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Firefighters in  Londonderry, Chester throw open doors to trick-or-treaters

Firefighters in Londonderry, Chester throw open doors to trick-or-treaters

For the second year, South Londonderry’s Champion Fire Company teamed up with the nearby First Baptist Church  to put on an all-encompassing Halloween gala for kids and adults alike. The church sponsored the trunk-or-treat, getting more than 20 cars to line Thompsonburg Road between the firehouse and Route 100, an area that the Fire Department […]

Londonderry board OKs proposal to hire State Police, delays town vote til March

Londonderry board OKs proposal to hire State Police, delays town vote til March

By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 – Telegraph Publishing LLC The Londonderry Select Board last night unanimously approved the recommendations of its Ad Hoc Policing Committee to contract with Vermont State Police for patrols. But decided to wait until Town Meeting in March 2016 to put the question before voters. But it was one audience member’s […]

MacLaomainn's scares up a bundle for Food Bank, Food Shelf

MacLaomainn’s scares up a bundle for Food Bank, Food Shelf

MacLaomainn’s Scottish Pub raised $1,510 for the Vermont Food Bank and three boxes of food for the Food Shelf at Chester-Andover Family Center in its two-day Halloween Haunted House event held last Friday and Saturday. Admission was $1 for children 10 and under, $5 for others or cans of food. In an interview on Saturday […]

UPDATED: Newfane teen missing, police ask for assistance

UPDATED: Newfane teen missing, police ask for assistance

UPDATED: Nov. 3, 10 a.m. State police have announced that Donavan Hamilton has been found safe. Police would like to thank the public for their tips which were instrumental in finding the youth. © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police are asking for help in locating a teenager missing from his Newfane home. […]

Art, music and literary events kick off through Sunday, Nov. 8

Art, music and literary events kick off through Sunday, Nov. 8

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. Sea to Shining Sea exhibit at Whiting through December Whiting […]

Symposium, political discussions, hockey day among community happenings through Sunday, Nov. 8

Symposium, political discussions, hockey day among community happenings through Sunday, Nov. 8

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. Nov. 3: Managing Life’s Final Decisions symposium continues The Managing […]

Sweet taste of autumn in candied apple crispy rice treats

Sweet taste of autumn in candied apple crispy rice treats

By Jim Bailey theyankeechef.blogspot.com What is nice about this recipe – other than the fact that I have reduced the butter content by half without affecting the consistency one bit – is that you can prepare simple, classic crispy rice treats by omitting the caramels and jelly completely, but you will have to double the […]

Historic info, funds sought as Hearse House work continues

Historic info, funds sought as Hearse House work continues

The Chester Townscape is seeking contributions of information and dollars to restore the historic Hearse House at Brookside Cemetery and open it to the public for tours. Early support of the Chester Townscape project enabled the Town of Chester to contract with a carpenter for woodwork, foundation, roof and site work that set the stage […]

New Arrivals: Son to Mary E. Dodge and Benjamin T. Sugimori

New Arrivals: Son to Mary E. Dodge and Benjamin T. Sugimori

Dodge-Sugimori Mary Elizabeth Dodge and Benjamin Thomas Sugimori of Chester announce the birth of their son, John Frederick Sugimori, born on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

Anything Goes: Open up to fiction, history and memoir

Anything Goes: Open up to fiction, history and memoir

By John Hoover ©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC In casting about for November’s Good Reads theme I remembered these lyrics by Cole Porter: In olden days, a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking, But now, God knows, Anything goes. This inspired me to turn the Misty Valley Books staff loose with the only direction […]