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New Derry zoning admin resigns; driveway access given on legal trail
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Citing “health concerns and previous employment commitments” new Zoning Administrator Heather Makovec sent a letter of resignation to the Londonderry Select Board a few days before its Aug. 15 meeting. The board passed Paul Gordon’s motion to accept Makeovec’s resignation effective after the DRB meeting Aug. 17 […]
Open meeting training session in Chester
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Chester Select Board will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 24 at 6:30 p.m. at which Garrett Baxter of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns will give a presentation on Vermont’s Open Meetings Law. The law is a meant to guarantee that the public’s business is done […]
Andover Select Board meeting for Monday, Aug. 22, 2016
The Select Board for the town of Andover will hold its meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, at Town Offices, 953 Weston-Andover Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Call to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: 08/08/2016 Selectboard Meeting. 4. Review and Act on Financial Orders. 5. Highways / Garage: A. […]
State Police looking for missing 17 year old
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Vermont State Police at the Rutland barracks are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 17 year old. Donald Maxwell Miller, who goes by the name Max Miller, left his family’s home on Saturday Aug. 20 after a disagreement with his mother. Max was last seen leaving […]
Derry boards work to make town office basement usable
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Londonderry Select Board moved forward in its town office planning project during a special joint meeting with members of the Planning Commission on Wednesday, Aug. 10. The goal of the project is to end up with “a building that will work,” said Planning Commission member Larry […]
Weston Board says ‘no’ to Little School diagonal parking
By Bruce Frauman ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Feeling they had done their due diligence, members of the Weston Select Board on Aug. 9 voted to draft a letter to the committee that proposed changes to the parking in front of the Little School saying that it did not “seem like a viable option.” At Town […]
Grafton begins crafting wind survey, sets up wind info panels
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Monday night’s Grafton Select Board meeting could have gone the way of many meetings in the past few years, turning into a pitched battle of finger-pointing and legal arguments, but board chair Ron Pilette wasn’t having it. Pilette moved the meeting forward, setting aside an ongoing ethics complaint […]
Londonderry Select Board moves forward on salt and sand shed
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Londonderry Select Board moved forward on plans to build a new salt and sand shed at a special meeting this past week. Earlier this year, the state Department of Transportation told the town of to remove by July of 2017 the salt it now stores at […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Aug. 15, 2016
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: August 1, 2016 4. Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll 5. Highway Report: a. David Wheeler requests Town mow brush on Class 4 road […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016
The Chester Select Board will meet as the Chester Water Commissioners at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. (The Chester Select Board will meet immediately following this meeting.) 1. Citizen Comments 2. Set Water Rate 3. Adjourn Special Select Board meeting 1. Approve Minutes from […]
Another water rate hike on tap in Chester; Select Board ethics policy debate continues
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board, at its Wednesday, Aug. 3 meeting, decided not to act on a recommendation from Town Manager David Pisha to approve a water rate increase. Instead, the five-member panel will warn the rate increase for the next meeting — Aug. 17 — and make […]
Bock wins Democratic Primary in Windsor 3-1; victory in November seems assured
By Shawn Cunningham and Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Tom Bock sprinted to a victory over Melody Reed in the Democratic Primary for Vermont state representative from the Windsor 3-1 District, which includes Chester, Andover, Baltimore and North Springfield. Despite ballot counting glitches in Andover and Baltimore, by 9:30 p.m. it appeared that Bock […]
With one district out, Bock takes lead in State House race
9:08 p.m. © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Tom Bock jumped out to an early lead over Melody Reed in the race for Vermont state representative from the Windsor 3-1 District, which includes Chester, Andover, Baltimore and North Springfield. Polling 251 votes to Reed’s 209 in the town of Chester, the former Chester Select Board member […]
14 in Chester honored for 20-plus years of service
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Before getting down to a regular agenda on Wednesday, Aug. 3, the Chester Select Board took a few minutes to recognize 14 people who have served the town of Chester for as many as 35 years. The Vermont Public Service Award is given every five years by […]
Hart to remain Londonderry road foreman, Doane steps down
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a surprising turn of events, Duane Hart, who had resigned from his position as road foreman for the town of Londonderry, will be staying on and instead road crew member Nick Doane will be leaving. This turn was mentioned only in passing at the Aug. 1 […]
AOT-FEMA buyout impasse continues over Londonderry wall
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Emergency Management Director Kevin Beattie told the Londonderry Select Board that his repeated requests for information from Eckman Engineering about the status of correspondence between Eckman and the Agency of Transportation on the “training wall” on the West River had not yielded results. But, he said at […]
Londonderry Select Board holds special meeting tonight, Aug. 8, 2016
The Londonderry Select Board will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. tonight, Monday, Aug. 8, at the Twitchell Building at 100 Old School St. Below is its agenda. 1. Call meeting to order 2. Additions or deletions to the agenda 3. Pay orders 4. Local Control Commission: Rotary Club Beer Festival Permit 5. Old […]
Weston Select Board agenda for Aug. 9, 2016
The Weston Select Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 9 at Town Offices, 12 Lawrence Hill Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Any Requested Changes to the Agenda: 2. Public Comment: 3. Road Foreman: Crushing of Gravel Bids 4. Little School Painting Bids:Water Faucet for Testing 5. Little School Parking: 6. Furnace […]
UPDATE: State Police looking for missing Kansas woman
UPDATE – August 8: Vermont State Police issued a brief press release overnight saying that Rachel Daniel had been located. No other details were given. © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police at the New Haven barracks are looking for 30-year-old Rachel Daniel of Manhattan, Kansas. According to a police press release, Daniel […]
Andover Select Board agenda for Monday, Aug. 8, 2016
The Andover Select Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 8 at Town Offices, at 953 Weston-Andover Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Call to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: 07/25/2016 Selectboard Meeting. 4. Review and Act on Financial Orders. 5. Highways / Garage: A. Activity Report. B. Winter […]
