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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 […]
Merger panel member floats school plan with Weston Select Board
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Deb Lyneis, Weston representative to the Northshire Merger Study Committee, attended the Sept. 27 Weston Select Board meeting to seek advice on the committee’s Act 46 deliberations. Lyneis told the board that the committee is ready to “recommend a merger of our four towns of Londonderry, Landgrave, […]
Ruth Harvie, 87, former Chester teacher, state senator, was known for vegetable gardening, love of music
Ruth Hyde Harvie, 87, died after a period of failing health, on Oct. 3, 2016 at the independent living community of Kendal at Hanover, N.H. Ms. Harvie was born in Troy, N.Y., on Nov. 20, 1928, the daughter of Ruth Hyde and Peter Lyons Harvie. She attended the Emma Willard School and graduated from Russell […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Oct. 5, 2016
The Chester Select Board will meet following the Public Hearing on the Transportation Alternatives Grant for the Popple Dungeon Culvert, which will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is agenda for the Select Board, which will meet immediately after the Public Hearing. SPECIAL SELECT BOARD AGENDA […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Monday, Oct. 3, 2016
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: Sept. 19, 2016 4. Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll 5. Highway Report 6. Signature for TRORC for extension of the Subgrant Agreement to […]
Man missing from his Westminster home
UPDATE: David Kissel was found at about 8 a.m. this morning in Westminster. State police say he was taken to a local hospital to be checked out. © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC A Westminster man has been missing from his home since early yesterday morning according to his family who reported his disappearance to authorities. […]
Fighter jets train over southern Vermont
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Been wondering what’s up with the sounds of high-performance jet aircraft in the sky the past few days? We called around and found that it’s the 104th Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard. According their media advisory, the Guard is conducting routine training over Southern […]
Chester board hears about affordable housing, public trees and historic buildings
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board did a lot of listening at its Sept. 21 meeting, with presentations on affordable housing and public trees as well as monthly financial updates and more than half an hour of public comments. Wendy Harrison, director of Development and Community Relations for the […]
Grafton Planning Commission won’t present draft Town Plan to Select Board on Monday
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Grafton Planning Commission will not be presenting a draft Town Plan at the Monday, Oct. 3 Select Board meeting as the board had hoped, a development that Select Board chair Ron Pilette called “very disappointing.” The board has considered the Town Plan — even a draft — […]
Iberdrola schedules residents’ meetings in Windham, Grafton
©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Iberdrola Renewables has invited Windham and Grafton residents to two meetings next week that it will hold in their communities. The meetings, according to Iberdrola communication director Paul Copelman, will “present changes to the project footprint and to the community benefits package.” Residents will learn about the revised plans to both […]
Derry board OKs action on Genser property, hires zoning admin
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Londonderry Select Board on Monday night, Sept. 19, agreed to proceed with state funding through the Community Development Block Grant to purchase the property formerly housing the Barn clothing store at the corner of Routes 11 and 100. Former Town Administrator Kevin Beattie said owner Bette […]
With hiring project manager, GMUHS takes step to replace roof
By Stephen Seitz ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Green Mountain Union High School Board of Directors has selected BMA Architects & Planners of Manchester to oversee replacement of the high school’s roof. Facilities manager Brendan McNamara told the board at its regular meeting on Thursday, Sept. 22, that he had received four bids. “Bids ranged […]
Burglars break into Jake’s, police seek info
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police from the Westminster barracks were called to Jake’s Restaurant in Londonderry’s Mountain Marketplace on Saturday for a report of a burglary. The thieves broke into the restaurant through a back door between 11:30 p.m. on Friday and 6 a.m. on Saturday and took a safe and cash […]
Andover Select Board meeting for Sept. 26. 2016
The Select Board for the Town of Andover will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26 at Town Offices, 953 Weston-Andover Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Call Select Board meeting to order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes: 09/12/2016 Select Board Meeting. 4. Review and Act on Financial Orders. 5. Highways […]
Grafton board changes direction, shoots for wind vote on Nov. 8
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a surprising change, the Grafton Select Board now believes it may be able to hold a formal, binding vote of registered voters on the proposed Iberdrola wind project to coincide with the presidential election — Tuesday, Nov. 8. The Spanish wind company is proposing to construct 28, […]
Windham to count 2nd homeowner ballots after Nov. 8 vote
By John Hoover ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC As Windham lurches toward a November vote on a proposed wind farm, it is no surprise that a number of items at the Windham Select Board’s bimonthly meeting Monday night dealt with the commercial wind installation proposal in the Stiles Brook tract owned by Meadowsend Timberlands of New […]
Floodway issue puts hold on Weston Little School handicap ramp
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The installation of a proposed handicap access ramp at the Little School is on hold until Weston’s Zoning Board of Adjustment can determine if the building is in the floodway. At the Weston Select Board’s Sept. 13 meeting, ZBA member Deborah Granquist told the Select Board that […]
Derry board expected to OK work-around for Genser buyout
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Londonderry Select Board received an email from the Vermont Department of Transportation stating that the “training wall” on property owned by Bette and Walter Genser at the corner of Routes 100 and 11 must stay to protect the Route 100 bridge over the West River and […]
Public meeting set on Williams River corridor plan
The Windham County Natural Resources Conservation District will hold a second public meeting on the now-completed Williams River corridor plan. The meeting was originally scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, but that time was changed Monday afternoon to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21. At that time, consultant Evan Fitzgerald will present the […]
Chester Planning Commission agenda for Sept. 19
The Chester Planning Commission will hold a meeting tonight, at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is the agenda. 1. Review minutes from the Aug. 15, 2016 meeting 2. Review and vote on revised Reporting Form with respect to the proposed amendments to the Unified Development By-Laws 3. Request […]
