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People: Whiting Library welcomes new children's librarian; VSO announces new exec director

People: Whiting Library welcomes new children’s librarian; VSO announces new exec director

Whiting Library, 117 Main St. in Chester, has hired Karin Fischer as its youth services librarian. Fischer has served as a library assistant and interim library director. She is also a poet, an artist and mother, and has served elementary age children in creating art projects, and selecting reading materials. Fischer is also pursuing the  […]

Idle-Free VT awarded funded for clean air education at schools

Idle-Free VT awarded funded for clean air education at schools

Idle-Free VT Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that raises awareness of unnecessary vehicle idling, was awarded $18,500 by the High Meadows Fund and the Vermont Community Foundation to implement Vermont Idle-Free Schools.  Director Wayne Michaud is coordinating the statewide project for the 2015-16 school year with goals of protecting student health, reducing greenhouse gas emissions […]

In the Community: Towns advance tobacco free policies; FOLA Follies of 2016 announce theme; and drug Take-Back Day collects 325 pounds

In the Community: Towns advance tobacco free policies; FOLA Follies of 2016 announce theme; and drug Take-Back Day collects 325 pounds

The towns of Winhall and Dorset have partnered with the Collaborative of Londonderry to support tobacco and smoking prevention policies by ordering and displaying signs designating town properties as smoke and tobacco free. Both towns recognized the need to communicate their smoking and tobacco use policies respectively adopted in 2008 and 2011. These tobacco policies […]

Workshop to aid business startups; GMP offers grants for solar charging stations

Workshop to aid business startups; GMP offers grants for solar charging stations

Starting Your Own Business workshop Vermont Small Business Development Center is offering a four-hour workshop on how to start your own business and write a business plan. The course will be offered on Thursday, Oct. 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Springfield Regional Development Corp., 14 Clinton St., in the first floor […]

In the Arts: A cappella quartet performs in Bellows Falls; Speckers fiddle at Andover square dance; and musical benefits in Weston

In the Arts: A cappella quartet performs in Bellows Falls; Speckers fiddle at Andover square dance; and musical benefits in Weston

For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Oct. 17: A cappella quartet in Bellows Falls Stone Church Arts […]

Health & well-being: Flu shots offered in Chester; expert to assess your Medicare coverage; and learn about Alzheimer’s

For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Health & Well-Being briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Oct. 19: Flu shot clinic at Chester Senior Citizen’s […]

Spirituality & Religion: Celtic folk duo performs in Chester; Weston church holds Taize Service; piano concert to benefit two churches

Spirituality & Religion: Celtic folk duo performs in Chester; Weston church holds Taize Service; piano concert to benefit two churches

For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Oct. 16: Celtic folk duo at Grounded4Life Kara and Andy […]

Fat free vegetable bisque a satisfying dish

Fat free vegetable bisque a satisfying dish

By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com Ever think you would find a delicious, fat free bisque? This appetizing soup is just as creamy as any cream-based soups and one that will leave you just as satisfied. The slightly sweet taste of caramel in the evaporated milk lends perfectly with the natural sugars in the vegetables. If you […]

Big Buzz Chainsaw Fest is carving a niche among Chester events

Big Buzz Chainsaw Fest is carving a niche among Chester events

©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC For the second year in a row, the six-year-old Big Buzz Chainsaw Carving Festival has found a comfortable home on the grounds of a former cornfield next to the American Legion on Route 103 South in Chester.  Click here to go to the Big Buzz Photo Gallery below. The event, which began […]

'Our Town' a stunning inaugural play at new Barrette Center

‘Our Town’ a stunning inaugural play at new Barrette Center

By David Lampe-Wilson ©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC White River Junction’s Northern Stage inaugurates its new home at the Barrette Center for the Arts with a heartfelt production of Thornton Wilder’s 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Our Town.  Viewed during a recent preview performance, Our Town stuns in its quiet simplicity. Our Town chronicles the lives of […]

Vermont State Police report missing man

Vermont State Police report missing man

© 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC UPDATE SUNDAY OCT. 11 – Vermont State Police reported at 5:54 a.m. that Gordon Stacey had been located in Essex, VT which is approximately 70 miles from his North Clarendon home. VSP reports that he is safe and that his family was on their way to him. At about 3 […]

