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Businesses urge Chester to take over info booth/restroom as 'commitment to economic growth'

Businesses urge Chester to take over info booth/restroom as ‘commitment to economic growth’

By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC With the opening of the budgeting season, the age old question of what is necessary and what is not took center stage for much of the Wednesday, Nov. 4 Chester Select Board meeting that included weighing  items on the proposed new capital bond plan, town-wide master planning […]

Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday Oct. 7, 2015 (Amended)

Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday Oct. 7, 2015 (Amended)

The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. Approve Minutes from the Sept. 16, 2015 Select Board Meeting and the Sept. 16, 2015 Executive Session Citizen Comments Old Business Historic Marker; Railroad Station Water Project Next Steps – Sign […]

Chester Select Board agenda for Sept. 16, 2015 – Amended

The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. Approve minutes from Sept. 2, 2015 Select Board meeting and Sept. 2, 2015 executive session Citizen Comments Old Business Water Project Summary Cell Tower Update Financial Updates General Fund Water & […]

Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015 – Updated

The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2. The meeting will be held at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. Approve minutes from Aug. 5, 2015 Water Commissioners meeting; Special Select Board meeting Aug. 10, 2015, Select Board meeting Aug. 19, 2015 […]

VTrans proposed fix for tight Main St.-Maple St. turn

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 […]

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 […]

Chester Select Board meeting for Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015

The Chester Select Board will meet as the Chester Water Commissioners at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Upon its adjournment, the Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting. Below are the agendas. Select Board & Water Commissioners Meeting Joint meeting of the Chester Select Board and the Chester […]

Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday, July 15, 2015

The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. Approve Minutes from July 1, 2015 Select Board Meeting Citizen Comments Old Business Approve Town Plan Masonic Lodge Vending Permit; Ron Patch Yosemite Fire Station Report Water Project Discussion Andover MOU […]

Chester sets tax rate, agrees to title search on Yosemite Fire House

Chester sets tax rate, agrees to title search on Yosemite Fire House

By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Select Board set this year’s tax rate, approved a contract for a title search to determine the ownership of the Yosemite Fire House, heard an update on Merritt Edson day festivities and discussed the options to move the proposed water project forward at its Wednesday, […]

Chester Select Board Special Meeting, Thursday, July 2

The Chester Select Board has called a special meeting for noon, Thursday, July 2 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., to discuss the water project. Below is its agenda. Water Project and Project Funding update/discussion Citizen Comments Adjourn

Chester Select Board for Wednesday, July 1, 2015

The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday July 1 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Below is its agenda. 1. Chester Town Plan Public Hearing 2. Approve Minutes from June 17, 2015 Select Board Meeting 3. Citizen Comments 4. Old Business 5. Andover MOU Review 6. Edson Monument Update; Ron Patch 7. […]

Chester board reappoints DRB members without advertising openings

Chester board reappoints DRB members without advertising openings

By Shawn Cunningham ©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC Several pending issues including action on the disposition of the Yosemite Fire House and a board member’s  request to discuss the formation of a fire district were missing from the agenda for the  Wednesday, June 17 meeting of the Chester Select  Board. But the board re-appoinnted  members of the […]

Chester to hold two public meetings and a vote next week

Chester to hold two public meetings and a vote next week

©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two public hearings and a townwide vote will be held in Chester next week: Monday, June 29 – The Town of Chester will hold an informational meeting ahead of a second vote on the town’s $4 million water project. This is happening because the first vote was not properly warned for […]

Chester Select Board agenda for Wednesday, June 17, 2015

The Chester Select Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St, for its regular meeting. Below is its agenda. Approve Minutes from June 3, 2015 Select Board Meeting| Citizen Comments Old Business DRB Appointments Andover MOU Wastewater Discharge Permit Discussion; Jennie Auster; Aldrich & Elliott Water Project […]

Chester Select Board member pushes fire district; board still unclear on ownership of historic firehouse

Chester Select Board member pushes fire district; board still unclear on ownership of historic firehouse

By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC At its June 3 meeting, the Chester Select Board set up a busy session for June 17, when the meeting time will return to 7 p.m. from 6:30 at the request of chairman John DeBenedetti. Among the discussions at last week’s meeting that will be on the […]

Chester Select Board special meeting for May 28, 2015

The Chester Select Board has canceled the special meeting that was to have been held at 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 27 and rescheduled it for 6 p.m. tonight, Thursday, May 28. The meeting is to sign the warning for a vote to ratify the water project bond vote of May 19, 2015. The ratification vote […]

Chester Special Select Board meeting for May 27, 2015

The Chester Select Board has scheduled a special meeting for 8 a.m., Wednesday, May 27 to sign the warning for a vote to ratify the water project bond vote of May 19, 2015. The ratification vote is a result of the Town of Chester’s failure to publish the official warning of the May 19 vote […]

GMUHS board OKs limited school choice, restraint and seclusion policy

GMUHS board OKs limited school choice, restraint and seclusion policy

By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing At its regular monthly meeting, the Green Mountain Union High School Board of Directors adopted limited school choice for seventh and eighth graders, as well as a restraint and seclusion policy for disruptive students and heard a presentation on the proposed town water project from town government officials. […]

GMUHS Board of Directors meeting agenda for Thursday May 14, 2015

The Green Mountain Union High School Board of Directors will meet in the conference room at GMUHS,  716 VT Rt 103 S. in Chester, at 6 p.m. May 14, 2015 for its regular meeting. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order a. Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of Minutes a. Minutes […]

Part 1 - A Closer Look: The long and winding road toward a municipal gravel source

Part 1 – A Closer Look: The long and winding road toward a municipal gravel source

By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC This is the first in a two-part series on the water and gravel projects proposed for the town of Chester. Next week: Do water and gravel mix? On Tuesday, May 19, Chester voters will be asked to decide whether to go forward with a $4 million water […]