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Torrential rains wash out Route 11, a number of Andover roads
By Shawn Cunningham ©The Chester Telegraph – 2014 A clickable photo gallery is below the article. Thanks to our photo contributors: Mark Burbela, Stacie Goodman Hill, Melissa Ryan and Marc Thomas. The skies opened up over Chester on Monday, and stayed that way, warranting the largest flood response since Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011. […]
Wetlands delay Popple Dungeon repairs; education taxes discussed by Select Board
By Shawn Cunningham ©The Chester Telegraph – 2014 Proposed work to the decaying portion of Popple Dungeon Road has been put on hold because the Army Corps of Engineers and the State of Vermont have declared that an area that would be used to straighten the road and pull it away from a hillside is […]
Public questions lot size, noise proposals in Chester zoning regs
By Shawn Cunningham ©The Chester Telegraph – 2014 The Chester Select Board reconvened its public hearing on new zoning regulations on Wednesday, July 16 with a much larger crowd than had attended the July 2 meeting, in which only two members of the public attended. At that July 2 meeting, some thought the sparse attendance […]
Weston Select Board agenda for Tuesday, July 22, 2014
The Weston Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 22 at Weston Town Office, 12 Lawrence Hill Road in Weston. Below is its agenda. 1. Any requested changes to the agenda; 2. Public comment; 3. Knowlton access permit; 4. SO #16 Payroll, SO #16 Vendors; 5. Review & Approve Minutes; […]
Weston Select Board calls meeting for July 16 to set tax rate
The Weston Select Board has called a Special Meeting for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 16 to set the town tax rate. The meeting will be held at Weston Town Offices, 12 Lawrence Hill Road, in Weston. Regular meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Below is its Special Meeting agenda. […]
Chester Select Board for July 16: Public hearing on zoning regs followed by regular meeting
The Chester Select Board has called a public hearing set for 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 16 on the proposed zoning regulations for the town of Chester. The meeting will be held at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and will be followed by its regular meeting at 7 p.m., also at Town Hall Here is the […]
Select Board hears concerns on raising lot sizes in Chester; sets tax rate; OKs Whiting grant; discusses Open Meetings Law
By Shawn Cunningham ©The Chester Telegraph – 2014 A very small crowd showed up for the Wednesday, July 2 Chester Select Board meeting even though the topics to be discussed – zoning and tax rates – are often hot button issues. While the adoption of new tax rates is more or less proforma, the zoning […]
Police Log for May 2 to June 1, 2014
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. Friday, May 2, 7:29 p.m. A Chester officer responded to a Springfield address to serve a Vermont Civil Violation Complaint on a subject for […]
Chester Economic Development Corporation agenda for July 2, 2014
The Chester Economic Development Corp. will meet at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2 at Misty Valley Books, on the Green in Chester. Below is its agenda 1. Meeting to order 2. Approve minutes of June meeting 3. Treasurer’s Report 4. Review Economic and Business Activities in the Town of Chester Town Development Bylaws WiFi […]
Chester Select Board agenda for July 2, 2014
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 2 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Part of the meeting will including a zoning regulations public hearing as well as a discussion on the USDA grant to the Whiting Library. Below is its agenda. 1. Approve minutes from June 18, 2014 […]
Whiting Library gets $99,800 in USDA grants and loans for repairs, restoration
By Karen Zuppinger Chester’s Whiting Library has been awarded $99,800 in grants and loans from the U.S. Department of Agricultural Rural Development. The award, with $340,000 to several other towns and municipalities throughout Vermont, was announced Monday, June 23 at the library by Ted Brady, regional director of USDA RD for Vermont and New Hampshire. […]
New water rates pass in Chester as infrastructure problems are highlighted
By Shawn Cunningham After more than six months of discussing the dire need to increase water rates to bring the Water and Sewer Department into the black, the Chester Select Board at its Wednesday, June 18 meeting suddenly – and with relatively little discussion – voted to adopt a new rate schedule for delivering water […]
Flood Brook’s new playground opens for fun
On Monday, June 16 the Mountain Towns communities of Londonderry, Weston, Landgrove and Peru gathered at Flood Brook School to officially open its new playground. The opening ceremony was led by Principal Neal McIntyre, with members of the playground committee officially cutting the ribbon. This project has been a multi-year effort planned by the Playground […]
New play equipment installed at Pingree Park; fun fund-raising continues for more work
As of Father’s Day, Sunday, June 15, the new playground at Pingree Park in Londonderry is finished and open for fun. After a year of planning and fund-raising there are new swings, a crawl tube, a bouncy seesaw and a climbing structure with slides. The equipment is appropriate for ages 2 to 12 and includes […]
Justice Center to ‘move forward’ on transitional housing in Chester
ONE THE COVER:Chester residents packed a meeting of the board of the Springfield Restorative Justice Center. From left, Chester Select Board member Bill Lindsay, Chester resident Tom Hildreth, third from left, and standing, Select Board member Derek Suursoo, Chester resident Ron Patch and Chester Select Board member John DeBenedetti. By Cynthia Prairie At 6 p.m., […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday, June 18, 2014
The Chester Select Board will meet for its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 18 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. 1. Approve minutes from the May 21, 2014 Select Board meeting and June 4, 2014 Select Board meeting 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. DRB Appointments […]
Residents’ concern over transitional housing continues; Select Board knew about proposal earlier than indicated
By Shawn Cunningham Nearly 40 residents packed into the benches at Chester Town Hall for the Wednesday, June 4 Chester Select Board meeting. Most were there to express their views on the transitional housing proposal put forward by the Springfield Justice Center. And most were from the Gassetts area, where they believed the center intended […]
Attorney General releases redacted Larochelle documents
By Shawn Cunningham Documents formally requested by The Chester Telegraph under Vermont’s Public Documents law were released by Vermont’s Attorney General over the weekend. The documents show that the Vermont State Police investigation of Chester Police officer Paul Larochelle concluded that the officer’s behavior was “inappropriate and unbecoming,” but that it did not warrant criminal […]
Chester Police log for March 6 through April 28, 2014
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. Thursday, March 6 A Weston woman was charged with three counts of petty larceny and three counts of retail theft from Mitch’s Maples on […]
Chester Development Review Board agenda for Monday, June 9, 2014
The Chester Development Review Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 9 for a site visit at 315 Pleasant St., Gold River Partners LLC. At 6 p.m. it will meet for its public hearing at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1) Benson-Massey Final Plat Review of minor sub-division; 2) […]
