonynas, Dan Cote and Ben Whalen. The Chester Select Board will welcome two new members when it meets Wednesday night. Chester innkeeper Dan Cote and firefighter and state police dispatcher Ben Whalen will be taking their seats along with Heather Chase, […]
Chester voters shorten two tax exemption articles at Town Meeting
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two of three articles to exempt organizations from property and education taxes were substantially changed at Monday night’s Chester Town Meeting, when both the Rod & Gun Club and the Green Mountain Softball League were given one-year tax exemptions (rather than five) and asked to return next year […]
Andover Town Meeting addresses status as education tax ‘sending town’
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The single longest discussion at Saturday’s Andover Town Meeting was for an article funding early education to the tune of $21,077. But it wasn’t the amount of the article that was at issue, but education funding in general. Gordon Payne rose to ask several questions about the […]
Grafton voters ask the questions in a lively candidate forum
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC About 40 members of the Grafton public got a chance Monday night to ask questions of the four people seeking two seats on the Grafton Select Board. The candidates forum, overseen by town Moderator David Ross at the Grafton Elementary School, was a lively and at times pointed […]
Grafton Board seeks way to garner wind project opinions from second homeowners
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC A majority of the members of the Grafton Select Board continues to search for a way to gather non-residents’ opinions on the 28-turbine Iberdrola-Meadowsend wind project proposed for the Grafton/Windham town line. Board chair Sam Battaglino has proposed that non-resident property owners in Grafton should have a say […]
Chester board raises water rates, hears grant request from Rod & Gun Club
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board began its Feb. 17 meeting in the guise of its mild-mannered alter ego, the Chester Water and Sewer Commissioners, which voted to raise the price of water by $2 per quarter. The hike is one step in reaching the rate structure required by […]
Chester wins one of three state grants for downtown planning
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The towns of Chester and Springfield are two of the three municipalities chosen from 10 applicants statewide to receive Strong Communities, Better Connections Grants given by a partnership of the state agencies of Transportation and of Commerce and Community Development. The funds are meant to help municipalities […]
In three-year Grafton race, Hall and Gibbs talk priorities
©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two candidates are running for one three-year term on the Grafton Select Board this year. Incumbent Noralee Hall, now in her first term, is being challenged by Cynthia Gibbs, a newcomer to a select board race but not to Grafton Town government. The election, by Australian ballot, will be held Tuesday, […]
Violation may complicate gravel pit land buy in Londonderry
By Christopher Biddle © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With just two weeks before Londonderry voters will be asked if the town should spend $150,000 to buy a gravel pit south of the town’s transfer station, Londonderry Select Board members heard on Monday, Feb. 15 that an unresolved environmental violation could complicate the purchase. Board member […]
Policing expenditure proposal draws lots of questions during Londonderry’s Candidates Night
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Although Londonderry was hosting its annual Candidates Night on Tuesday, Feb. 9, a number of the 55 people in attendance said they had turned out mainly to hear about a proposed expenditure for police protection that they will vote on on March 1. The back-to-back meetings were […]
3 hopefuls for 1-year Chester seats weigh in on issues
©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC There are three candidates running for two one-year terms on the Chester Select Board this year. Incumbents Tom Bock and Arne Jonynas and newcomer Ben Whalen are all hoping to secure one of these spots in the Tuesday, March 1 election. As we have done when there have been contested races […]
In Chester 3-year race, Lindsay and Cote talk town future
©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two candidates are running for one three-year term on the Chester Select Board. Incumbent Bill Lindsay is seeking re-election and Dan Cote is hoping to unseat him when elections are held on Tuesday, March 1. As we have done for previous contested races, The Chester Telegraph asked the candidates a set […]
Chester introduced to erosion, runoff issues in relatively quick Select Board meeting
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC “Wow,” exclaimed Chester Select Board member Bill Lindsay as that body adjourned its Wednesday, Feb. 3 meeting after only an hour and 12 minutes. While there may have been a light agenda, that’s seldom kept the board from adjourning before two hours. Katherine Otto of the Southern […]
GM hoopster Cooper McCoy hits 1,000 points
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Green Mountain Union High School’s Cooper McCoy passed the 1,000 point mark playing against Twin Valley on last Tuesday night. The 5-foot-8 inch point guard scored his milestone on a free throw as his parents — Jodie Parker Peebles and Brett McCoy and 30 friends and relatives […]
Chester residents raise issues, ideas on economic development
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Business leaders said they see vast opportunities in Chester but told the Chester Planning Commission they are frustrated in their efforts to move forward with new ideas and plans. The commission was holding an information gathering session on Monday, Feb. 1, as part of the process of […]
GMUHS, CAES issue annual budget requests, annual reports
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Green Mountain Union High and Chester-Andover Elementary schools have issued their annual reports for 2014-2015. The two reports, of more than 30 pages each, can be accessed online in The Chester Telegraph: GMUHS REPORT and CAES REPORT Each report contains the warnings for upcoming public meetings and votes, minutes […]
Challengers step up in Grafton, Chester Select Board races
By Cynthia Prairie and Shawn Cunningham ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Incumbents on both the Grafton and Chester select boards will face challenges to their seats when voters go to the polls on Town Meeting Day, which this year falls on Tuesday, March 1. In Grafton, chair Sam Battaglino has decided not to seek re-election after […]
Andover Select Board discusses road, water issues, approves budget and warning
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The replacement of a box culvert will close the Andover-Weston Road at Simmonds Road for up to 30 days this summer, according to engineer Everett Hammond in a presentation to the Andover Select Board last night. The work is part of a culvert replacement project that will […]
Londonderry board OKs $1.6M budget, adds gravel land purchase to articles
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC “It’s up to the voters. I don’t think it’s our job to sell any of this,” said Londonderry Select Board chair Jim Ameden on Monday night of the financial demands on the town that he says need to be slimmed down. The board was wrapping up its […]
