RSSArchive for December, 2017

Christmas events: Dec. 8 through Dec. 9, 2017

Christmas events: Dec. 8 through Dec. 9, 2017

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@chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Dec. 8: Londonderry tree lighting with Santa Sponsored by the […]

Community events: Dec. 7 through Dec. 12, 2017

Community events: Dec. 7 through Dec. 12, 2017

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@chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Dec. 7: State Rep. Bock to speak at Chester Rotary […]

Arts events: Dec. 7 through Dec. 9, 2017

Arts events: Dec. 7 through Dec. 9, 2017

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@chestertelegraph.org. Photos welcome. No PDFs, please. Notices must be received by noon on Fridays to be eligible for publication the following week. Dec. 7: ‘Tuck Everlasting’  musical in Brattleboro The New England Youth […]

Henry Homeyer: Berries, boughs and ferns for the winter home

Henry Homeyer: Berries, boughs and ferns for the winter home

By Henry Homeyer ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC This is the dark time of the year. The sun sets early, and is often obscured by clouds dripping rain and snow. For that reason, I string bright lights on trees outdoors, decorate a tree indoors, place candles in my windows – and lots more. I buy cut […]

UPDATE: I-91 Rockingham Bridge construction schedule

UPDATE: I-91 Rockingham Bridge construction schedule

The Vermont Agency of Transportation has begun replacing the bridges on I-91 over the Williams River in Rockingham. The projected completion date is May 18, 2020. Here is the anticipated construction schedule for the week of Dec. 4, 2017. I-91 NORTHBOUND & SOUTHBOUND ARE REDUCED TO ONE LANE WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE. I-91 NORTHBOUND MOTORISTS […]

Chester Chatter: Gather 'round the table to share family lore

Chester Chatter: Gather ’round the table to share family lore

By Ruthie Douglas ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC A holiday family dinner is a perfect place to recall family history. Over coffee and dessert, pass some photos around the table. Pass some treasures like war medals, a ring, a special pin. Read some pages from Aunt Jenny’s journal and share some love letters Mom wrote to […]

Another way to keep the doctor at bay: Apple Charlotte

Another way to keep the doctor at bay: Apple Charlotte

Iwanted to open this weeks recipe with my newest cookbook, titled The Sweet Fight. It is special in so many ways that I will only mention two. I believe it is the best cookbook using fruits and vegetables on the market today. It also shows various ways to use fruits and veggies in order to […]

System glitch downs VTel internet for 90 minutes this morning

System glitch downs VTel internet for 90 minutes this morning

By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Computer cards that control large internet routers for Vermont Telephone Co. failed this morning, shutting down internet access for customers in large portions of the company’s coverage area for up to 90 minutes. VTel covers Vermont communities from Saxtons River to Killington, including Grafton and Chester. “It […]

Dec. 6: Chester Select Board meeting to follow Popple Dungeon culvert public meeting

Dec. 6: Chester Select Board meeting to follow Popple Dungeon culvert public meeting

At 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, a public meeting will be held to gather input on the large culvert replacement on Popple Dungeon Road in Chester. The meeting will be held at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. It will be followed immediately by the Select Board meeting, which is called a “special” meeting […]