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Kicking off the school year in style with music and circus

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC On a picture perfect Thursday evening, the Two Rivers Supervisory Union kicked off the school year in style with the West Philadelphia Orchestra and the Cirque Kikasse troupe performing on the playing field of Chester-Andover Elementary School with everyone in the SU’s communities invited. Playing Fields is […]

Chester GOP holds event for State House candidate Tom Charlton

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Around 40 people turned out in front of the Fullerton Inn in Chester on a cool, blustery Sunday afternoon to hear Vermont House candidate Tom Charlton speak on a wide range of topics including infrastructure, education and the state’s “clean heat standard.” But the event’s main message […]

Chester native’s animated short tells of Romaine Tenney’s ‘Love of the Land’

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Sixty years ago, just before 3 a.m. on Sept. 12, 1964, Weathersfield volunteer firefighters were called out to the Tenney farm, where a multi-building blaze glowed brightly in the late night summer sky. Romaine Tenney, a 64-year-old farmer whose lifelong home was to be taken by the […]

Guide to the 2024 Chester Festival on the Green

© 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester Festival on the Green is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. It’s a weekend filled with music, great arts and crafts, good food and friends set in the charming Vermont town of Chester. Editor’s Note: Please return often to check for updates to music,  events and vendors. The […]

State education commission members may not ‘fully represent Vermont,’ chair says

By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC While the second meeting of the full Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont covered agenda items in detail, one thread ran through the three-hour meeting: public representation, engagement and credibility. Even before the meeting’s agenda and previous meeting’s minutes were approved, commission chair Meagan […]

GMUSD board mulls finances, new bond effort, restructuring

By Shawn Cunningham ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Late summer board meetings are often sparsely populated, with both members and the public on vacation,  and light on topics to tackle. But while the former was true of the Thursday, Aug. 15 Green Mountain Unified School District board meeting, the latter was not. With just five members […]

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  • New teen center in Chester seeks to raise $10,000 for building renovations

    New teen center in Chester seeks to raise $10,000 for building renovations

    The Black River Area Community Coalition is seeking to raise $10,000 by October to renovate the accessory building at 469 Main St. in Chester to create a more permanent gathering space for local youth. Since March, BRACC has been piloting a weekly teen center program with a group of more than a dozen middle and high […]

  • VINE Sanctuary takes part in Goat Games fundraiser

    VINE Sanctuary takes part in Goat Games fundraiser

    The Goat Games are kicking off on Sept. 5, and Springfield’s VINE Sanctuary is hoping to snag the win as the Greatest Of All Time. Its team is headed by Patches, a charismatic and athletic leader who hails from a small dairy herd. After bravely escaping slaughter, Patches lived on her own for several years […]

  • Henry Homeyer: Putting your gardens to bed

    Henry Homeyer: Putting your gardens to bed

    By Henry Homeyer ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Despite some hot sunny days, fall is fast approaching and it’s time to start thinking about cleaning up the garden and putting it to bed. No, I’m not suggesting you cut back all your perennials or pull all your vegetable plants. But October, the time most gardeners put […]

  • Cirque Kikasse comes to Chester-Andover Elementary for back-to-school celebration Sept. 5

    Cirque Kikasse comes to Chester-Andover Elementary for back-to-school celebration Sept. 5

    Everyone is invited to The Playing Fields Project, a free back-to-school celebration that begins at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5. It is presented by The Flynn in collaboration with Two Rivers Supervisory Union. Enjoy Cirque Kikasse’s spectacular circus performance from its extraordinary food truck and dance to the vibrant sounds of the West Philadelphia […]

  • Rollin' on the River returns on Saturdays in September

    Rollin’ on the River returns on Saturdays in September

    Rollin’ On The River, a series of free Saturday evening roller skating events put on by Springfield On The Move and SAPA TV, returns this year on Sept. 7, 14, 21 and 28, at 100 River St. in Springfield. K-5 skaters are invited to roll around the rink from 4 to 5:30 p.m., and middle- […]

  • Experience sanctuary life, a unique community event on Sept. 7

    Experience sanctuary life, a unique community event on Sept. 7

    Everyone is invited to VINE Sanctuary, 201 Massey Road in Springfield, between noon and 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7 for a free event that offers a unique opportunity to experience life at the sanctuary firsthand, connect with animal residents and become an active participant in their community. The afternoon will begin with a volunteer […]