CAES Board of Directors meeting for Monday, Oct. 12, 2015

CAES Board of Directors meeting for Monday, Oct. 12, 2015

The Chester-Andover Elementary School will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct 12 at the school library, 72 Main St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda Action III. Minutes Approval: Minutes of Sept. 14, 2015 – Regular Meeting IV. Farm to School Presentation V. Communications a. Written/Oral b. […]

Telegraph donates $300 to Rotary from inaugural ad program

Telegraph donates $300 to Rotary from inaugural ad program

The Chester Telegraph presented a check for $300 to the Chester Rotary on Thursday, Oct. 1 before its First Thursday evening meeting at the Fullerton Inn. The Rotary and The Telegraph had teamed up to promote the 2015 Fall Festival by creating a page within the paper with complete information about the September event that […]

Chester Townscape offers daffodil bulbs 'To Light Up Chester'

Chester Townscape offers daffodil bulbs ‘To Light Up Chester’

 Chester Townscape is continuing its ongoing campaign to Light Up Chester by encouraging people to purchase daffodil bulbs to plant this fall to produce a burst of color in spring of 2016. This year’s choice is a yellow trumpet with white petals named Goblet. The flower will coordinate with last year’s King Alfred bulbs and […]

Cynthia Lascelles Lloyd Jones, 78, beloved mother, grandmother, friend

Cynthia Lascelles Lloyd Jones, 78, beloved mother, grandmother, friend

A service will be held at Adams Funeral Home, 35 Depot St. in Chester, at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 9 for Cynthia Lascelles Lloyd Jones, who died on Sept. 30, 2015. She was the born on April 27, 1937, daughter of late May Barret and Clifford Lloyd, and was dearly loved by her children Phillip, […]

Flood resiliency, land-management workshop in Grafton

The Saxtons River Watershed Collaborative will be holding a free flood resiliency, land-managment workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17 at Grafton Elementary School, 58 School St. in Grafton. Learn about best management practices for flood- and erosion-prone lands and the programs and resources that are available to help landowners conserve […]

Grafton Select Board OKs $30,500 for new salt shed

Grafton Select Board OKs $30,500 for new salt shed

By Cynthia Prairie ©2015 — Telegraph Publishing LLC The Grafton Select Board approved two capital expenditures at its Monday, Oct. 5 meeting, including $16,184 for guard rail replacement along Route 121 and $30,500 for a new salt shed. The guard rail work was awarded to Lafayette Highway Specialities of Massachusetts, while the salt shed – […]

In the community: Bible study at St. Luke's; Cormier returns to coffeehouse; Grafton Firefighters hold tag sale; Christmas tent sale at Family Center; Star Wars Reads Day events at Book Nook, Rock Library; Andover holds famous Chicken Pie Supper; and cemetery tour, history talk in Cavendish

In the community: Bible study at St. Luke’s; Cormier returns to coffeehouse; Grafton Firefighters hold tag sale; Christmas tent sale at Family Center; Star Wars Reads Day events at Book Nook, Rock Library; Andover holds famous Chicken Pie Supper; and cemetery tour, history talk in Cavendish

For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Oct. 7: Adult Bible study series at St. Luke’s The […]

In the arts: 'Our Town' at Northern Stage; poetry discussion at Misty Valley; string quartet in Brattleboro; Blanche Moyse Chorale performs; arts celebration in Saxtons River; 'Monumental' artist at DaVallia; and free Verdi in Vermont concert

In the arts: ‘Our Town’ at Northern Stage; poetry discussion at Misty Valley; string quartet in Brattleboro; Blanche Moyse Chorale performs; arts celebration in Saxtons River; ‘Monumental’ artist at DaVallia; and free Verdi in Vermont concert

For more upcoming events, click here for The Chester Telegraph calendar. To be included in our Upcoming events briefs, email Susan Lampe-Wilson at calendar@www.chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Oct. 7: ‘Our Town’ performed at new Barrette Center at […]

Free health classes through December; end of life symposium tackles medical considerations; and health tips at Meeting Place

Springfield Medical Care Systems offer the following free health and wellness classes October through December. The classes meet at Springfield Health Center, 100 River St., Springfield, unless otherwise noted. Classes include: Healthier Living with Chronic Conditions is Chronic Disease Self-Management Thursdays, Oct. 1–Nov. 5, from 9:30 a.m.–noon. Lunch provided. The Fireplace Room, Rockingham Medical Group, […]