All Entries in the "Community and Arts Life" Category
Henry Homeyer: Roasting garden produce
By Henry Homeyer ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC One of the reasons I garden is that I love to cook and to create wonderful, flavorful dishes that I might not get elsewhere. I think many gardeners share that inclination. One of the techniques I have not used much is roasting vegetables, but I recently did some […]
Nov. 30 Open House to introduce Mtn. Town transit van
All are invited to Neighborhood Connections for an Open House between 2 and 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 30 to check out the new Mountain Town Connector transit van. Come by and learn more details while enjoying baked goods and hot drinks. With generous support from the Holt Fund, Mountain Valley Health Council, Thomas Thompson, […]
Friends of West River Trail hosting Saturday Holiday Pop-up Market in Londonderry
From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday through Dec. 18, the Friends of the West River Trail will be hosting a pop-up market featuring 20 area farmers and artisans at the Historic Railroad Depot, 34 West River St., just off Route 100 in South Londonderry. Shoppers will be able to choose from local produce, […]
Be the Match donor registry to be held Nov. 20
Noah was born to a Londonderry couple on Feb. 26, 2017 after a routine pregnancy and delivery. At 3.5 months old, he was diagnosed with a rare genetic bone disease called osteopetrosis – a condition that can be fatal if not treated with a bone marrow or stem cell transplant. Thanks to Be The Match, […]
Chester Chatter: We honor our veterans
By Ruthie Douglas ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC World War II had just ended when I started 1st grade. Teachers were hard to find. So older women and widows tried their best to help out. Some had retired and their children were grown. But now they found that the young people were much different than they […]
Henry Homeyer: The leafy unsung heroes of fall foliage
By Henry Homeyer ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC New England is known worldwide for its fall color. People swarm here from all over, largely to see the color of our sugar maples. As I senior citizen I am legally entitled to drive around at 25 miles per hour, holding up traffic and enjoying every brilliant red […]
Windham to dedicate Veterans Memorial Nov. 14
All American war veterans and their families and friends are invited to the dedication of a new plaque honoring the many veterans with close ties to the town of Windham. The event will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 14 at the Windham Meeting House, 26 Harrington Road. Several years have gone into […]
Skating rink planned for Derry Winter Festival
One Londonderry, a citizen led organization, is making plans for the town including a skating rink to be sited behind Jake’s Restaurant in the Mountain Marketplace and is expected to be ready for use this season. The 120 foot by 50 foot rink is being planned by One Londonderry‘s Winter Festival Group, which has found […]
Wilder Library to benefit from calendar sales
Wilder Memorial Library announces its 2022 Weston calendar: A Year in Weston. The beautiful photos of iconic local scenes create a vision of Weston through the seasons. The library has worked with award-winning local photographer Mark Martins to create the calendar. Proceeds of calendar sales will go toward the operating expenses of the library. “We […]
Chester Chatter: Trick or treaters are a real treat
By Ruthie Douglas ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Rap rap rap on my big front door. Then a small voice saying “Trick or Treat.” My Halloween on Breezy Lane had started once again. My care-giver, who lives in the countryside and never sees trick or treaters, and I divided up the expense on all the candy […]
Henry Homeyer: Saving your trees from a wintery death
By Henry Homeyer ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC If you have cleaned up the vegetable garden and cut back your perennials, you might be feeling just a little smug – especially since this gardening guy admits he is behind you in completing those tasks. But there may still be tasks for you to do, and important […]
BRAT seeks donations for new storage shed
A dozen coolers of varying sizes. Nets on long poles. Buckets. Wading boots. Kayaks and lifejackets. Tools for tree planting. Totes of trash bags, work gloves and T-shirts. These are just some of the items stored long-term by the Black River Action Team, according to BRAT Founder and Director Kelly Stettner. While Stettner keeps more […]
Derry Arts to use $5,000 grant for archivist work
The Londonderry Arts and Historical Society, located at 2461 Middletown Road in Londonderry, announces that it has received a Covid-19 Cultural Recovery Grant in the amount of $5,000, jointly awarded by the Vermont Arts Council and Vermont Humanities. The Covid-19 Cultural Recovery Grant Program was seeded by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and […]
Chester Chatter: Putting our garden to bed
By Ruthie Douglas ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC It was that time of year once again. My mother-in-law and I tended a very large vegetable garden and it was now time to put it to bed. The nights were cold, the days were sort of a bit chilly and frost was just around the corner. We […]
Henry Homeyer: planting bulbs for forcing indoors
By Henry Homeyer ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC I love the winter, but by March I am ready for spring. I usually have some snowdrops blooming in March on a south-facing hillside, but they are subtle, not bodacious blooms. So I plant lots of bulbs indoors in the fall and keep them cool until it is […]
Wreath-making workshops offered at St. Luke’s
Get ready for the holidays by decorating a pre-made evergreen wreath with specially collected greens, natural materials, bows, and other embellishments, plus all the wire, glue guns, and equipment necessary to make the decorating fun and successful. Open to the public, the workshops will take place on Nov. 18 through 20 in Willard Hall at […]
Creative writing workshop for teens to be held at Whiting Library
High school students with an interest in creative writing are invited to attend a Teen Writers Workshop at Whiting Library from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 at 117 Main St. in Chester. Whiting Library is hosting this writer’s workshop for youth in grades 9 through 12. Do you write for fun […]
Green Mountain Gardeners, Weston Community Association plant spring bulbs
Twenty volunteers from the Green Mountain Gardeners and the Weston Community Association planted 825 daffodil and narcissus bulbs in Cold Spring Park in Weston recently, looking forward to next spring when their beauty will delight residents and visitors alike. Organized by Maureen Page and Maureen Brandt of the garden club, the groups worked for two […]
Chester Chatter: Summer falls into autumn
By Ruthie Douglas ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Under the full Hunter’s Moon and with the help of a soft breeze, the autumn leaves are coming down. In our neighborhood when I was growing up, folks could rake their leaves into the curb and town trucks would come to pick them up. Or you could burn […]
Henry Homeyer: Fall planting time is here
By Henry Homeyer ©2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Spring is all about planting, but many gardeners overlook fall planting. Now is the time to plant garlic and spring-blooming flowers planted as bulbs. For me, fall planting is a joy: the thought of bulbs nestled into the ground just awaiting spring fills me with hope. And if […]
