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Black River Produce sold to midwest food giant
By Shawn Cunningham and Cynthia Prairie © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Reinhart Foodservice, the nation’s fifth largest distributor of food to restaurants and institutions with 29 warehouses in the east, midwest and south, announced Friday that it has agreed to buy the brand names and distribution business of Springfield based Black River Produce. Some aspects […]
Chester Select Board meeting for Oct. 19, 2016
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday Oct. 19 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Approve Minutes from Oct. 5, 2016 Select Board meeting and Oct. 5, 2016 Executive Session Citizen Comments Old Business Appoint Master Plan Committee Member Child Safety Ordinance Response from the Town’s Attorney […]
Grafton Select Board meeting for Oct. 17, 2016
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 17 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Adopt Minutes: October 3, 2016 Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll Highway Report Industrial Wind Proposal: Public Meeting Dates Industrial Wind Proposal: Survey/Poll Update Industrial Wind Proposal: Attorney […]
Derry area solid waste group to hold public meeting Oct. 18
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Londonderry Solid Waste Group, which serves the towns of Landgrove, Londonderry, Peru, Weston and Windham, will hold a public meeting from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18 at the Londonderry Town Office, 100 Old School St., South Londonderry. The purpose of the meeting is to offer members of the […]
Andover woman injured in crash on I-91
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC A 34-year-old Andover woman was injured this afternoon after police say a drunken driver collided with her SUV on I-91. According to press release this evening from the Vermont State Police, at about 3 p.m. today, Erik Polite, 37 of Newport, Vt., was reportedly driving erratically on I-91 in the […]
Jiffy Mart closes, Jiffy Mart opens
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With the clock ticking up toward a 2 p.m. closing time yesterday, employees at the Jiffy Mart at Main and Depot streets in Chester were telling each customer that the store would be locking its doors for good shortly, but the new store at Main and Pleasant streets would be […]
Chester Master Plan steering committee expands to 10; other appointments on hold
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The long awaited master planning process for downtown Chester is about to begin its year-long run and at its Oct. 5 meeting, the town’s Select Board was slated to appoint its steering committee, but there was a twist. As late as Wednesday morning at the Chester Economic […]
Chester Police Log, July 1 through Oct. 5, 2016
© 2016 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. Friday, July 1, 7:04 a.m. An Andover resident reported that her home had been broken into, cabinets […]
VSP continues to search for teen
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC In a press release this evening, the Vermont State Police in Westminster advised that they are continuing to “actively search” for 17 year-old Autumn Sanville who was last seen Thursday morning, Oct. 6, near the boat landing in Springfield. Sanville is 5’4″ tall and weighs 120 pounds. She has brown […]
Grafton Planning Commission meeting for Oct. 11
The Planning Commission for the Town of Grafton will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Minutes: Sept 13, 2016, Sept 26, 2016 Town Plan Revision: Review revised Flood Resiliency Chapter with pictures and diagrams; Review marked-up maps in map chapter; […]
Windsor Senate candidates to attend Oct. 20 forum
Friends of Ludlow Auditorium will sponsor a candidate’s forum at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20 in the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium at 37 Depot St. in Ludlow. Candidates for the three Windsor County Senate seats along with the two candidates for the Rutland-Windsor-2 House seat in Montpelier have been invited to participate in this […]
Grafton Select Board to hold hydrology forum Monday, Oct. 10
The Grafton Select Board has called a special meeting for 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10 at the White Church in Grafton to hold a hydrology forum. Invited participants: David Deen, chair, House Committee on Fish, Wildlife, and Water; Geoff Goll, vice president, Princeton Hydrology; John Bennett, senior planner, Windham Regional Planning Commission; Billy Coster, director […]
Police looking for missing teen
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police say they are “actively” looking for 17- year-old Autumn Sanville of Weathersfield. Autumn stands 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs approximately 120 lbs. She has long brown hair and green eyes. She was last seen in the Springfield area in the early morning on Friday, Oct. […]
Iberdrola offers ‘partnership’ payment to Grafton voters
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Iberdrola Renewables is offering the registered voters of Grafton a minimum $428 annually in “partnership” payments should its pared down 24-turbine ‘industrial wind farm be built on the Stiles Brook property that straddles Windham and Grafton. EXCLUSIVE: Iberdrola sweetened the pot, but Windham residents stirred it. On Wednesday […]
Iberdrola sweetened the pot, but Windham residents stirred it
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Following the rollout on Tuesday of Iberdrola Renewables’ “sweetened deals” to the towns of Windham and Grafton, there were outcries that the Spanish wind company was “bribing” and “buying votes.” (See also, Iberdrola offers Grafton voters ‘partnership’ payments) However, the new proposals, which eliminated four of the 20 […]
F-15s continue training over southern Vermont this week
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The skies over southern Vermont will continue to thunder this week as the 104th Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard based at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield Mass. will be training overhead from Oct. 5-7. According to a Guard spokesperson, this is routine training – including […]
Londonderry sets eyes on sculpture to snowboardmaker Burton
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Londonderry may become the home of a new monumental cast bronze sculpture to honor Jake Burton Carpenter, founder of Burton Snowboards, on the 40th anniversary of the birth of the sport. Mimi Wright told the Londonderry Select Board on Monday, Oct. 3 that she was called by […]
Windham board’s budget work includes wind project legal costs
By John Hoover © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Even budget discussions took on the cast of wind development as the Windham Select Board discussed legal and other expenditures related to the situation at its Monday, Oct. 3 meeting. Selectman Kord Scott was absent due to illness. Under Iberdrola wind project related items, chair Frank Seawright […]
Grafton board officially sets wind vote for Nov. 8
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 – Telegraph Publishing LLC The Grafton Select Board on Monday night voted unanimously to make Tuesday, Nov. 8, the date for the townwide vote on the Iberdrola wind project and also adopted the same language that Windham adopted for its vote. Registered voters in the Town of Grafton will be able […]
Iberdrola cuts number of turbines in Windham, ups its financial packages
By John Hoover and Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC At its much anticipated meeting with Windham residents on Tuesday, Oct. 4, Iberdrola Renewables has changed its industrial wind proposal by cutting the number of turbines planned for the Town of Windham from 20 to 16 and raising the benefits package from $715,000 to $1 […]
