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Under warm skies, Londonderry celebrates 4th of July with annual parade
By Leah M. Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC About a half hour before the first float stepped onto the route of Londonderry’s annual 4th of July Parade on Saturday, crowds started scouting out spots to get the best view — and catch the most candy. Under warm skies and gusty winds, young families with […]
Weston board approves special meeting on fire tanker
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The three members of the Weston Select Board on hand for the Tuesday, June 28 meeting voted unanimously to hold a special town meeting to vote on authorizing the Select Board to borrow money to finish purchasing a water tanker for the Fire Department. The meeting will […]
Londonderry Select Board discusses salt storage options
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC At a special meeting on Tuesday, June 28, the Londonderry Select Board weighed its options for both a location and a structure in which to store road salt when its agreement with the State of Vermont to use the salt storage shed on Derry Woods Road ends […]
UPDATE: Police locate hiker sought for questioning
Earlier: VSP seeks hiker for questioning
UPDATE: Monday, July 4: Vermont State Police, with the cooperation of Vermont Fish and Game and the U.S. Forest Service, found Guanrong Wang, 24, of Setauket, N.Y., on the Long Trail about 2 miles south of Route 140 in Wallingford. After interviewing Wang (who goes by the name Andre) police issued a citation for him […]
Chester Select Board agenda for July 6, 2016
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 6 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Approval of Minutes from the June 15, 2016 Selectboard Meeting and June 17, 2016 Special Selectboard Meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. VAST Request; Dick Jewett 5. Chester’s 250th […]
Grafton Select Board meeting for July 5, 2016
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5 at Grafton Town Hall, 117 Main St. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: June 20, 2016 4. Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll 5. Highway Report: a. Excess weight permit; b. Paving Bids 6. Set Town Tax […]
Police ask for help finding vehicle
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police in Brattleboro are asking for help in locating the vehicle that left the scene of a parking lot accident in Dummerston. According to a press release, a beige Honda Pilot was hit while parked in a lot at Route 30 and East West Road near the […]
Chester residents slow Planning Board action on development bylaws
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The June 20 Chester Planning Commission meeting was a testy affair as the board tried to wrap up the changes to the Unified Development Bylaws and move the process toward Select Board adoption while a group of residents questioned a number of the board’s procedural as well […]
Andover swears in new Clerk/Treasurer; recognizes volunteers’ decades of service
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC At its Monday, June 27 meeting, the Andover Select Board appointed Jeanette Haight to the posts of Town Clerk, Town Treasurer and Tax Collector to replace Linda Bargfrede who is retiring. (ON THE COVER: Bargfrede goes over documents with Haight.) Haight, who is an Andover native and […]
Weston Select Board agenda for Tuesday, June 28, 2016
The Select Board for the Town of Weston will hold its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 28 at Weston Town Offices, 12 Lawrence Hill Road. Below is its agenda. 1. Any Requested Changes to the Agenda: 2. Public Comment: 3. Little School Ramp: Corrosion Control Water Supply: 4. WVFD: 5. Unlicensed Dogs: 6. […]
Chester Development Review Board agenda Monday, June 27, 2016
The Development Review Board for the Town of Chester will meet at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. at 6 p.m. Monday, June 27. Below is its agenda. 1) Re-convened Conditional Use application (#490) Melisa Howe /Endless Creations 2) Comments from citizen 3) Review minutes from last meeting 4) Deliberative session to review previous matters
Weston board to look at fire truck purchase
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Members of the Weston Volunteer Fire Department returned to the Select Board on Tuesday, June 14 with bid documents from the vendor it selected for a new tanker truck. Chief Wes Hupp told the board that the bids from 4 Guys Stainless Steel Firetrucks and KME were […]
On lawyer’s advice, Chester board moves toward claiming Yosemite
By Shawn Cunningham ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board voted on Monday night to have the town’s attorney begin the process of a “quiet title action” to establish a clear title to the Yosemite Firehouse as a first step toward owning the property. The about-face from earlier meetings came when James Carroll — […]
Wylie to fill Ameden select board seat in Londonderry
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With new member Will Reed participating by phone from vacation, the Londonderry Select Board voted to appoint Bill Wylie, a South Londonderry resident, as interim Select Board member to fill the seat of former board chair Jim Ameden until March 2017. The only other candidate was former […]
UPDATE: Response from Iberdrola;
Citing site concerns, Windham Select Board asks Iberdrola to suspend wind project
UPDATE: Below is the full text of the response received from Iberdrola on Wednesday night By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Select Board of the Town of Windham voted 2 to 1 at its Monday night meeting to send a letter to Iberdrola Renewables asking the Spanish wind turbine company “to suspend your […]
Weston celebrates birthdays of local icons: Playhouse turns 80, Country Store 70
By Leah M. Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The sun shone brightly as the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company celebrated the start of its 80th season of producing summer theater. The town of Weston, along with many others, came together to acknowledge the occasion with a grand birthday party. The morning started off with a […]
Special Londonderry Select Board meeting for June 28, 2016
The Londonderry Select Board will be holding a special meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday June 28, 2016 at the Twitchell Building, 100 Old School St. Below is its agenda. 1. Call meeting to order 2. Additions or deletions to the agenda 3. Discussion of sand/salt shed 4. Possible moving of meeting location to Prouty land […]
Grafton Select Board meeting for June 20, 2016
The Grafton Select Board will meet at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. at 6 p.m. Monday, June 20, 2016. Below is its agenda. 1. Public Comment 2. Adopt Agenda 3. Minutes: June 6, 2016 4. Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll 5. Highway Report: 6. Sullivan, Powers, & Co. Audit Proposal 7. Signature for Cemetery […]
Two candidates forums set: One for Grafton Select Board, one for governor’s office
A Candidates Forum will be held for Don Dougall and John Turner, the two candidates running fill the empty Grafton Select Board seat left when Gus Plummer resigned. That forum will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 7 at the Grafton Church, also know as the White Church at 55 Main St. in Grafton. […]
UPDATE: DOG FOUND -VSP seeks help finding dog stolen from Rutland Humane Society
UPDATE: An investigation into the theft of a one year old terrier mix named Fred from the Rutland County Humane Society led police to the Green Mountain National Forest in Mt. Tabor, where the the “Rainbow Family of Living Light” is holding its annual gathering. Fred was located there and police arrested Melanie Vangel, 20, […]
