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Whiting installs loop for library patrons with hearing loss
A hearing loop has been installed in the Whiting Library Community Room to provide seamless delivery of sound to those with hearing aids or cochlear implants attending meetings, workshops, presentations and performances. The hearing loop is a memorial gift in honor of Helen Pratt Ladd, and made possible by a grant from the Ashgate […]
Weston Town Office partial closure for renovations
The Weston Town Office, 12 Lawrence Hill Road in Weston, will be closed for renovations on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays for five weeks beginning with this week. The office will still be open on Mondays and Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. For further information call the Weston Town Office at 824-6645. During this […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Nov. 6, 2013
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Its agenda is below. 1. Approve minutes from Oct. 23, 2013 Select Board meeting 2. Citizen comments 3. Old business 4. Winter Carnival; Julie Pollard 5. Chester’s 250th anniversary of its founding; Ron Patch 6. […]
Chester Select Board says ‘it’s curtains’ for solar farm on town land
By Shawn Cunningham After a year of gathering information and deliberating, the Chester Select Board last Wednesday closed the door on the construction of a solar farm on town land across Route 103 North from Trebo Road. Earlier, at its Oct. 9 meeting, the board had expected to hear from the Luke Schullenberger – […]
Drywells, flooded street: Mountain View residents seek solutions
By Karen Zuppinger When Suzanne Waldren-Munukka and her husband David bought their home eight years ago in Chester’s Mountain View community, they noticed the roadside drain at the corner of Mountain View and Cross roads, right next to their corner home. They thought nothing of it. After all, the home has town water and sewer, […]
Development Review Board Agenda for Monday, Oct. 28, 2013
The Chester Development Review Board will meet on Monday, Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. It will first hold a site visit at 5:15 p.m. at 1126 VT. Rt. 103 North. Here is its agenda: Review minutes from Oct. 14th hearing Re-convened Preliminary Plat Review of Kathy Sarnes Final […]
Weston Select Board agenda for Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013
The Weston Select Board meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 at the Wilder Memorial Library, 24 Lawrence Hill Road, during renovations of the Weston Town Hall. Here’s its agenda. 1. Public Comment. 2. Fothergill, Segale and Valley – Management Letter signing. 3. Planning Commission: Openings: 1 Regular position and 1 Alternate position 4. […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013
The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23 for its bimonthly meeting. Last week’s meeting had been canceled. The meeting will be held at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is the Select Board’s agenda. Approve minutes from Oct. 2, 2013 Select Board meeting and executive session Citizen Comments […]
SoVera observatory up and running on private land
By Shawn Cunningham Ron Jackson was in good spirits despite the heavy cloud cover as he rolled back the roof on his “new” observatory on a hill in Gassetts. There wouldn’t be any stars visible, so he trained his Celestron “orange tube” Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope on a pine tree several hundred feet away and invited a […]
Chester Select Board meeting for Oct. 16 canceled
The Select Board meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. has been canceled. Regular meetings are held on the first and third Wednesdays of the month at Town Hall, 556 Elm St.
Solar contract decision still hanging; VAST gets OK for trail through town forest
The Chester Select Board last Wednesday expected a presentation from Green Lantern Capital regarding financial details of its proposed solar farm on town land on Route 103 at Trebo Road. But Luke Schullenberger, the company’s founder and managing partner, was taken ill. Instead, Mike Wigham of Integrated Solar, which would be contracted to build the […]
Chester Development Review Board meeting for Monday, Oct. 14, 2013
The Chester Development Review Board will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, 2013 for a site visit at Goldthwaite Road. It will then proceed to Town Hall, 556 Elm St., for its regular 6 p.m. meeting. Below is the agenda. 5 p.m. Site visit Goldthwaite Road (see markers on left side of road heading NW […]
Police Log for May 10 through Sept. 13, 2013
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 10, 2:22 p.m. An officer responded to North Street where a turkey injured by a car was flopping around on the edge […]
Playhouse gets zoning board OK; Duke leaves WPTC
By Cynthia Prairie The Weston Zoning Board of Adjustment has granted the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company a conditional use permit to build a new theater complete with parking spaces, driveway and landscaping on the 5-acre Walker Farm property at the corner of Route 100 and Chester Mountain Road in Weston. ON THE COVER: Architect Jim […]
Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013
The Chester Select Board will hold its bi-monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is the agenda. Approve Minutes from Sept. 18, 2013 Selectboard Meeting Citizen Comments Old Business VAST Request; Dick Jewett Health Insurance Discussion with Suzanne Swanson Solar Farm on Town Property; […]
Select Board mashup: Town solar farm now a question; supervisory union budget transparency questioned and answering a question: Who hired the consultant?
By Shawn Cunningham The Chester Select Board seems to be talking itself out of a solar farm deal that it has been working on for the past eight months. During its meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 18, board member Derek Suursoo kicked off the discussion on the proposed solar farm — slated for town land off […]
Opponents lay out arguments against Dollar General plan
This is Part II of a two-part series reporting on last week’s Dollar General appeal, today covering the testimony for opponents of the proposed Dollar General store in Chester and cross-examination. Feel free to share your views on the articles and the issues in the Comment section below the article or send us a Letter […]
Zaremba defends Dollar General plans in court
This is Part I of two parts reporting on this week’s Dollar General appeal, only covering the testimony for Dollar General and cross-examination. Please share your views in the Comment section below the article. By Cynthia Prairie NEWFANE Many punches were thrown, quite a number were landed but none seemed to be a knockout in […]
Select Board agenda for Wednesday Sept. 18, 2013
The Chester Select Board will be in its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Here is its agenda: Approve Minutes from Sept. 4, 2013 Select Board meeting and executive sessions Citizen Comments Old Business Offer to Donate Real Estate to the Town; Ms. Suojanen Beer […]
Judge hears from Dollar General proponents
Posted at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 NEWFANE The first day of testimony in the appeal of the Act 250 approval of a Dollar General for Chester wrapped up shortly before 5 p.m. after an early morning site visit and testimony from witnesses on behalf of the Zaremba Group, the developer for the 10,000-store […]
