All Entries in the "Community and Arts Life" Category
Left in Andover: Some heroes don’t wear capes
By Susan Leader ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC When I was little, my family made frequent trips to Bennington from Andover to visit our aunts. We developed various rituals coming into town including who could catch sight first of the Bennington Battle Monument. Then, yelling “keppel” (Yiddish for head), we ducked our heads in unison as […]
Chester Chatter: A slower pace, a time for visiting
By Ruthie Douglas ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC A walk around the village streets of Chester in the 1950s looks different than today. Starting low on Route 103 was Putnam’s Diner, where the yard was nearly always filled with tractor trailer trucks. It was open nearly 24 hours a day. Moving up the road was the […]
Henry Homeyer: October blooming trees, shrubs and flowers
By Henry Homeyer ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Summer has faded and gone. Autumn’s bright foliage does compensate, somewhat, for the dearth of flowers, but a few of my trees, shrubs, and several perennials bloom in October. I treasure them, let’s take a look. Starting in early September, but varying greatly from year to year, my […]
‘Little library’ for food installed at Smitty’s Market
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC In another effort to eliminate food insecurity in area communities, Smitty’s Chester Market and Chester Helping Hands have teamed up to install a food pantry for those who are in need. On Wednesday morning, Stu Stocker and Smitty’s owner Garrison Smith could be found leveling a wooden […]
From virtual contests to drive thru trunk or treat, communities push for ‘normal’ Halloween
By Cherise Madigan ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Countless holidays and traditions are being re-configured in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, and Halloween has not been spared. While traditional trick-or-treating practices have come into question due to social distancing requirements, many community groups have modified their annual events so that the holiday can still be […]
Left in Andover: The mouth of the Williams River
By Susan Leader ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC During my childhood in the 1950s, I almost never went to the doctor. My mother nursed us through earaches, measles, mumps and chicken pox with hot water bottles and rest on the living room couch. She dismissed fluoride as rat poison. tetanus shots were resorted to only for […]
Chester Chatter: Autumn leaves a child’s delight
By Ruthie Douglas ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Autumn leaves of red and gold come down in my neighborhood, creating a carpet that has covered the dried up grass of the summer past. As kids, we did not waste time to play and jump in the leaves. Later on our fathers would rake the leaves to […]
Henry Homeyer: the art of Japanese pruning
By Henry Homeyer ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC A few weeks ago I traveled to Shin Boku Nursery in Wentworth, NH to attend an all-day workshop on Japanese pruning techniques. Many of the techniques are useful to any gardener. The workshop was organized and taught by Doug Roth, the publisher of Sukiya Living magazine, a journal […]
Drug Take Back Day set for Oct. 24
On Saturday, Oct. 24, the Windsor County Sheriff’s Office, local and state law enforcement agencies, and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous, expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. Sponsored by public health coalitions, the Take-Back Day event is […]
Artisans Alley Indoors opens in Chester; Atelier Annex artists hold pop up gallery in Grafton
Pop up gallery by Atelier Annex artists set for Grafton this weekend Atelier Annex is planning a pop up gallery in Grafton in the Mountain Mind and Movement Yoga Studio, Windham Cottage Annex, 76 Main St. in Grafton, which is currently not in use due to Covid 19. The event will be held from 11 […]
Winhall Library adds StoryWalk on voting
The Winhall Memorial Library, 2 Lower Taylor Hill Road in Bondville, has installed a new StoryWalk. “Vote For Our Future!” by Margaret McNamara is a picture book about voting and elections. This StoryWalk will be installed until Wednesday, Nov. 4, the day after the election. Also, to request reading, listening or viewing materials, call 802-297-9741 […]
Springfield Hospital, Okemo Chamber announce winners of September golf tourneys
Springfield Hospital’s 20th Annual Golf Challenge nets $12,000 for operating room Springfield Hospital hosted its 20th Annual Springfield Hospital Golf Challenge on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at Okemo Valley Golf Club in Ludlow, raising more than $12,000 for its Operating Room Equipment Fund. Sixty-eight tournament participants enjoyed a variety of competitions in addition to 18 holes […]
Chester Chatter: Vacationing in the car with kids
By Ruthie Douglas ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC When planning our two-week summer vacation, we would do so around some historic place. Don liked big cars, such as a Chrysler New Yorker. It took us — me and the two girls — a couple of days to pack and get ready to go. The back seat […]
A community greenhouse grows in Chester
By Cynthia Prairie ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC A group in Chester is working to establish a community greenhouse that will allow residents to extend the season to grow plants, vegetables and flowers almost all year long. Their vision is of a community greenhouse and gardens that include educational opportunities while addressing climate change, food insecurity […]
Henry Homeyer: Prepping for the great indoors
By Henry Homeyer ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Most of us bring our houseplants outside for the summer. Now is the time to bring them in, or get them ready to make the move. It’s also the time to put herbs that you’ve had in the ground all summer into pots and get them ready for […]
Statewide disc golf tournament draws players to Chester
By Cynthia Prairie ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Stone Village Shootout disc golf tournament this past weekend at the Pinnacle in Chester attracted 50 players from Vermont and New Hampshire and marked the four-year-old course’s inaugural run in the disc golf tournament world. The Chester course was the No. 9 stop in the 2020, 11-course […]
Westonite to walk to honor grandson during Marathon; NC to expand Flood Brook services
Weston resident to join Jimmy Walk for 3rd year to honor grandson On Sunday, Oct. 4, Weston resident Carol MacLaury will once again lace up her walking shoes to participate in the 2020 Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk: Your Way. For the third year she is fundraising and reaching out in honor of her 13-year-old […]
Left in Andover: A woodland Rosh Hashanah
By Susan Leader ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Nov. 6, 1950, shortly after closing on Popplewood Farm in Andover, Mom wrote Grandma: “We were in Rutland on Sunday night with the express purpose of meeting the Jewish community. We went to the Jewish Community Center and Modern Orthodox Synagogue housed together in one beautiful building. […]
Chester Chatter: Perfect fall day for a flea market
By Ruthie Douglas ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Saturday was a near-perfect fall day to spread your wings and breathe in some fresh air. The American Legion Post 67 utilized for the first time its new property across from their home in Chester. It became a flea market and craft fair. You should have seen it. […]
Henry Homeyer: plant now, blossom later
By Henry Homeyer ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Now is the time to buy your bulbs for spring blossoms. Winters in New England are long, cold and snowy, so by March I’m ready for spring. Most years I have bulb flowers pushing their way up through mushy snow and fallen leaves in early March, delighting me […]
