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Special meeting of Chester Select Board Monday, March 13, 2017
The Chester Select Board will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 13 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Board Reorganization Citizen Comments Executive Session for the purpose of reviewing the ACT 250 permit decision and potential response thereto and engaging in confidential attorney/client communication with the Town’s […]
In blow to Chester gravel plan, motion to alter denied
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC When the Town of Chester bought 139 acres from Mike and Amy O’Neil as a site for a water tank, Town Manager David Pisha envisioned a decades-long supply of inexpensive gravel that could help pay for a portion of the $4 million project. It was part of […]
Thefts hit Jamaica, Landgrove public buildings
Thefts occurred at two public buildings in Southern Vermont in the last few days, according to Vermont State Police. On March 8, police got a report of a burglary at the Jamaica Village School located on Depot Street in Jamaica. It appears that the burglary took place between the afternoon of Tuesday, March 7 and […]
GMUHS Board of Directors agenda for Thursday, March 9, 2017
Green Mountain Union High School Board of Directors will meet at 6 p.m. today, Thursday March 9 at the Library Learning Commons. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Board Reorganization a. Election of Board Chairperson b. Election of Board Clerk c. Appointment of Warrant Signer d. Board Code of Ethics Agreement Signatures […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Monday, March 13, 2017
The Select Board of the town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 13 at Town Offices, 953 Weston-Andover Road. Below is its agenda. Call Select Board meeting to order. Act on Agenda. Act on Minutes: Act on minutes from Feb. 27 meeting. Review and Act on Financial Orders. Highways/Garage: A. Overweight […]
Weston Select Board gets a raise; town to buy a new fire truck
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Voters in Weston passed all of the articles on its warning and returned most town office incumbents to their positions on Tuesday morning during a Town Meeting that went by so quickly that the Little School, which was making lunch to be served, had to scramble to […]
Grafton votes ‘no’ on school merger; Mack ousts Turner from Select Board, Pollio beats Hall for Lisle seat
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The voters of Grafton voted overwhelmingly to nix the proposed merger that would create a Windham Northeast Unified School District. As a “necessary” town, Grafton’s rejection of the plan defeats it, but it was not alone. According to a report in VTDigger, two other necessary towns – […]
Mora, Ameden, Cavanaugh win Derry board seats; police contract renewed, salt shed gets voter approval
By Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Attracting more votes than any other candidate, George Mora was elected to the Londonderry Select Board during Town Meeting on Tuesday March 7. In a face-off with Chad Stoddard for the two-year position vacated by Wayne Blanchard, Mora tallied 125 votes to Stoddard’s 65. Former board chair James […]
Gustafson, Whalen win Select Board seats; budgets, bonds pass by wide margins
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC In the only contested race this year, incumbent member Ben Whalen and newcomer Lee Gustafson won election Tuesday night to one-year seats on the Chester Select Board. With 673 people voting, the totals were Whalen 441, Gustafson 388 and Kelly Arrison 318. When John DeBenedetti decided not […]
After long school meeting, Andover OKs $834,000 town budget
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC With about 10 percent of the town’s population in attendance, the Andover Town Meeting on Saturday was – as usual – a well-mannered and friendly affair even though it started 70 minutes later than scheduled due to the school district meeting running over its allotted 15 minutes. […]
Chester Select Board to vote on UDBs; opts for open interviews
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC While the main attraction at Wednesday’s Chester Select Board meeting looked to be the continuing struggle over the town’s Unified Development Bylaws, the events of the previous Monday’s Planning Commission meeting – in which commission member Tom Hildreth walked out resulting in a loss of the quorum […]
Chester commission disabled as member quits after walking out on meeting
By Cynthia Prairie ©2017-Telegraph Publishing LLC Chester Planning Commission member Tom Hildreth walked out of the panel’s Monday Feb. 27 meeting, declaring to the remaining two members “you don’t have a quorum,” as he packed up to leave. The following day he turned in his resignation to Town Hall. His action leaves just two members […]
Grafton Select Board meeting for Monday, March 6, 2017
The Grafton Select Board will meeting on at 6 p.m. Monday, March 6, at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Adopt Minutes: Feb. 21, 2017 4. Highway Report 5. Opening of Tractor/Mower Bids 6. Town Hall repairs: possible Grant opportunities 7. Follow up on […]
Chester Select Board candidates address issues
Editor’s Note: Three people are vying for two one-year seats on the Chester Select Board: incumbent Ben Whalen, who is seeking a second term, and newcomers Lee Gustafson and Kelly Arrison, both local businessowners. Arne Jonynas, who has been serving in a one-year position, was spurred to seek a three-year seat that is being vacated […]
Chester bond issues seek funds for equipment, roads
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC There are three general obligation bonds on this year’s Town Meeting Day ballot in Chester. If passed, these will fund public works and buy various pieces of capital equipment. To borrow using a bond, the items being purchased must have a usable life that is longer than […]
Vermont State Police Log Dec. 3, 2016 through Jan. 28, 2017
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: The Vermont State Police incident report is a sampling of incidents directly from the Vermont State Police. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Saturday, Dec. 3, Rockingham – A complainant on School Bus Depot Road told troopers that an ex-boyfriend […]
Weston board questions GNAT-TV, clinic budget requests as Town Meeting nears
By Bruce Frauman ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Weston Select Board is asking GNAT-TV and the Mountain Valley Medical Clinic to come before Town Meeting on Tuesday, March 7 to justify their funding requests. On Monday, Feb. 27, board member Charles Goodwin asked GNAT videographer Bruce Frauman, who is also the reporter of this article, […]
Arrison to hold Meet the Candidate event; Chester holds Master Plan Community Design Workshop
March 4: Arrison hosts Meet the Candidate event Chester Select Board candidate Kelly Arrison will hold a Meet the Candidate morning from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, March 4, at Baba a Louis Baker, 92 Vermont Route 11, in Chester. Arrison is hoping to hear from wide variety of Chester residents about their ideas and […]
UPDATE: I-91 Bridge Construction in Rockingham
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing, LLC 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 this week. All preliminary work has been completed until March 22, 2017 when work will begin on building […]
TRSU Act 46 merger committee approves four-town RED proposal
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Two Rivers Supervisory Union Act 46 Study Committee voted last night (Thursday, Feb. 23) to approve the subcommittee report that recommends the creation of a Regional Education District (RED) from Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester. If approved by the Vermont Board of Education at its March […]