  • Chester Townscape taking orders for spring bulbs

    Chester Townscape taking orders for spring bulbs

    Chester Townscape volunteers will be selling spring-flowering daffodil, tulip and allium bulbs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21 and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 22 at Chester’s Fall Festival on The Green. The group will be set up on the west end of the Green All bulbs […]

  • 'The Porch on Windy Hill:' Playing music to banish misunderstandings and prejudice

    ‘The Porch on Windy Hill:’ Playing music to banish misunderstandings and prejudice

      By Lorien Strange ©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC As the pace picks up and the bow of the fiddle sways a little more violently, I can feel the vibrations of the players tapping to the tempo through the floor. Joy radiates from the stage as the cast spins through a tipsy do-si-do, accompanying themselves with […]

  • Rockingham Meeting House gets $750,000 restoration grant

    Rockingham Meeting House gets $750,000 restoration grant

    Rockingham has received a $750,000 grant from the National Park Service to help on-going efforts to restore and conserve its meeting house. Built in 1787 it is the most intact 18th-century public building remaining in Vermont. “The town is thrilled,” said John Leppman, chairman of the Rockingham Historic Preservation Commission. “We knew from the start […]

  • Local artist show and sale in Londonderry through Oct. 12

    Local artist show and sale in Londonderry through Oct. 12

    The Londonderry Art and Historical Society’s annual local artist show takes place in the Custer Sharp House, 2461 Middletown Road in Londonderry, through Saturday, Oct. 12. From watercolor to oil, prints to pastels and landscapes to line drawings, this exhibit showcases the talents of our area artists. All work is framed and available for purchase, with […]

  • Whiting Library to host Cookbook Club Sept. 7

    Whiting Library to host Cookbook Club Sept. 7

    Whiting Library, 117 Main St. in Chester, will host a Cookbook Club discussion and community meal at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7 in the Community Room. This month’s theme is African flavors. The library has multiple copies of Ethiopia: Recipes and Traditions from the Horn of Africa by Yohanis Gebreyesus. It is a beautifully […]

  • Pair attempt armed robbery at Rockingham cannabis shop

    Pair attempt armed robbery at Rockingham cannabis shop

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC A robbery was attempted at a cannabis shop in Rockingham Monday afternoon, Vermont State Police said, adding that the incident may be connected to bank robberies in Brattleboro and Bellows Falls earlier in the day. Police are looking for a man and a woman who they say […]

  • Talk on invasive plant species Sept. 9 in Londonderry

    Talk on invasive plant species Sept. 9 in Londonderry

    The Green Mountain Gardeners is hosting a program by Pieter van Loon titled “Invasive Species and Best Practices for Eradicating Them” at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 9 at the Londonderry Rescue Squad, 8068 Vermont Rt. 100, in Londonderry. Van Loon is employed by the Vermont Land Trust and has been working on issues related […]

  • Chester quilter Linda Diak wins People's Choice Award for 'Road Trip'

    Chester quilter Linda Diak wins People’s Choice Award for ‘Road Trip’

    Linda Diak, of Chester has won the People’s Choice Award at the 38th Annual Vermont Quilt Sampler Exhibition being held through Monday, Sept. 2 at the Historic Barn at Billings Farm & Museum, 69 Old River Road in Woodstock. Her entry, Road Trip, is among 56 quilts on display from 13 of the 14 counties […]

  • To the editor: Why is Sen. Clarkson taxing Vermonters?

    To the editor: Why is Sen. Clarkson taxing Vermonters?

    It likely comes as no surprise to you that Vermont is the third most taxed state in America.  By comparison, Wyoming has nearly the same population yet pays roughly half in taxes as Vermont.  This year, we just slogged through one of the most painful increases in property taxes, which could have been avoided were […]

  • Truck takes down wires on Rt. 11 leaving hundreds without power

    Truck takes down wires on Rt. 11 leaving hundreds without power

    UPDATE: Route 11 is open to one lane as of 6:30 p.m. Please drive slowly By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Lights flickered and internet service sputtered throughout Chester and Andover around 1:30 p.m. today as a truck carrying an oversized load snagged wires on Route 11 near Motel in the Meadow in […]

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