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Derry panel talks bear at Transfer Station, road repairs
By Bruce Frauman ©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Trash and all the problems it attracts became a subject at Monday’s Londonderry Select Board meeting, when board member Tom Cavanagh brought up the recent bear sightings at the Transfer Station on Route 100. Cavanagh said that although none had been seen at the station during daylight hours […]
Derry DRB OKs solar project off Route 100
By Bruce Frauman ©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Londonderry Development Review Board last Monday, April 30, approved a 500-kilowatt AC solar project, with conditions, proposed by Peter Norris of Norris Brothers’ Solar Development of Pittsford for a 3-acre plot on Route 100. Construction will begin in the fall at the earliest. Only four members of […]
Lane open as workers clear Rt. 11 crash 1:30 crash closes road for more than three hours
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC A one car accident at about 1:30 p.m. shut down traffic on Rt. 11 at Andover Road in Chester for nearly four hours on Sunday afternoon. An unidentified driver sheared off a pole on the south side of Rt. 11 just across from Andover Road. According to […]
Powden evaluation to include public input Executive committee releases form for comment
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC While the rest of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union Executive Committee wanted to eliminate public comment from the evaluation of Superintendent Meg Powden, GMUSD board chair Marilyn Mahusky argued the case for hearing from “our constituents.” After a spirited discussion, Mahusky prevailed as the committee decided to […]
GMUSD votes to make CTES principal permanent But new advert lists position only as 'full time'
By Shawn Cunningham ©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC While about 40 people crowded into the Chester-Andover Elementary School library Monday night, around 400 others made their presence felt through a petition asking the Green Mountain Unified School District board to reopen the Cavendish Elementary principal search, changing the job from interim to permanent. In the end, […]
Leaky notice board, blown out culvert Weston Select Board addressing issues
By Bruce Frauman* ©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Town Clerk Kim Seymour told the Weston Select Board last Tuesday that notices posted in the plexiglass-cased bulletin board in front of Town Office got wet several times this winter because it fails to keep wind, rain and sand out. Board member Jim Linville told Seymour his concern […]
Judith Naylor, 75, grew up in Chester, was accomplished nurse, generous in love
©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Judith Naylor, of Newfane, N.Y., entered into rest on April 25, 2018 at the age of 75. She passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family after a brief illness. Mrs. Naylor was born on Sept. 26, 1942 in Bellows Falls, Vt., to James Angus Allan and Adorée Maria (nee […]
Message closed; sale to Vermont Journal expected Owner calls talk 'premature'; office dark, phones forwarded
Prompted by this Chester Telegraph article, Bob Miller of the Vermont Journal issued a short statement in his publication, writing, “he has purchased The Message of (sic) the Week. The sale will merge the newspapers but continue to be published only under The Vermont Journal and The Shopper banners. … The Message, as a separate […]
Chester water panel, Select Board agendas for May 2, 2018
The Chester Water Commissioners, which is made up of the Chester Select Board, will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. It will be followed by the Select Board meeting. Below are their agendas. The Chester Water Commissioners 1. Public Comment 2. Set Water Rate 3. Adjourn Special […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for May 7, 2018
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 7, 2018 at Grafton Garage, 220 Bell St. Below is its agenda. 1. Adopt Agenda 2. Approve Minutes: April 16, 2018 3. Warrants, as signed, presented to Selectboard 4. Highway Report 5. VTAlert – Randall Bronson – Action may be taken 6. Consolidation […]
Claremont man arrested in Chester Charged with possession of fentanyl and other drugs
A Claremont N.H., man was arrested Tuesday in Chester, Vt., on drug and DUI charges. According to a Vermont State Police press release, at about 6 p.m. on April 24, Myron G. Scott, 37, was pulled over for erratic operation of a white Chevy van on Route 103. Scott was given sobriety tests, then looked at […]
Chester board picks Dungeon bridge alternative Begins consideration of salvage yard ordinance
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Chester Select Board considered its options for replacing a failing culvert on Popple Dungeon Road and rejected the recommended alternative last Wednesday evening. The engineering firm VHB presented four alternatives for the project but recommended the one that would have closed Popple Dungeon from just west […]
Cavendish residents seek permanent principal Petition open to Chester, Andover, Baltimore residents
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC A group of Cavendish residents are gathering signatures from Cavendish, Chester, Andover and Baltimore residents asking that Two Rivers Supervisory Union make the position of principal of Cavendish Town Elementary School permanent instead of interim. The online petition can be found here. On Monday, the group sent […]
Stoddards seek to build storage units at old chapel
By Bruce Frauman ©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Monday, Edgar and Susan Stoddard had signed the papers closing on the former St. Joseph Chapel. By Wednesday, they were appearing before the Londonderry Development Review Board asking for a change of use permit for the former chapel on High Street, off Route 100. The building had […]
Raymond White Sr., 51, cultivated friends, culture of caring
©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Born with a permanent smile on April 22, 1966 in Randolph, Vt., to Matthew and Irene (Huard) White, Raymond White Sr. changed the lives of thousands, if not more. On April 18, 2018 while tending to his beloved cattle/“kids,” Mr. White suffered of a heart attack, dying doing what he loved […]
Green Up Day in Andover, Cavendish & Chester
Andover Green-Up Day from 9 a.m. to noon Andover Green-Up day will be held 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 5. Residents and friends are invited to beautify the town grounds, clean the roadsides and spruce up the cemeteries. Meet at the Andover Town Hall, 953 Andover Road, to choose your work assignment. Coffee […]
Dr. Barbeau honored; scholarship applications available
Dr. Barbeau to be honored by SMCS Delores Barbeau, MD, MPH, will be the recipient of the George F. Leland Community Health Award from Springfield Medical Care Systems. The award ceremony will take place at this year’s Apple Blossom Cotillion on Friday, May 4 at Riverside Middle School gymnasium. This award is named in honor […]
Carol Jennings, Weston winter resident, dies at 88
© 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Carol Raymond Jennings, of Jamestown, R.I., and Weston, Vt., died peacefully on April 19, four days short of her 89th birthday. Dorothy Caroline Raymond was born in 1929 to Morris Thomas Raymond and Dorothy Cushing Whitridge Raymond, on her mother’s birthday. Mrs. Jennings was the fourth of five children – […]
Andover Select Board agenda for April 23, 2018
The Select Board for the town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 23 at Town Office, 953 Andover Road. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: Act on minutes from April 9th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, 10 […]
Cavendish interim principal pick says ‘No’
By Chester Telegraph staff ©2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC Madeline Carlock, the 32-year-old West Lebanon resident and instructional coach at Hartford School District, accepted the job of interim principal position at Cavendish Town Elementary School last night after Green Mountain Unified School District board offered it to her as the last remaining candidate. But then this […]
