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VTrans proposed fix for tight Main St.-Maple St. turn
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Ryan Darling of VTrans has approached the town of Chester with the idea of fixing the corner of Maple and Main streets where trucks have difficulty turning to go north on Route 103, Town Manager David Pisha told the Chester Select Board at its Wednesday, Aug. 19 […]
Andover celebrates itself with food, fun and fund-raising
©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Between 250 and 300 people turned out for the 2nd Annual Andover Day on the grounds of Andover Town Hall, 953 Weston-Andover Road, on Saturday, according to Town Clerk Linda Bargfrede. The annual event raised more than $2,000 to fund scholarships that go to college bound Andover students. But the real […]
Dogs search again for missing Andover woman to no avail
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Four dog teams from New England K9 Search and Rescue spent Wednesday morning looking for traces of Lynn Perry, a 56-year-old Andover woman with early onset Alzheimer’s disease who has been missing since July 28. Unfortunately, their search was unsuccessful. According to Vermont State Police Sgt. Anthony […]
Vermont State Police Incident Log – July 2015
The Chester Telegraph’s Vermont State Police Log is a sampling of incidents in Andover, Grafton, Londonderry, Weston and adjacent communities. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Saturday, July 4, Jaquith Road, Weston – A resident reported that someone had attempted to enter the garage through the door […]
Chester Development Review Board agenda for Monday, Aug. 24, 2015
The Chester Development Review Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday. Aug. 24 following a 5:15 p.m. site visit to 985 Road Road. Below is its agenda. 5:15 p.m. Site visit 985 Roach Road 6 p.m. Public Hearing Final Plat review of Pudelka minor sub-division Preliminary Plat review of the Douglas minor sub-division Comments from […]
Grafton Select Board OKs liquor license for new market owners, allows Fire Department to use FEMA house for rescue exercise
By Cynthia Prairie ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Monday Aug. 17, the Grafton Select Board met in the picturesque Town Hall for the first time in more than a year since the meeting moved to the Grafton Elementary School. At that brief, 19-minute meeting, it found a useful purpose for a FEMA house and began […]
Chester Police Log for May 11 to Aug. 10, 2015
Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph Police Log is a sampling of incidents directly from Chester Police reports. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Monday, May 11, 9:46 p.m. A clerk at the Sunoco station told a Chester officer that four young men in a Volvo had tried […]
480 bags of heroin found in traffic stop in Peru
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC A traffic stop in Peru yesterday lead to four arrests for felony drug trafficking. According to a Vermont State Police press release, a car was stopped on Route 11 in Peru for having an expired inspection sticker. Troopers smelled marijuana smoke while speaking with the driver and got consent to […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Approve Minutes from July 15, 2015 Selectboard Meeting and July 15, 2015 Executive Session Citizen Comments Old Business Coin Drop; Vietnam Veterans Route 103 & Route 11 Corner Discussion SRDC; Bob Flint Water […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Monday, Aug. 17, 2015
The Grafton Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17 at Grafton Town Hall, 117 Main St., as opposed to Grafton Elementary School. The school gym is being renovated. Below is its agenda. Public Comment Adopt Agenda Minutes: Aug. 3, 2015 Warrants: Accounts Payable and Payroll Highway Report Work Schedule […]
Londonderry Solid Waste Group to hold public hearing Thursday, Aug. 13
The Londonderry Solid Waste Group will hold a public hearing on at 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 13 at the Londonderry Town Office, 100 Old School St., South Londonderry to solicit comments on the draft Solid Waste Implementation Plan for the towns of Landgrove, Londonderry, Peru, Weston and Windham. The plan is intended to guide these […]
After final testimony on traffic and architecture, Chester DRB closes Jiffy Mart hearings
By Shawn Cunningham ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC It was dueling experts on traffic and Chester’s architectural character as the Development Board of Review held its final meeting on a Jiffy Mart proposed for the corner of Pleasant and Main streets in Chester on Monday, Aug. 10. The hearing began with board chair Carla Westine acknowledging […]
Chester Select Board sets 2nd water project vote, Chase seeks purchasing, conflict of interest policy review
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC In an odd bit of legal theater recommended by a bonding attorney who does work for the state, the members of the Chester Select Board met on Wednesday night as the Chester Water Commissioners. The purpose of the meeting was to arrive at the conclusion that the […]
Chester police chief recovering from serious injuries
By Cynthia Prairie ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Chester Police Chief Rick Cloud is out on medical leave for at least the next eight weeks following a fall in late July or early August that sent him to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center with serious injuries, including seven broken ribs, Town Manager David Pisha said Tuesday. The fall […]
VSP keeping all avenues open in search for Andover woman
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are keeping “every avenue open” as the search continues for Lynn Perry, the 56-year-old Andover woman who is suffering from early onset Alzheimer’s disease and went missing on Tuesday, July 28. Perry was the subject of an extensive four-day search involving more than 200 people, including Upper […]
Chester Select Board votes to repave Common with economic development dollars
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC At an early morning special meeting on Monday Aug. 10, the Chester Select Board voted 3-0 to accept a $30,000 bid from Pike Industries to plane and pave Common Street next to the town Green. The board then voted 3-1 to take the the money for the […]
Chester road work completion expected by mid-October
CORRECTION: The article in last Wednesday’s Telegraph incorrectly spelled Jacquie Dagesse’s last name. Also, the map in last Wednesday’s paper was taken from a Pike Industries illustration. We have updated it with current information. See map below. By Cynthia Prairie ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC The 2.7 miles of road work that begin last Wednesday in […]
Grafton to present wind project questions to Iberdrola; bids for town garage sale now open
By Gloria Dufield ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Economic and workforce development, the Grafton wind energy project and the sale of the old town garage property topped a very brief Grafton Select Board meeting on Monday, Aug. 3. Alex Beck, Young Professionals coordinator for the Southeastern Vermont Economic Development Strategies, gave a brief overview of his […]
Chester Select Board special meeting for Monday, Aug. 10
The Chester Select Board has called a special meeting for 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10 to address a specific portion of the paving project on Main Street that began on Wednesday, Aug. 5. The meeting will be held at Chester Town Hall, 556 Main St. Below is its agenda. Citizen Comments Discuss paving the […]
State police enlist help of cadaver dogs in Andover search
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Vermont State Police have begun using cadaver dogs in the search for Lynn Perry of Andover nine days after the 56 year old woman was reported missing by her family. Perry was the focus of a four day search last week involving more than 200 police, fire, […]
