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UPDATE 12/22: Woman's body found in Dorset quarry, police continue Marzouq investigation

UPDATE 12/22: Woman’s body found in Dorset quarry, police continue Marzouq investigation

UPDATE: Dec. 22, 2016  3:55 p.m. The woman whose body was found in the Dorset quarry yesterday has been identified as Hadil Marzouq, 21, of Bennington.  The cause of her death has been ruled a drowning but a determination of the manner of her death is pending.  In a press release this afternoon, the Vermont […]

Chester planners send bylaw revisions for approval over some objections

Chester planners send bylaw revisions for approval over some objections

By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC After nearly two years of work, the Chester Planning Commission voted – at the end of  Tuesday night’s public hearing – to send its revisions of the Unified Development Bylaws to the Chester Select Board for review. A number of residents and business owners spoke in favor […]

Weston Fire Department truck fails to meet pumping standards

Weston Fire Department truck fails to meet pumping standards

By Bruce Frauman ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Weston Select Board on Tuesday, Dec. 13 learned that two one of the Weston Volunteer Fire Department’s trucks do not meet current standards. The department’s 18-year-old pumper is pumping 1,200 gallons per minute instead of the required 1,500 gallons per minute, and the its 30-year-old tanker-pumper, which […]

Derry policing board urges town to renew VSP contract

Derry policing board urges town to renew VSP contract

By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Londonderry’s Policing Committee came out in force on Monday to recommend to the Select Board that it place on the 2017 Town Meeting warning a proposal to renew the Vermont State Police contract for one year of 25 hours a week of patrol and community policing for  […]

Police arrest second man in Poultney slaying

Police arrest second man in Poultney slaying

©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Johnathan Testa, 21, has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of 19-year-old Daniel Hein, who was found dead early Sunday morning from a gunshot wound in a vehicle in the driveway of a Poultney home where Testa had been living. Following discovery of the shooting, State Police […]

Bennington College woman reported missing

Bennington College woman reported missing

UPDATE Dec. 20, 5:25 p.m. On Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016 the Vermont State Police conducted a large land and water search for Hadil Marzouq in and around the Dorset Quarry.  Marzouq was not located and the search of the quarry is scheduled to continue tomorrow. The search is being conducted by members of the Vermont […]

TRSU Act 46 panel picks merger option that could close Black River HS

TRSU Act 46 panel picks merger option that could close Black River HS

By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With about 70 people in attendance at Ludlow’s Town Hall on Wednesday night, the Two Rivers Supervisory Union Act 46 Study Committee voted to go forward with an option that would – if approved by voters – dissolve the Ludlow-Mount Holly school district and unify the middle […]

Poultney man arrested in fatal shooting, witness still sought

Poultney man arrested in fatal shooting, witness still sought

© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Police have arrested a Poultney man in the shooting death of David Daniel Hein early this morning but continue to look for a witness. In a press release this evening police say that investigators have learned that four men, including the victim were in a vehicle parked in a driveway […]

Police seek witness in shooting death in Poultney

Police seek witness in shooting death in Poultney

© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC A 19-year-old Poultney man was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound in a vehicle parked in a driveway on Grove Street in Poultney around 1:30 on Sunday morning. Vermont State Police and the Fair Haven Police Department had responded to a report of a man injured by a gunshot […]

Chester Town Hall opened til 8 p.m. Dec. 20 for Christmas Garden visitors

Chester Town Hall opened til 8 p.m. Dec. 20 for Christmas Garden visitors

The Chester Town Office will be open from 8 a.m. til 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, for everyone to visit the annual Christmas Garden created by Ken Barrett. Ever wonder how many ornaments are in this elaborate and detailed display? Take a guess and submit it with your name when you visit. Prizes for […]

Chester Select Board agenda for Dec. 21, 2016

Chester Select Board agenda for Dec. 21, 2016

The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. Approval of Minutes from the Dec. 7, 2016 Select Board Meeting and the Nov. 17, 2016 Special Select Board Meeting Citizen Comments Old Business SAPA Request Notice of Reappraisal Order […]

Grafton Select Board agenda for Dec. 19, 2016

Grafton Select Board agenda for Dec. 19, 2016

The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 19 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: Dec. 5, 2016 4. Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll 5. Highway Report 6. Replacement of Burgess Cemetery Gate 7. Change policy for fees […]

Sign dust-up highlights ongoing permitting problems in Chester

Sign dust-up highlights ongoing permitting problems in Chester

By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board heard nearly an hour of public comment at its Wednesday, Dec. 7 meeting. This included a discussion of an issue that echoed questions of procedures not followed and unilateral action taken in a recent zoning controversy, in which a building was constructed with […]

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 […]