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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 […]
CAES assembly suits kids to a T
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing Photos by Cynthia Prairie Wearing bright red T-shirts and filing into the auditorium at Chester-Andover Elementary School, the 200 pupils were ready to take their places for the first all-school picture that anyone could remember. Older students came first, followed by the younger, then the youngest — and the most fidgety […]
UPDATE: Special Chester Select Board hearing for Jan. 19, 2017
UPDATE: The interviews of candidates for the Planning Commission and Development Review Board have been canceled. The Chester Select Board will be holding a special meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Citizens Comments 2. Sign Town Warning 3. Discuss review process used […]
Chester officer disarms shovel-wielding woman
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Chester Police have arrested a 24-year-old woman after a man was assaulted at a home on Popple Dungeon Road. Last Saturday, Jan. 14, Chester Police Officer Todd Mayer was called to the house on Popple Dungeon for a report of an assault on Hayden Lawrence, a caregiver who had locked […]
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 […]
Act 46 Study Committee meeting Jan. 18, 2017
The Two Rivers Supervisory Union Act 46 Study Committee will hold its next regular meeting on Wednesday Jan. 18 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Chester-Andover Elementary School, 72 Main St., Chester. The objective of the meeting is to finalize the overall plan and begin on the articles of agreement. The agenda is below. 1. […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: Jan. 5, 2017 4. Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll 5. Highway Report 6. Signature for Excess Weight Permit 7. Planning Commission […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Jan. 18, 2017
The Chester Select Board will meet as the Chester Water & Sewer Commission at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 to set the water rates. Following that, the Select Board will meeting. Both meetings will be held at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is the Select Board agenda. 1. Approval of Minutes […]
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 […]
Milk truck-minivan crash tells cautionary tale
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC At about 1:45 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9, a milk truck carrying 39,000 pounds of milk and a minivan driven by an area resident crashed on Green Mountain Turnpike. The truck was on its way to the nearby Rohman-Wei farm to pick up milk. Called to the […]
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 […]
Same day voter registration now in effect in Vermont
Secretary of State Jim Condos has announced that eligible Vermont voters are now able to register to vote on any day up to and including Election Day. As of Jan. 1, 2017, Act No. 44 (S. 29) officially went into effect, and will be implemented immediately for all local and state elections going forward, including […]
Londonderry Select Board agenda for Jan. 12, 2017
The Londonderry Select Board will hold a meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12 at the Twitchell Building, 100 Old School St., South Londonderry. This meeting is rescheduled from the board’s regular meeting of Jan. 3 that was canceled due to snow. The agenda is below. 1. Call meeting to order 2. Additions or deletions […]
Texas fugitive arrested in Andover
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police and Chester Police on Friday assisted the U.S. Marshals Service in the arrest of James A. Jackson at a home on East Hill Road in Andover. According to media reports in Texas, on Aug. 10, 2016, Jackson was indicted by the Sabine County Grand Jury on […]
Andover Select Board meeting for Monday, Jan. 9, 2017
The Select Board for the Town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, at town offices at 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 Dec. 12 meeting. 4. Review and Act […]
Petitions due Jan. 30 for open offices in Chester
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Town of Chester will elect officers by Australian ballot on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. These are the offices that will be up for election at that time. Chester Town School District Moderator – 1 one-year term Town Moderator – 1 one-year term Town Clerk – 1 three-year term Town […]
Chester Police Log, Aug. 24 through Dec. 19, 2016
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph Police Log is a sampling of incidents directly from Chester Police reports. In general, we do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Wednesday, Aug. 24, 6:29 a.m. A woman on Potash Brook Road was on her deck when she […]
