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Fair Bolsters Biosecurity Safeguards
By Staff | on September 22, 2022 By Marianne McCann The livestock check-in procedure was different at the Tunbridge World’s Fair this year. The animals arriving on trailers were checked on the trailers by a group of vet tech students from Vermont Technical College. The students experienced using RFID (radio frequency identification) readers on the cattle, oxen, steer, and comparing the ear tags to the paperwork, to confirm the animals […]
Chelsea Selex Gets Resignation, New Member is Appointed
By Staff | on August 11, 2022 By Marianne McCann A resignation and an appointment occurred at the Chelsea Selectboard Meeting on August 2. Selectboard Member Henry Cesari resigned. Bruce Hook was appointed to fill the position until the next town meeting. The orders were approved, except for one invoice for the transfer station, which has increased and is being researched. The tax rate was presented by the treasurer and […]
Chelsea Selectboard Warns Town Vote on ATV Ordinance
By bob@ourherald.com | on June 30, 2022 By Marianne McCann On Tuesday evening, June 14, 2022, the Chelsea Selectboard held a special meeting at the town clerk’s office for the purpose of signing a warning for a special town meeting and Australian ballot vote on one article. That article reads: “Shall the Town of Chelsea disapprove the “Town of Chelsea Ordinance Regulating All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)” adopted March 15, 2022?” […]
Chelsea Adopts Australian Ballot at Special Town Mtg.
By Staff | on June 16, 2022 By Marianne McCann On the evening of June 9, there was a special town meeting in Chelsea. A floor vote was held on two articles: shall Chelsea vote by Australian ballot on public questions, and shall Chelsea vote by Australian ballot on budget articles? Forty-seven registered voters were in attendance. For about an hour and a half, there was a lively discussion on […]
Chelsea Couple Finds Field of Their Dreams
Chelsea Couple Finds Field of Their Dreams By Staff | on May 26, 2022 By Marianne McCann On Saturday, May 21, 2022, a wedding was held on the Roberts Gould Baseball Field in Chelsea. The Roberts Gould Field is named for two gentlemen, whose last names are Roberts and Gould, both graduates of the Chelsea Academy. They bought the land behind the school and gave it to the town in 1910. The Chelsea High School started in […] You must be an online subscriber to view this story.
Chelsea Selex Approve ATV Ordinance, Appointments
By Staff | on March 24, 2022 By Marianne McCann At the Chelsea Selectboard’s March 15 meeting, liquor licenses were approved for Hubbleshire Farm, Route 110 Quick Stop, and Will’s Store. Phillip Mulligan requested to rent the town hall, and a waiver of the rental fee, for the week of November 10-17, 2022. A non-profit Window Dressers event, where wooden frames will be assembled and covered with plastic to create […] You must be an online subscriber to view this story.
Chelsea Sticks with FBUD, In Quick Floor Meeting
By Staff | on March 03, 2022 By Marianne McCann Responding to one of the few contentious ballot items in the White River Valley this year, Chelsea residents voted 145-90 on Tuesday to remain within the First Branch Unified District, putting to bed the latest of petitions that sought to undo the merging of school systems between Chelsea and neighboring Tunbridge. As Australian balloting was quietly carried out along one […] You must be an online subscriber to view this story.
Chelsea Selex Hear Responses To Crime
By Staff | on June 24, 2021 By Marianne McCann Public comments at the Chelsea Selectboard’s June 15 meeting again focused on community responses to crime. Steve Thomas, Community Watch leader, asked the question, “What do we have to do as a community? What do we have to do as far as coming up with legislation?” Linda Kuban, said, “The legislature has no concept of the laws they’re passing. It’s […] You must be an online subscriber to view this story.
Chelsea Frustrated By Recent Crimes
Childs’ Arrest Sparks Interest In Policing By Staff | on June 03, 2021 By Marianne McCann “If the … law would do their job, he wouldn’t be in this predicament. I don’t think they are doing their job,” said Spike McCullough. “I think it’s great. We need to bring attention to the fact that the police aren’t doing their job,” said Steve Thomas. “It’s all drugs. It’s all drug related. Most people now feel like they […] You must be an online subscriber to view this story.
FBUD Budget Passed By Razor-Thin Margin
By Staff | on May 27, 2021 By Marianne McCann Tunbridge and Chelsea voters narrowly passed the budget for the First Branch Unified District on Tuesday after a pair of informational meetings ahead of the vote. An in-person meeting at the pulling barn on the Tunbridge Fairgrounds was attended by about 23 people on Saturday, May 22, and an online meeting was attended by about 20 people on Monday, May […] You must be an online subscriber to view this story.
Public Complaints, Grant Summary at Chelsea Selex
By Staff | on February 25, 2021 By Marianne McCann At their February 16 meeting, the Chelsea Selectboard addressed public complaints about a Chelsea citizen, Isaak Dowling, who is driving a small snow blower/lawn tractor on the main traveled roads without the ability to keep up with the speed of traffic and without proper vehicle lights, and is pushing snow into the roads. Reportedly, when confronted with safety issues by […] You must be an online subscriber to view this story.
Chelsea Selex Meeting Covered Motions, Loose Cow, Tax Rates
By Staff | on July 30, 2020 By Marianne McCann The Chelsea Selectboard’s July 21 meeting, which began at 7 p.m. and adjourned at 7:59 p.m., was the shortest meeting in recent history. Three of the five Chelsea Selectboard members were present. The temporary administrative assistant, the treasurer, and one Chelsea citizen were also present, at least for part of the remote meeting. The printed agenda was lengthy, but many […] You must be an online subscriber to view this story.
Chelsea Selex Have Busy Meeting
By Staff | on July 16, 2020 By Marianne McCann The Chelsea Selectboard’s July 7 meeting started with members publicly sharing information and questions that had been brought to them since the last meeting. Concern about a gap in the sidewalk across from Riverbend, questions about the reopening of the Town Hall, a complaint about a private property with an excess of unregistered vehicles, and a question about the potential […] You must be an online subscriber to view this story.
Getting a Handle On Solid Waste
Act 148 Deadline Coming Up Soon By Staff | on June 25, 2020 By Marianne McCann In 2012, Act 148, Vermont’s universal recycling law, was passed by the legislature. For the past eight years, the ultimate goal of reducing the amount of waste put into landfills, has been phased in incrementally. The law’s timeline will reach its last step on July 1, when food scraps, and all organic material, will be banned from landfills. Two laws […] You must be an online subscriber to view this story.
Chelsea Discusses Cell Tower Proposal
By Staff | on June 04, 2020 By Marianne McCann In a letter dated April 30, 2020, AT&T provided an advance notice of a proposed cell tower to be built in Chelsea on a hill to the west of Route 110 behind the Chelsea Court Senior Housing and the Brookhaven Learning & Treatment Center. The proposed tower would provide increased 4G LTE cellular data coverage for the First Net emergency […] You must be an online subscriber to view this story.
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