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Issues over proposed bylaws returned to Planning Commission; Missing Link Bridge to be rebuilt

Issues over proposed bylaws returned to Planning Commission; Missing Link Bridge to be rebuilt

By Shawn Cunningham For the second meeting in a row, on Wednesday Sept. 4, the Chester Select Board went immediately into executive session. The closed door session was to talk with candidates for the positions of Lister and Planning Commission member. The board entered executive session at 7:07 and returned at 7:29 p.m.after which they […]

Police Log for March 27 through Aug. 23, 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. Wednesday,  March 27, 10:07 a.m. Complainant advised he saw a trailer that belonged to him at an auction house.  It had been at his […]

Development Review Board for Monday, Sept. 9, 2013

The Chester Development Review Board, an independent quasi-judicial body, will meet at 6 p.m., Monday, Sept. 9. at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda for the evening. The DRB will meet at 5:30 p.m. for a site visit at 12 Andover Road. 1)    Review minutes from Aug. 26 hearing 2)   […]

Select Board meeting for Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013

The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4 at  Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda for that evening. Approve minutes from Aug. 21, 2013 Select Board meeting  and executive session Executive Session on a Personnel Matter Citizen Comments Old Business Entertainment Permits: Pizza Stone; Country Girl […]

Study author recommends adding officers to Chester Police force

Study author recommends adding officers to Chester Police force

By Shawn Cunningham In a presentation to the Chester Select Board on Wednesday, Aug. 21, Doug Hoyt, a former police chief of Montpelier, suggested that the Chester Police Department staff should grow by two officers, to six total. Hoyt conducted a study of the police department under the auspices of the Vermont League of Cities […]

Development Review Board agenda for Monday, Aug. 26

The Chester Development Review Board will meet beginning at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Here is its agenda: 1. Review minutes from the July 22 and Aug. 12 hearings 2. Reconvened Conditional Use request by Scarlet Veil LLC-Chris Meyer for 18 S. Main St. 3. Reconvened Final Plat Review […]

Select Board meeting for Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013

The Chester Select Board will be meeting at 6:30 p.m. (as opposed to its usual time of 7 p.m.) on Wednesday, Aug. 21 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Here is the agenda for the evening: Executive session on solar farm contractual matter Report on the Police Department by Doug Hoyt Approve minutes […]

Telescopes star at 78th Stellafane Convention

Telescopes star at 78th Stellafane Convention

Claudio Veliz of the Southern Vermont Astronomy Group, based in Chester, attended this year’s annual Stellafane Convention in Springfield, the 78th meeting of Amateur Telescope Makers. The event attracts amateur telescope and lens makers from all over the world. This year’s convention was held from Thursday, Aug. 8 through Sunday, Aug. 11. Organizers said that […]

To the editor: Does Dollar General fit in with Chester?

Have you been wondering and following why Chester has been targeted to allow a small box Dollar General store to be built across from the Country Girl Diner on our Main Street? As many of our good friends know, Bonnie and I have party status in the Act 250 hearing and the appeal process now […]

To the editor: A Dollar General for Chester?

Imagine a store next to the former Zachary Pizza restaurant but three times as large. Imagine a store that is a large rectangle, more than 9,000 square feet with the only natural light coming in the doorway. Imagine a parking lot in front and to the side. Imagine an attempt to have it look like […]

Select Board OKs business loan for carver Pinske, bond amount for portion of gravel pit restoration

Select Board OKs business loan for carver Pinske, bond amount for portion of gravel pit restoration

By Shawn Cunningham While the Chester Select Board had a quorum of three for its Wednesday, Aug. 7 meeting, the absence of two members who had attended the July 17 meeting combined with the presence of one member who had not lead to complications in completing an economic development loan discussed at that previous meeting. […]

UPDATES: DRB on Dollar General; Ballinger's stinkin' Kickstarter campaign; Winston art is selling

UPDATES: DRB on Dollar General; Ballinger’s stinkin’ Kickstarter campaign; Winston art is selling

The five-member Chester Development Review Board decided at its meeting on Monday, Aug. 12 that it would begin deliberating the Dollar General case on Thursday, Aug. 29. The meeting is not open to the public. In April 2012, the DRB had approved the construction of the proposed 9,100-square-foot Dollar General store. But opponents of the […]

Forum to explain new state health insurance options

Forum to explain new state health insurance options

Rep. Leigh Dakin is inviting all residents in the Chester, Andover, Baltimore and Springfield communities to attend a presentation and open forum on Vermont Health Connect from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20 at NewsBank Conference Center, 352 Main St., in Chester. Robin Lunge, director of the governor’s Office on Health Reform, will […]

Police Log for April 14 through July 26, 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. Sunday, April 14, 11:14 a.m. Police pulled a driver over on Elm Street after running a check and finding that his license was under […]

Development Review Board meeting for Aug. 12, 2013

The quasi-judicial, independent Development Review Board agenda will meet on Monday, Aug. 12 beginning at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Here is the agenda 1. Review minutes from July 22nd hearing 2. Discussion re:  Remand Zaremba (Dollar General proposal) 3. Reconvened conditional use hearing for Eddy/Semones […]

DRB begins to address Dollar General proposal again

DRB begins to address Dollar General proposal again

The Chester Development Review Board has gone through all the documents from the previous hearings on the proposed 9,100-square-foot Dollar General Store, according to zoning administrator Michael Normyle. At its Monday, Aug. 12 meeting, the five-member board will announce that it will begin considering what steps to take next. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. […]

Select Board meeting agenda for Aug. 7, 2013

The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda for the evening. Approve Minutes from July 17, 2013 Selectboard Meeting and July 17, 2013 Executive Session Citizen Comments Old Business Performance Bond; J.M. Brodney Vendor Permit; Michael Kennedy Economic Development […]

After decision hiccup, town agrees to seek grant, loan for exterior repairs to Whiting Library

After decision hiccup, town agrees to seek grant, loan for exterior repairs to Whiting Library

By Cynthia Prairie The Chester Select Board last Wednesday, July 17, walked back on earlier suggestions that the Whiting Library Board of Trustees come up with more than the original $10,000 it had pledged toward major repairs of the library building. It instead agreed to apply for a federal grant and loan and put in […]

Development Review Board agenda for Monday July 22, 2013

The Chester Development Review Board will meet a 6 p.m. Monday, July 22 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester, following a 5:30 p.m. site visit at 50 Maple Ridge in Gassetts. Below is the agenda for the board. 5:30 p.m. site visit 50 Maple Ridge 6 p.m. public hearing Review minutes from July […]

New venue & time: Chester Select Board Meeting agenda for July 17

Due to the hot weather, the Chester Select Board will meet at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 17 at the Newsbank Conference Center on Main Street in Chester, VT. Here is the agenda for that evening. Approve July 3, 2013 Select Board Minutes Citizen Comments Old Business Vendor Permit; Daniel Hanson Police Report; Doug Hoyt Financial […]