All Entries in the "In the Community" Category
Barn dance adds to CAES playground fund coffers
© 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Chester-Andover Elementary School’s barn dance and chili cook-off contest on Saturday, Feb. 4 raised more than $1,000 for the ongoing Pennies for the Playground project. With music by the Specker family, dance calling by music instructor Cindi Austin and dance instruction by Austin and phys ed teacher Elise Lisle, a […]
Chester Winter Carnival schedule of events
The Chester Winter Carnival is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 17 through Sunday, Feb. 19. Most outdoor events will take place at the Pinnacle off Lovers Lane in Chester. Below is the schedule of events. Please note that some events have fees attached. Friday, Feb. 17 5 to 8 p.m. Chester-Andover Elementary School, 72 Main St., […]
New members sought at Chester Senior Club, Bratt choir
Chester Senior Club seeks new members Chester Senior Club invites people over 50 to get socially involved. Join this organization at its monthly potluck lunch at 11:30 a.m. on the third Monday of each month at the Chester Congregational Church on 469 Main St. Meet, chat and enjoy a delicious meal and an activity or […]
AMVETS Vermont Post seeks new members
American Veterans Vermont Post 1 are inviting those who have served or who are currently serving in the United States military to join Vermontʼs only post of AMVETS. AMVETS is open to all veterans regardless of what time period you served. It also accepts National Guard and Reservists without the need of having any active […]
Town planning as entertainment? Chester residents invited to video talk on small town revitalization
©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Chester residents and business owners are invited to a screening of an engaging and often humorous video talk by Orton Foundation trustee Ed McMahon Jr. titled Where Am I? The Power of Uniqueness, about the transformation of small towns in America that embrace their own special qualities. Kelly Arrison, a member […]
Wantastiquet Rotary to host membership reception
The Wantastiquet Rotary Club will host a membership reception on Jan. 12, 2017 at the Upper Pass Lodge on the Magic Mountain access road from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Anyone wishing to learn more about Rotary and what the local club is involved with in the community is welcome and will receive a drink plus […]
Annual Chester Senior Christmas Dinner feeds 150;
Hospital volunteers raise funds for oncology equipment
The annual Senior Christmas Dinner, held at noon on Saturday Dec. 10 at Chester-Andover Elementary School, attracted more than 90 diners from the Chester region, according to Pat Budnick of Motel in the Meadow, who organized this year’s event. Organizers of the dinner, which has been held for at least 40 years, also delivered at […]
Video tour through Ken Barrett’s Christmas Garden
Ken Barrett’s annual Christmas Garden at the Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester, will be on display 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday through Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. Here’s a snippet. Be sure to visit it yourself — oh, and take the kids!
Chester Town Hall opened til 8 p.m. Dec. 20 for Christmas Garden visitors
The Chester Town Office will be open from 8 a.m. til 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, for everyone to visit the annual Christmas Garden created by Ken Barrett. Ever wonder how many ornaments are in this elaborate and detailed display? Take a guess and submit it with your name when you visit. Prizes for […]
2016 Telegraph Gift Guide: Share Your Blessings
This year, we decided that the annual Chester Telegraph Gift Guide would take a different view and look at the organizations that do so much to help others in our communities. In myriad ways, these organizations are there to help us and our families, friends and neighbors as well as the animals in our lives. […]
Chester Rotary gives $1,500 to GMUHS Interact Club
The Rotary Club of Chester on Thursday, Dec. 8 presented two checks to the Green Mountain Union High School Interact Club. A $500 check was given to the students for their assistance during the Chester Fall Festival and a $1,000 check was given to the club to assist students with their expenses when they go […]
Community events: Dec. 16 through Dec. 19, 2016
For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming Events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Dec. 16: Slapstick Science presents Flight In celebration of the […]
Ludlow Rotary donates $3,195 to Meals on Wheels program
The Ludlow Rotary Club on Tuesday, Nov. 29 presented a check for $3,195 from its 26th Annual Chili Cook-Off to the Black River Valley Senior Center in support of its Meals on Wheels program that serves the Black River areas of Ludlow, Plymouth, Cavendish and Proctorsville. According to Richard North, executive director of the BRVSC, […]
Cavendish calendars on sale; art exhibit at Whiting; CAFC fund-raisers aid heat program
2017 Cavendish calendars available The Cavendish Community and Conservation Association’s 2017 Cavendish calendar is now on sale, just in time for the holidays. CCCA selected the pictures from its annual calendar photography contest. Entrants are Cavendish and Proctorsville residents who submitted photos in the spring. Images reflect life in this rural Vermont community. Calendars are […]
Londonderry, Chester get tricked out for Halloween
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Has anyone else noticed that there have been a lot of ghosts and goblins — not to mention superheroes and pirates — roaming the streets lately? And that they all seem to have just one thing on their minds – candy? Chester and Londonderry celebrated Halloween this week each with […]
Archer Mayor kicks off 2016 Vermont Voices
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Each November for15 years, Phoenix Books Misty Valley has brought Vermont writers to Chester to share their work. And as he has since the beginning of Vermont Voices, mystery writer Archer Mayor returns at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, with his latest Joe Gunther tale, Presumption of Guilt. A […]
79 compete in Fastest Kid competition
Seventy-nine children ages 5 to 12 competed in 100 and 200 yard races at Riverside Middle School during the fourth annual Fastest Kid in Town Race held during the Vermont Apple Festival on Saturday, Oct. 8. Sponsored by Springfield Medical Care Systems, the Fastest Kid in Town Race is part of an effort to raise […]
Writers’ Prize deadline Nov. 1; Cavendish grant deadline Nov. 28
Vermont Writers’ Prize deadline Nov. 1 Entries are being accepted for the Vermont Writers’ Prize, an annual competition sponsored by Green Mountain Power and Vermont Magazine that provides an opportunity for Vermont writers to showcase their talent. “We love that this contest inspires Vermonters to write about the wonderful state we live in,” said Dorothy […]
S. Derry Library seeks vendors for Oct. 8 fair;
Golf tourney raises $20,000 for hospital solar install
S. Derry Library Fair set for Oct. 8 Vendors are wanted for the South Londonderry Free Library Street Fair, scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8. Proceeds for this one-day event benefit the library, located at 15 Old School St. off of Thompsonburg Road. To participate, call Susie Wyman at 824-3537. […]
Williams River Corridor plan meeting in Chester; 5K run for new CAES playground; Rock Library urges kids to get library cards
Public meeting set on Williams River corridor plan The Windham County Natural Resources Conservation District will hold a second public meeting on the now-completed Williams River corridor plan. At 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, consultant Evan Fitzgerald will present the plan and its findings and discuss potential future projects for the river corridor. The […]
