All Entries in the "Community and Arts Life" Category
Sunflower cookies for Arman Heritage Deli steps up to boost Springfield club's effort to bring family of Ukrainian exchange student to Vermont
By Cynthia Prairie ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Michele Wilcox of Heritage Deli in Chester loves to bake and she also loves to find a cause she can support. Wilcox’s current cause combines the two. She’s baking hundreds of cookies to sell to help bring the family of a Ukraine exchange student to the United States. […]
Learn about the James Webb Space Telescope
Claudio Veliz, a Chester resident and member of the Southern Vermont Astronomy Group, will be at Neighborhood Connections at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19 to discuss the importance of the James Webb Space Telescope. This premiere observatory of the next decade, which launched this past Christmas, is an orbiting infrared observatory that will complement […]
Drug Take-Back Day set for April 30
From 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, the Windsor County Sheriff’s Office, local and state law enforcement agencies and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public another opportunity to rid their homes of potentially dangerous, expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs (including powders and patches). The Take-Back Day event is […]
GMHS theater presents ‘Middletown’ April 8 & 9 A modern take on 'Our Town'
© 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Green Mountain High School theater will present Middletown, a play by noted playright Will Eno, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9 at the high school, 716 Rt. 103 south in Chester. The play is a modern take on the classic Our Town, which director Pamela Johnson-Spurlock […]
Springfield Rotary Club announces speech winners
The Springfield Rotary Club held its annual “4-Way Speech Contest” at a recent meeting. The contest is for Springfield High School students to speak about how the Rotary “4-Way Test” applies to situations in their lives. Those four principles are: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better […]
Grow sunflowers, raise funds: CTES students sell seed packets for Ukrainian relief
As a continuing effort to help the people of Ukraine during the invasion by Russia, students at Cavendish Town Elementary School have been preparing sunflower seed packets for area residents and visitors. The sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine and has historically meant peace. The sunflower is the national flower of the Ukraine and represents […]
Chester Chatter: Taking some time off
By Ruthie Douglas ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Due to a recent illness, Ruthie will be taking some time off. Please keep her in your thoughts.
Henry Homeyer: Easy-to-grow nuts and berries
By Henry Homeyer © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC Every year you probably plant tomatoes. Wouldn’t it be great if they would come back every year without the bother of preparing the soil, starting seedlings in April and setting them out? Well that’s what nut and fruit trees and berry bushes do: once planted (and mature), […]
Grace Cottage earns top marks for LGBTQ+ care
The national Human Rights Campaign Foundation of Washington, D.C., has announced that Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital of Townshend has earned an “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Top Performer” designation, with a score of 95 out of 100 in the foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index. A record 906 healthcare facilities participated in the 2022 HEI survey, and […]
Senior Solutions gets $20K grant to help seniors care for pets
Senior Solutions has been awarded a $20,000 grant from Meals on Wheels America and PetSmart Charities to expand its existing “Foxy Fund” to provide emergency veterinary care and pet food for Meals on Wheels recipients with pets. Senior Solutions was one of only 27 grants awarded nationally, and the only one in the northeast. “We […]
Chester Townscape offers hanging baskets
Chester Townscape, the charitable volunteer organization that provides flowers in bridge boxes and planters and at various garden spots in public locations around Chester, is offering an easy way for individuals to beautify their own properties. Hanging baskets 10-inches wide, designed by Allen Brothers Nursery, feature mixed flowers that will do well in a variety […]
Chester Chatter: My Irish eyes are smiling
By Ruthie Douglas ©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC When Irish eyes are smiling all the world is bright and gay.” Every year at this time we come to rely on the Irish to lift our spirits and consider the coming of spring. It does not matter if you are not Irish, everyone loves St. Patrick’s Day. […]
Henry Homeyer: It’s time to test your soil
By Henry Homeyer © 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC This is a good time to beat the rush and get your soil tested so that you can improve your soil before you begin planting. Most New England states have soil testing labs available to gardeners. Finding one is as simple as searching for “Soil testing lab […]
Columnist Homeyer featured at Master Gardeners webinar
Lifelong organic gardener Henry Homeyer, whose weekly column appears in The Chester Telegraph, will share some of what he has learned in a free Zoom webinar from 9 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 16. The program is open to all interested gardeners and homeowners. While the event is free, donations will be accepted to […]
Fundraiser for Ukraine children to be held at Magic Mountain
Londonderry area residents have organized a fundraiser party for the Save the Children’s Ukrainian Crisis Relief Fund to be held at the Black Line Tavern at the base lodge at Magic Mountain from 5 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 9. The event will feature music from the country rock band Western Terrestrials, Ukrainian goodies […]
Stone Village Art Guild exhibits at Whiting Library also to host four-week drawing class
The Whiting Library, 117 Main St. in Chester, has mounted a new art exhibit, Painting from the Heart, presented by the Stone Village Art Guild through Tuesday, June 21. The exhibit can be viewed during library hours — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. […]
Wilder Library to hold community discussions on its future
Wilder Memorial Library will be holding three community discussions in April about the future of the library as part of its yearlong strategic planning process. The library’s Board of Trustees hopes to learn more about what the people want in a library for themselves and their families. The discussions — open to anyone in Weston […]
Ludlow church, Rotary raise $12,000 for Ukraine
©2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC More than $12,000 was raised for Ukrainian humanitarian relief the Saturday, March 19 lasagna dinner sponsored jointly by the United Church of Ludlow and the Ludlow Rotary Club that served over 250 meals. This amount will be increased by additional donations. “The generosity of the community was way beyond our […]
Ludlow Rotary donates personalized books to school kids
In keeping with its long-standing efforts to support literacy in the local school systems, members of the Ludlow Rotary Club have been preparing customized books, School is Fun and My School, for area elementary school children. What makes these books particularly unique is the fact that each student has his or her name printed on […]
Chester Boy Scouts accepting new members
Escape to the great indoors: Learn amazing outdoor skills and knowledge by being there. Train to provide First Aid, develop leadership experience, build lifelong friendships. Best of all, have a ton of fun doing all of it. ‘ Experienced adults are there to help and guide but Scouts get to run the troop. The Chester […]
