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  • May Day Strong rally to be held in Chester

    May Day Strong rally to be held in Chester

    If you reside in the Chester area and prefer to live in a country in which families matter more than fortunes, where public schools are valued over private profits, where health-care is more important than hedge funds and where housing is needed to eradicate homelessness, meet by the gazebo on the Green in Chester on […]

  • Ludlow Rotary's Penny Sale returns April 26

    Ludlow Rotary’s Penny Sale returns April 26

    Ludlow Rotary Club’s 67th Annual Penny Sale returns at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 26 to the gymnasium at Ludlow Elementary School, 45 Main St. Prior to the start of each of three rounds, tickets are sold for $1 for a chance to win one of more than 100 prizes — one penny per chance. […]

  • VSO woodwind & string trio concert April 27

    VSO woodwind & string trio concert April 27

    A Vermont Symphony Orchestra woodwind and string trio returns to Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St., from 7 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, April 27. Come enjoy traditional Shaker melodies, Scott Joplin ragtime music, selections of Brandenburg concertos and more. The trio comprises Principal Flute Melissa Mielens, Principal Cello John Dunlop and violinist Laura Markowitz. […]

  • Order hanging flower baskets, wooden planters by April 24

    Order hanging flower baskets, wooden planters by April 24

    As part of its annual fundraising efforts, Chester Townscape is again offering 12-inch hanging flower baskets or large wooden planters. Hanging baskets are filled with flowers in hot or cool colors intended for your choice of sunny or shady locations. These make a lovely Mother’s Day gift or a treat for yourself or someone special. […]

  • May 9 memorial service for Leona Hazen

    May 9 memorial service for Leona Hazen

    There will be a memorial service for Leona Mary Hazen who died on Jan. 19, 2025 at the age of 93 at 11 a.m. on Friday May 9 at St. Joseph’s Church, 148 S. Main St. in Chester with burial to follow at the North Street Cemetery.

  • Play by Springfield author to be published

    Play by Springfield author to be published

    Author Larry Kraft, of Springfield, was selected to have his work appear in the upcoming  Spring issue of the online literary magazine confetti. Kraft’s entry is his short play titled Reunion. The main character attends a reception at his college’s 10-year class reunion in the late 1970s. There, he has an encounter with a female […]

  • Holy Week Services at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

    Holy Week Services at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

    To enable people to attend a service that will fit into their busy lives, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 313 Main St. in Chester, is offering a variety of programs during Holy Week. 8:30 a.m., Monday, April 14: Morning Prayer 8:30 a.m., Tuesday April 15: Morning Prayer 5:30 to 6 p.m., Wednesday April 16: Holy Eucharist […]

  • Card Shower to wish Karnie DeCell a happy 90th

    Card Shower to wish Karnie DeCell a happy 90th

      As Karnie DeCell gets ready to celebrate her 90th birthday on Friday, April 25, let’s help her make it an extra special one with a card shower. Please spend a few moments to write your favorite memories and well wishes in a card. They can be sent to Karnie DeCell 92 Cedar Hill Drive, […]

  • Poet Laureate to read from her work April 17 as Chester celebrates National Poetry Month

    Poet Laureate to read from her work April 17 as Chester celebrates National Poetry Month

    To celebrate National Poetry Month, Upstairs at Town Hall will sponsor a presentation by Vermont Poet Laureate Bianca Stone at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 17 at the Chester Town Hall Theater, 556 Elm St. She will read from her work, speak about being a writer in Vermont and sign copies of her latest book […]

  • Volunteers build planters to benefit Chester Townscape

    Volunteers build planters to benefit Chester Townscape

    Last summer, Stu Stocker, a volunteer with Chester Townscape, offered to build raised wood planters to raffle as part of the group’s fundraising activities at the Chester Festival on The Green. The raffle was successful, and many people expressed interest in the sturdy, well-designed pieces. Stocker has designed and built many things over the years […]

  • Springfield Rotary sponsoring April Diaper Drive

    Springfield Rotary sponsoring April Diaper Drive

    Springfield Rotary Club is sponsoring a diaper drive throughout the month of April to benefit the diaper bank at Springfield Area Parent Child Center. Size 4+ and Pull-Ups are preferred. Donations can be dropped off at the following locations: Chester Chester Hardware & Mercantile, 21 Main St. M&T Bank, 57 S. Main St. Springfield Community […]

  • Andover Select Board agenda for April 14

    Andover Select Board agenda for April 14

    The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday April 14 at the 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 24 meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, 10 […]

  • Fire danger is high today in southeastern Vermont

    Fire danger is high today in southeastern Vermont

    © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont’s Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation’s fire danger forecast for today is showing high fire danger in a strip of towns along the New Hampshire border stretching from Norwich in northern Windsor County to Vernon at the Massachusetts line. The towns in our area that are in the yellow […]

  • Firings at federal heating program could impact more than 23,000 Vermont households

    Firings at federal heating program could impact more than 23,000 Vermont households

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Next winter could be a lot harder for hundreds of households in Windsor and Windham counties — and more than 23,000 statewide — if the federal program that provides seasonal and emergency heating assistance for low income households is not restored by the Trump administration. Last Tuesday, […]

  • To the editor: S66 is a bill that is just noise, nuisance

    To the editor: S66 is a bill that is just noise, nuisance

    Is S66 really needed? Just a few things Sen. Alison Clarkson fails to mention about S66 (To the editor: Clarkson updates legislative work at the halfway mark The Chester Telegraph, March 31.)   Currently, there are laws that govern public nuisance in creating loud noises. Maybe instead of creating more laws about loud noises, our public […]

  • Auditions for Agatha Christie play April 9 & 12

    Auditions for Agatha Christie play April 9 & 12

    Springfield Community Players is staging another whodunit by the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, for its summer production. Director Miles Ledoux is seeking nine actors — four to play females in their 20s to 40s and five to play males in their 20s to 60s — to star in the one-act play The Patient. Auditions […]

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