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  • Week of Young Child event at Riverside Middle

    Week of Young Child event at Riverside Middle

    The Springfield Area Parent Child Center and Edgar May Health and Recreation Center are pleased to announce the 32nd annual Week of the Young Child Family Festival and Touch-A-Truck 31from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 5. The event is free and open to the public. Join local children’s  educators and family support organizations for […]

  • Springfield Co-op shoppers donate to Project ACTION

    Springfield Co-op shoppers donate to Project ACTION

    Springfield Police Chief  Jeff Burnham, who also is chair of  Project ACTION, accepts a donation check from staff at the Springfield Food Co-op. The store raised $456 in January through its “Change for Change” program, where customers can “round up” their purchase, with the proceeds going to a local organization.  Project ACTION — Assembling Community […]

  • Chester Townscape taking tree and shrub orders until April 16

    Chester Townscape taking tree and shrub orders until April 16

      Chester Townscape, an all-volunteer non-profit organization, is holding its Annual Tree & Shrub Sale to raise funds for its beautification projects. This event offers good-sized, proven trees and shrubs at below-retail nursery prices. This year’s selections are: Snow Showers Weeping Cherry Tree, Firelight Tidbit Hydrangea, Spice Baby Korean Viburnum, Oso Easy Ice Bay Rose, […]

  • Brisk turnout for Chester housing development open house

    Brisk turnout for Chester housing development open house

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC On a sunny, almost spring afternoon on Tuesday, more than 100 people gathered inside Chester’s Town Hall to attend an open house to gather the public’s opinion on ideas for developing a piece of land owned by the town for accessible and affordable housing. The presentation was […]

  • Cavendish board weighing road paving options; discusses police coverage

    Cavendish board weighing road paving options; discusses police coverage

    By Lorien Strange ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Cavendish’s March Select Board meeting was also Sandra Russo’s first back on the board, having previously served from 2019 to the spring of 2023. Due to an agenda posting issue, the meeting was held on a Thursday instead of the typical second Monday of the month. After quickly […]

  • Andover Select Board agenda for March 24

    Andover Select Board agenda for March 24

    The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday March 24 at the Andover Town Office , 953 Weston Andover Road. Below is the board’s agenda: 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes of March 10th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes […]

  • GMUSD Board agenda for March 20

    GMUSD Board agenda for March 20

    The Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday March 20, 2025 at the Green Mountain High School Library, 716 VT-Route 103 S, and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/86893724427 Below is the board’s agenda: I. CALL TO ORDER: A. Roll call II. APPROVAL […]

  • Chester Select Board agenda for March 19

    Chester Select Board agenda for March 19

    The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday March 19, 2025 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 Below is the board’s agenda: 1.Approval of Minutes from the Selectboard Meeting dated March 5, 2025 2. Citizen’s Comments 3. Old Business […]

  • Isolated older Vermonters can struggle alone

    Isolated older Vermonters can struggle alone

    Editor’s note: This article first appeared in Seven Days as part of “This Old State,” the paper’s yearlong series on aging in Vermont. Rachel is a Seven Days staff writer and corps member with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms. By Rachel Hellman © 2025 Seven Days As Jim’s eyesight […]

  • Popular art classes for kids return to LAHS this summer

    Popular art classes for kids return to LAHS this summer

    The Londonderry Arts and Historical Society will be offering its popular art workshops for children again this summer at the Custer Sharp House, 2461 Middletown Road in Londonderry. These classes are offered in honor of artist Bernadine Custer, who bequeathed her home to the historical society in 1992. Children will meet daily for weeklong classes […]

  • Ludlow Rotary seeks 2025 scholarship applicants

    Ludlow Rotary seeks 2025 scholarship applicants

    The Ludlow Rotary Club is again offering scholarships to eligible high school seniors to help pay for higher education, including college and advanced trade programs. Residents of Ludlow, Cavendish, Plymouth and Mount Holly are invited to apply. Recipients are selected based on scholastic achievement, financial need, realistic goals, extracurricular activities and community service. Applications may […]

  • BIPOC Home and Business Ownership project holds virtual meeting March 19

    BIPOC Home and Business Ownership project holds virtual meeting March 19

    A project to help Upper Valley Black, Indigenous and People of Color residents and newcomers put down roots in this region will hold its second gathering from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19 via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. The first meeting, held in October of 2024, kicked […]

  • Schools invited to apply for SCRAPI funds to improve recycling efforts

    Schools invited to apply for SCRAPI funds to improve recycling efforts

    Vermont Solid Waste Program and Long Creek Resources LLC announce a new initiative aimed at improving waste management practices in Vermont’s K-12 schools. The School Compost and Recycling Action Plan Institute will launch with two immersive, day-long workshops on Monday, June 30 and Monday, July 28 at Vermont State University Randolph Campus. School teams will […]

  • Chester board talks quarrying, STRs, future rail connections and federal funds

    Chester board talks quarrying, STRs, future rail connections and federal funds

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC With Tuesday’s elections behind it, the Chester Select Board last Wednesday got down to its annual re-organization with a bit of a surprise. When nominations for officers were opened, long-time board chair Arne Jonynas  nominated vice chair Lee Gustafson to the chairman seat. The vote of the […]

  • Magic Mountain Outing Club hosts fund-raising Chili Cook-Off

    Magic Mountain Outing Club hosts fund-raising Chili Cook-Off

    The Magic Mountain Outing Club held a Chili Cook-Off fundraiser at Magic Mountain’s Black Line Tavern on Saturday, March 1. Seven individuals and seven local restaurants, including Black Line Tavern, Bromley Market, Grandma Miller’s Pies and Pastries, The New American Grill, The Red Slate Restaurant, Revival Kitchen and Which Way Tavern, participated. Although the restaurant […]

  • Fewer short-term rentals in Chester could indicate a softening market

    Fewer short-term rentals in Chester could indicate a softening market

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC At last week’s Chester Select Board meeting, Zoning Administrator Preston Bristow and Assistant ZA Hugh Quinn updated the board on the town’s short-term rental program, which seems to have cooled down along with the entire STR market in general. The town requires property owners who rent for […]

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