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TRSU Act 46 Study Committee meeting in Ludlow

TRSU Act 46 Study Committee meeting in Ludlow

The Two Rivers Supervisory Union Study Committee will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium, 37 S. Depot St. NOTE the time and place for this meeting has been changed. The agenda is below. Call to order Welcoming Remarks Approve Minutes Review Agenda (Additions or […]

Truck crashes into Mill River, VSP cautions drivers on 103

Truck crashes into Mill River, VSP cautions drivers on 103

© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police are advising drivers to be cautious and expect delays this evening on Route 103 in Mount Holly as crews work to remove a tractor trailer from the Mill River. According to a police press release, this afternoon at about 3:50 p.m. Sucha Singh Virk, 32, of […]

Wardsboro man indicted, pleads not guilty to murder in neighbor's death

Wardsboro man indicted, pleads not guilty to murder in neighbor’s death

© 2016 Telegraph Publishing  LLC On Friday, Dec. 9, a state grand jury indicted a Wardsboro man in the Oct. 18 shooting death of his neighbor. On Oct. 18, 2016, Vermont State Police responded to a shooting on Gilfeather Road in Wardsboro. According to a press release today, State Police say they determined Kirby Staib, […]

Mascoma Bank robbery suspect arrested

Mascoma Bank robbery suspect arrested

© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police have arrested a man they say robbed the Mascoma Savings Bank at Routes 12 and 5 in Hartland Windsor on Saturday morning. In a press release this afternoon, police say that over the weekend they received information that Stephen Silva, 45, of Springfield, Mass., may have been […]

Chester Rotary gives $1,500 to GMUHS Interact Club

Chester Rotary gives $1,500 to GMUHS Interact Club

The Rotary Club of Chester on Thursday, Dec. 8 presented two checks to the Green Mountain Union High School Interact Club. A $500 check was given to the students for their assistance during the Chester Fall Festival and a $1,000 check was given to the club to assist students with their expenses when they go […]

Andover Select Board agenda for Dec. 12

Andover Select Board agenda for Dec. 12

The Andover Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 12 at the Town Office, 953 Weston-Andover Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: Act on minutes from November 28th meeting. 4. Review and Act on Financial Orders. 5. Highways […]

Lone man robs Mascoma Bank in Hartland

Lone man robs Mascoma Bank in Hartland

© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC A lone man robbed the Hartland branch of Mascoma Savings Bank in Hartland this morning, according to Vermont State Police. The VSP said the robbery occurred around 10:15 a.m. when a man – described as between 5 feet 6 and 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 150 to 160 […]

Young moose breaks the ice at family pool in early morning visit

Young moose breaks the ice at family pool in early morning visit

By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC How do you get a yearling moose out of your swimming pool? That was the problem Chester resident Scott Tyrrell faced on Thursday morning. But with the help of Chester Police and a Vermont Game warden, the wayward animal is now back in the woods chilling with […]

Thelma Holden, 58, avid bird-watcher, adored her grand 'littles'

Thelma Holden, 58, avid bird-watcher, adored her grand ‘littles’

Deerfield, N.H. Thelma Jean (Witham) Holden, 58, of Deerfield, N.H., passed away on Dec. 3, 2016, surrounded by her family, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. Ms. Holden was born in Laconia, N.H., to Maurice and Isabel (Fontaine) Witham on March 17, 1958.  She grew up in Deerfield and attended Raymond and Deerfield schools. […]

Grafton addresses solar energy in Town Plan, grant for possible project

Grafton addresses solar energy in Town Plan, grant for possible project

By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The public vote against a proposed wind farm for Grafton in early November did not dampen the interest nor the need to address renewable energy in its Town Plan. On Monday night, the Grafton Select Board voted — 3 in favor with 2 abstaining — of backing the […]

Regional police force stalls out for 'Mountain Towns'

Regional police force stalls out for ‘Mountain Towns’

CORRECTIONS: Jeanette Haight, Andover Town Clerk, has informed us that Andover actually pays $7,000 annually for five hours of policing a month. And also Al Peters was misidentified. He is the Andover Town Constable.   By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC After two meetings this fall, members of area select boards and Londonderry’s […]

Genser property buyout hung up by Fairpoint pole

Genser property buyout hung up by Fairpoint pole

By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Bette Genser, owner of the former Barn Outlet store at Routes 11 and 100 in Londonderry, came to the Dec. 5 Londonderry Select Board meeting looking for an update on the buyout of her property after flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. She left with promises to “do […]

Chester Community Visioning Workshop planned for Dec. 14

Chester Community Visioning Workshop planned for Dec. 14

© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC As part of Chester’s grant-funded Village Center Master Planning initiative, there will be a Community Visioning Workshop at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The workshop is an opportunity for the public to give input, suggestions, comments and ideas on how to […]

Bellows Falls woman arrested in theft of mail

Bellows Falls woman arrested in theft of mail

UPDATED INFORMATION – Dec. 5, 1:55 p.m. © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are saying that they have arrested a Bellows Falls woman for larceny in alleged thefts from mailboxes and possession of a controlled substance. On Friday Dec. 2, at about 8:20 p.m. police received a complaint of a vehicle stopping at […]

Londonderry Select Board Agenda for Dec. 5, 2016

Londonderry Select Board Agenda for Dec. 5, 2016

© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Londonderry Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5 at the Town Office, 100 Old School St., South Londonderry. Below is its agenda. At 5 p.m. town departments and commissions will present their 2017 budgets requests. The regular board meeting to begin immediately following the budget presentations. […]

Police looking for stolen trailer

Police looking for stolen trailer

© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Vermont State Police are looking for a stolen trailer. In a press release, troopers said that a Doolittle trailer was taken from a residence on Spencer Road in the town of Rockingham at about 11 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2. The thief drove the trailer away with a gray truck. […]

Grafton Select Board agenda for Dec. 5, 2016

Grafton Select Board agenda for Dec. 5, 2016

The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 5 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: Nov. 21, 2016 4. Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll 5. Highway Report 6. Signature for Cemetery Deed 7. Budget Review: Update 8. Should […]

Chester Select Board agenda for Dec. 7, 2016

Chester Select Board agenda for Dec. 7, 2016

The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Approval of Minutes from the Nov. 16, 2016 Selectboard Meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. VAST Trail Request 5. SEVCA Appointment 6. Planning Commission Expansion Discussion 7. Budget Timeline 8. […]

Andover board wrestles with Act 46, addresses relationship with Chester institutions

Andover board wrestles with Act 46, addresses relationship with Chester institutions

By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Ahead of a public information session on the Act 46 school consolidation law, the Andover Select Board on Monday got an update on the progress of efforts to “study the advisability of forming a union school district” from school board member Joe Fromberger. Pointing to a 20 […]

Material in town right-of-way worries Weston board

Material in town right-of-way worries Weston board

By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The three members attending the Weston Select Board meeting of Nov. 21 spent much of their time discussing how to approach a Longley Loop resident about his possessions that encroach on the town’s right-of-way. Jim Linville, who was acting as chair in Denis Benson’s absence, said the […]