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Cirque Kikasse comes to Chester-Andover Elementary for back-to-school celebration Sept. 5

Cirque Kikasse comes to Chester-Andover Elementary for back-to-school celebration Sept. 5

Everyone is invited to The Playing Fields Project, a free back-to-school celebration that begins at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5. It is presented by The Flynn in collaboration with Two Rivers Supervisory Union. Enjoy Cirque Kikasse’s spectacular circus performance from its extraordinary food truck and dance to the vibrant sounds of the West Philadelphia […]

Rollin' on the River returns on Saturdays in September

Rollin’ on the River returns on Saturdays in September

Rollin’ On The River, a series of free Saturday evening roller skating events put on by Springfield On The Move and SAPA TV, returns this year on Sept. 7, 14, 21 and 28, at 100 River St. in Springfield. K-5 skaters are invited to roll around the rink from 4 to 5:30 p.m., and middle- […]

Experience sanctuary life, a unique community event on Sept. 7

Experience sanctuary life, a unique community event on Sept. 7

Everyone is invited to VINE Sanctuary, 201 Massey Road in Springfield, between noon and 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7 for a free event that offers a unique opportunity to experience life at the sanctuary firsthand, connect with animal residents and become an active participant in their community. The afternoon will begin with a volunteer […]

Chester GOP to hold event for state House candidate Tom Charlton

Chester GOP to hold event for state House candidate Tom Charlton

©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester GOP is inviting the public to meet Tom Charlton, candidate for the state House of Representatives for the Windham-Windsor District towns of Athens, Grafton, Windham and Chester, at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 on the front porch of the Fullerton Inn, 40 The Common in Chester. Charlton, who has […]

Chester Townscape taking orders for spring bulbs

Chester Townscape taking orders for spring bulbs Annual sale to also take place at Festival on the Green

Chester Townscape volunteers will be selling spring-flowering daffodil, tulip and allium bulbs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21 and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 22 at Chester’s Fall Festival on The Green. The group will be set up on the west end of the Green All bulbs […]

Springfield’s Dance Factory celebrates 40 years

Springfield’s Dance Factory celebrates 40 years

Springfield’s Dance Factory is celebrating 40 years of providing the greater region with inclusive, arts-focused dance training and accessible community performances. Located in Springfield’s historic downtown, and named for its original location in the former Fellows Gear Shaper factory building, the Dance Factory has grown from a handful of students to a network of multi-generational […]

Guide to the 2024 Chester Festival on the Green

Guide to the 2024 Chester Festival on the Green More music, fascinating performers throughout downtown

© 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Festival on the Green is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. It’s a weekend filled with music, great arts and crafts, good food and friends set in the charming Vermont town of Chester. Editor’s Note: Please return often to check for updates to music,  events and vendors. The […]

'The Porch on Windy Hill:' Playing music to banish misunderstandings and prejudice

‘The Porch on Windy Hill:’ Playing music to banish misunderstandings and prejudice

  By Lorien Strange ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC As the pace picks up and the bow of the fiddle sways a little more violently, I can feel the vibrations of the players tapping to the tempo through the floor. Joy radiates from the stage as the cast spins through a tipsy do-si-do, accompanying themselves with […]

State education commission members may not 'fully represent Vermont,' chair says

State education commission members may not ‘fully represent Vermont,’ chair says Calls for 'good faith' efforts to bring other voices to the table

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC While the second meeting of the full Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont covered agenda items in detail, one thread ran through the three-hour meeting: public representation, engagement and credibility. Even before the meeting’s agenda and previous meeting’s minutes were approved, commission chair Meagan […]

Rockingham Meeting House gets $750,000 restoration grant

Rockingham Meeting House gets $750,000 restoration grant

Rockingham has received a $750,000 grant from the National Park Service to help on-going efforts to restore and conserve its meeting house. Built in 1787 it is the most intact 18th-century public building remaining in Vermont. “The town is thrilled,” said John Leppman, chairman of the Rockingham Historic Preservation Commission. “We knew from the start […]

