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  • Fundraising dinner to fight world hunger Nov. 22 in Ludlow

    Fundraising dinner to fight world hunger Nov. 22 in Ludlow

    In cooperation with Ludlow Rotary Club, Okemo Valley Women’s Club and Black River Good Neighbors, United Church of Ludlow, 48 Pleasant St., is hosting Stuffed Shells To Stuff Hungry Bellies, on Saturday, Nov. 22. The cost is $15 per person, with all funds raised being directed to charities that fight world hunger. Preorder, takeout and drop-ins […]

  • Santa is coming to Rockingham Vet Clinic Nov. 21

    Santa is coming to Rockingham Vet Clinic Nov. 21

    Santa Claus will be visiting Rockingham Veterinary Clinic, 319 S. Main St. in Chester, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov 21, just in time for you to create your holiday cards. This annual tradition lets four-legged friends meet Santa and maybe even get a treat. Photos can be taken with just your […]

  • Derry Library hosts Giving Thanks Art Workshop for kids Nov. 22

    Derry Library hosts Giving Thanks Art Workshop for kids Nov. 22

    The South Londonderry Free Library, 15 Old School Road, invites children to learn about Thanksgiving traditions around the world at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22 at our annual Giving Thanks Workshop. Join art teacher Casey Junker Bailey to make special table decorations using natural materials. Each family will receive a copy of Harvest Days, […]

  • 71st Annual Springfield Rotary Penny Sale raises more than $16,000

    71st Annual Springfield Rotary Penny Sale raises more than $16,000

    The 71st Annual Springfield Rotary Club Penny Sale, held on Oct. 25 at Riverside Middle School, netted more than $16,000. More than 340 prizes — valued at $15 to $500 — were given away to an enthusiastic crowd of more than 300 people. Angela Markwell of Springfield won the Grand Prize of $5,000 in cash. […]

  • Will Danforth to perform Nov. 23 in Chester

    Will Danforth to perform Nov. 23 in Chester

    Will Danforth will provide music to come together and sing out hopes and harmonies during these challenging times at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 23 at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Your freewill offering will benefit Indivisible. Danforth is primarily known as an acoustic multi-instrumentalist of American “roots” genres. With seven albums to his […]

  • Kate Lorenz Memorial Fund donates to six Vermont organizations

    Kate Lorenz Memorial Fund donates to six Vermont organizations

    The Kate Lorenz Memorial Community Fund announces 11 awards/gifts for 2025. This year, the fund donated more than $5,000 in gifts to organizations that represent Kate’s interests and passions. Six organizations are in Vermont; five are in Massachusetts. The Vermont awards are to Create Together, Ludlow/Children’s Scholarships and Programs The Women’s Freedom Center, Brattleboro/Children and […]

  • Chester icons under the aurora borealis

    Chester icons under the aurora borealis

    ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Chester resident Bruce Johnson sent over a few photos he shot during Tuesday night’s aurora borealis, a  spectacular atmospheric display that Vermonters — and much of the northern hemisphere — were graced with on Tuesday night. Johnson used his cellphone to take the shots around 8:30 p.m.  They show the aurora […]

  • Kirk MacGinnis, back to the camera, accuses the board and town manager of violations of due process. Image courtesy of SAPA TV

    Chester board wrestles with Class 4 road issues

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC There was no calm before the storm at the Nov. 5 Chester Select Board meeting with property owner Kirk MacGinnis forcefully making demands of the chair even before the minutes from the Oct. 1 meeting could be reviewed. In a confrontational style that includes handouts listing statute […]

  • 'Perfect Arrangement' to close out Springfield Players' 105th season

    ‘Perfect Arrangement’ to close out Springfield Players’ 105th season

    Springfield Community Players, 165 South St., is preparing for the last show of its 105th season. Perfect Arrangement by Topher Payne merges madcap sitcom-style laughs with provocative drama as two U.S. State Department employees struggle to maintain their cover and their sanity. It’s 1950, and new colors are being added to the Red Scare. Bob […]

  • MOOver! makes route changes starting Nov. 17

    MOOver! makes route changes starting Nov. 17

    Southeast Vermont Transit (aka The MOOver) is making minor changes to three routes beginning on Monday, Nov. 17. The Route 1 Springfield In-Town Route will change from a fixed route to microtransit. It will still depart from the Penguin Mart in Bellows Falls at 7:50 a.m. Monday through Friday, arriving at the Springfield Plaza at […]

  • Town Manager Julie Hance presents Trombley with his letter as Richardson and Randzio (right) and Sgt Noah Rheaume and Chief Tom Williams (left) look on.

    Sen. Sanders thanks Chester Public Safety officers for life-saving work after motorcycle accident

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Members of Chester Ambulance, Fire and Police departments got a surprise presentation at last week’s Select Board meeting as Town Manager Julie Hance read letters of thanks from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders for the work they did in responding to a motorcycle crash in Andover. On Monday, […]

  • With Create Together, Fletcher Farm turns the page toward a new community artistic vision

    With Create Together, Fletcher Farm turns the page toward a new community artistic vision

    By Lorien Strange ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Locals think they know what’s going on here,” says Kathryn Svec as she leans against a cabinet in a recently refurbished pottery studio. Outside the long, low building just north of Cavendish, everything is puddles and gray. But that’s not dampening the quiet enthusiasm of Create Together’s new […]

  • Thanksgiving craft workshop for kids Nov. 15 in Weston

    Thanksgiving craft workshop for kids Nov. 15 in Weston

    Wilder Memorial Library in Weston invites children of all ages to a free Thanksgiving art workshop at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15. It will be held upstairs in the children’s room at the library’s temporary location at The Old Parish Church, 644 Main St. in Weston. Art teacher Casey Junker Bailey will help children […]

  • Annual Senior Dinner set for Sunday, Dec. 14

    Annual Senior Dinner set for Sunday, Dec. 14

    The Chester-Andover Senior Christmas Dinner will be held at noon on Sunday, Dec. 14 in the cafeteria of Green Mountain Union High School, 16 VT-103 in Chester. The dinner, which has been held annually for 52 years, will be held this year on a Sunday, so please mark your calendars. This free meal and fun […]

  • Eugene Uman & the Ambassadors of Light performs at Upstairs at Town Hall Nov. 16

    Eugene Uman & the Ambassadors of Light performs at Upstairs at Town Hall Nov. 16

    On Sunday, Nov. 16, Upstairs at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester, presents Eugene Uman and the Ambassadors of Light, an ensemble of extraordinary world-class jazz musicians including the legendary Claire Arenius on drums and Jamie MacDonald on bass, with special guests Don Anderson on trumpet and Jill Connolly on vocals. Doors at 6:30 p.m., […]

  • Fish & Wildlife researcher to discuss winter ticks' impact on moose at Cavendish library

    Fish & Wildlife researcher to discuss winter ticks’ impact on moose at Cavendish library

    Katy Gieder of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department will discuss winter ticks and their impact on our moose population at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18 at the Cavendish Fletcher Community Library, 573 Main St., Proctorsville. Gieder has been the department’s biometrician and research manager since 2017, where she serves as the face for its […]

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