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Weston Playhouse expansion site plan gets OK with conditions

Weston Playhouse expansion site plan gets OK with conditions

  By Cynthia Prairie Site plans for the new cultural arts facility of the Weston Playhouse Theatre Co. have been given the go-ahead by the Weston Planning Commission with seven minor conditions for use and one conclusion of law that could force the playhouse to speed up its capital fund-raising campaign. The decision was sent […]

Malcolm Ewen, founding artistic director at Playhouse, created home for artists at Weston

Malcolm Ewen, founding artistic director at Playhouse, created home for artists at Weston

Malcolm Ewen, a founding director of the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, beloved colleague and friend, died Monday in Chicago after a long battle with cancer. He was 64. In 1988, Mr. Ewen, Tim Fort and Steve Stettler, took the reins of Weston Playhouse, rededicating the theater to its community, reorganizing it as a not-for-profit company, […]

Playhouse's Walker Farm arts center just months from opening

Playhouse’s Walker Farm arts center just months from opening

By Tuckerman Wunderle ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, the Weston Playhouse Theater Company’s Center for the Arts at Walker Farm will open its doors to a new era of possibilities for the Vermont theater community. The WPTC broke ground in August of 2016, but the vision of expansion has been in […]

Weston board to look at fire truck purchase

Weston board to look at fire truck purchase

By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Members of the Weston Volunteer Fire Department returned to the Select Board on Tuesday, June 14 with bid documents from the vendor it selected for a new tanker truck. Chief Wes Hupp told the board that the bids from 4 Guys Stainless Steel Firetrucks and KME were […]

'Guys & Dolls,' 'Glass Menagerie' on tap for 2015 Weston season

‘Guys & Dolls,’ ‘Glass Menagerie’ on tap for 2015 Weston season

Pointing to its new slogan – Celebrating the Classics, Nurturing the New – Steve Stettler, resident producing director of the Weston Playhouse, introduced the theater company’s 79th season at the new Manchester Community Library on Saturday Nov. 29. Stettler also announced the expansion of discount programs to encourage locals and families to attend this summer’s […]

Playhouse gets zoning board OK; Duke leaves WPTC

Playhouse gets zoning board OK; Duke leaves WPTC

By Cynthia Prairie The Weston Zoning Board of Adjustment has granted the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company a conditional use permit to build a new theater complete with parking spaces, driveway and landscaping on the 5-acre Walker Farm property at the corner of Route 100 and Chester Mountain Road in Weston. ON THE COVER: Architect Jim […]

Playhouse plans for year-round performances with Walker Farm expansion

Playhouse plans for year-round performances with Walker Farm expansion

By Cynthia Prairie The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company is planning to expand its theatrical offerings to year-round with a new cultural center at the 4.9 acre Walker Farm, just north of its Weston Green main stage. The company, which attracts audiences from throughout the northeast, currently stages shows from late spring to early fall, offering […]

Top 10 from 24 months of unique reporting in The Chester Telegraph

Top 10 from 24 months of unique reporting in The Chester Telegraph

  By Cynthia Prairie On Jan. 16, 2014, The Chester Telegraph celebrates its second birthday. A few of our faithful readers have asked us to compile a list of the 10 top stories that we covered in 2013. We thought it was a great idea but, since we didn’t do it last year, we decided […]

Wilder Library to hold community discussions on its future

Wilder Library to hold community discussions on its future

Wilder Memorial Library will be holding three community discussions in April about the future of the library as part of its yearlong strategic planning process. The library’s Board of Trustees hopes to learn more about what the people want in a library for themselves and their families. The discussions — open to anyone in Weston […]

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Business Ticker Boston Mag gives kudos to Woodcock Farm of Weston; new sign for Sharon's of Chester; Weston Playhouse gets $10,000 NEA grant

Boston Mag gives shoutout to Woodcock Farm Summer Snow cheese Weston’s Woodcock Farm Cheese Co.’s Summer Snow cheese got a shoutout from Boston Magazine in its Ultimate Guide to News England’s Cheese Revolution, in which writer Julia Clancy talks about the New England cheese scene, saying that it “is taking over the world.” One section […]

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Telegraph Business Ticker Joe Karl joins Raveis Real Estate; Chester Community Alliance elects new officers; Weston Playhouse sets up theater fund to honor retiring directors; and Furniture restorer offering new line of paints

Joe Karl joins Raveis Real Estate William Raveis Real Estate Vermont Properties, 29 Locust Hill Road in Ludlow, announces the addition of Joe Karl to its team. Karl, of Chester, has been selling real estate in the Okemo area since 1998, initially as part of the team brought together to sell Jackson Gore. Karl has […]

Chester Fall Festival seeks vendors; Cavendish Community Fund accepting grant applications

Chester Fall Festival seeks vendors; Cavendish Community Fund accepting grant applications

Applications for the 41st annual Fall Festival on the Green in Chester,  which will be held this year on the weekend of Sept. 19 and 20, are now available for download.  High quality artists and craftspeople creating handmade work in New England are encouraged to participate.  Applications are due by April 1. Download an application […]