Local artist show and sale in Londonderry through Oct. 12

Local artist show and sale in Londonderry through Oct. 12

The Londonderry Art and Historical Society’s annual local artist show takes place in the Custer Sharp House, 2461 Middletown Road in Londonderry, through Saturday, Oct. 12. From watercolor to oil, prints to pastels and landscapes to line drawings, this exhibit showcases the talents of our area artists. All work is framed and available for purchase, with […]

Whiting Library to host Cookbook Club Sept. 7

Whiting Library to host Cookbook Club Sept. 7

Whiting Library, 117 Main St. in Chester, will host a Cookbook Club discussion and community meal at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7 in the Community Room. This month’s theme is African flavors. The library has multiple copies of Ethiopia: Recipes and Traditions from the Horn of Africa by Yohanis Gebreyesus. It is a beautifully […]

Pair attempt armed robbery at Rockingham cannabis shop

Pair attempt armed robbery at Rockingham cannabis shop Monday bank heists in Brattleboro, Bellows Falls may be connected

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC A robbery was attempted at a cannabis shop in Rockingham Monday afternoon, Vermont State Police said, adding that the incident may be connected to bank robberies in Brattleboro and Bellows Falls earlier in the day. Police are looking for a man and a woman who they say […]

Lilly Ware receives Lovell Health Career Award

Lilly Ware receives Lovell Health Career Award

Springfield Hospital and Southern Vermont Area Health Education Center are pleased to announce Lilly Ware as the recipient of this year’s Dr. E. Sherburne Lovell Health Career Award. She is a resident of Westminster and a 2024 graduate of Bellows Falls Union High School. The Lovell Award contributes $1,000 per year for four years toward […]

Talk on invasive plant species Sept. 9 in Londonderry

Talk on invasive plant species Sept. 9 in Londonderry

The Green Mountain Gardeners is hosting a program by Pieter van Loon titled “Invasive Species and Best Practices for Eradicating Them” at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 9 at the Londonderry Rescue Squad, 8068 Vermont Rt. 100, in Londonderry. Van Loon is employed by the Vermont Land Trust and has been working on issues related […]

Hypertherm helps remove trash from Black River

Hypertherm helps remove trash from Black River 25th Annual RiverSweep cleanup set for Sept. 7

On Aug. 16, a crew of Hypertherm employees filled a 15-cubic-yard dumpster with trash from the Black River in Springfield. Team leaders Rick Paulsen and Ryan Gay coordinated with Black River Action Team Director Kelly Stettner to tackle a 3-mile stretch of the river between North Springfield and the Shopping Plaza. The employees of Hypertherm, […]

Chester quilter Linda Diak wins People's Choice Award for 'Road Trip'

Chester quilter Linda Diak wins People’s Choice Award for ‘Road Trip’

Linda Diak, of Chester has won the People’s Choice Award at the 38th Annual Vermont Quilt Sampler Exhibition being held through Monday, Sept. 2 at the Historic Barn at Billings Farm & Museum, 69 Old River Road in Woodstock. Her entry, Road Trip, is among 56 quilts on display from 13 of the 14 counties […]

To the editor: Why is Sen. Clarkson taxing Vermonters?

To the editor: Why is Sen. Clarkson taxing Vermonters?

It likely comes as no surprise to you that Vermont is the third most taxed state in America.  By comparison, Wyoming has nearly the same population yet pays roughly half in taxes as Vermont.  This year, we just slogged through one of the most painful increases in property taxes, which could have been avoided were […]

Ronald Boston, 68, of S. Londonderry

Ronald Boston, 68, of S. Londonderry

Ronald DeWitt Boston, age 68, passed away in his South Londonderry home on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. He was an active member of the community and was known for his wicked sense of humor, his love of dogs and his unwavering generosity. Ronald passed peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by his loving family. In lieu […]

Truck takes down wires on Rt. 11 leaving hundreds without power

Truck takes down wires on Rt. 11 leaving hundreds without power

UPDATE: Route 11 is open to one lane as of 6:30 p.m. Please drive slowly By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Lights flickered and internet service sputtered throughout Chester and Andover around 1:30 p.m. today as a truck carrying an oversized load snagged wires on Route 11 near Motel in the Meadow in […]