Author Archive for Press release
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Music to fill summer air in Proctorsville, Weston
Free concerts throughout summer in Proctorsville Now that outdoor gatherings are permitted, the Town of Cavendish will present the annual summer music series on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. beginning July 7 on the Svec Memorial Green in Proctorsville. The town continues to encourage wearing masks and physical distancing. The Green is large and the bands […]
Weston Playhouse awarded $15,000 NEA grant
Weston Playhouse Theatre Company has been approved for a $15,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support its 2021 New Works Program. “As the country and the arts sector begin to imagine returning to a post-pandemic world, the National Endowment for the Arts is proud to announce funding that will help arts organizations such as […]
Community Cares holds fund-raiser; Asian American Pacific Islander Month celebrated; local foster care families sought
Community Cares Network hosts fund-raiser Community Cares Network of Chester/Andover Inc. is taking orders for a take-out fundraising meal. Orders must be placed no later than Friday, May 28. Pick-up will be Friday, June 4, from 3:30-6 p.m. at the Andover Town Hall. Please call 802-875-6341 to place your order. Cost is by donation. The […]
State colleges offer 2020, 2021 grads free course
The state of Vermont, the Vermont State Colleges System and the Vermont Student Assistance Corp. are teaming up to provide one tuition-free college class to the graduates of the classes of 2020 and 2021. Due to the economic impact of the pandemic on the families of recent high school graduates, the legislature has approved $2.8 […]
Fehrenbach joins Engel & Völkers
Engel & Völkers Okemo announces that Kristen Fehrenbach of Bellows Falls has joined its growing team of real estate advisors. Fehrenbach brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in art education and hospitality across New England. She is a founding director of Popolo, a beloved farm-to-table restaurant in Bellows Falls that opened in 2012. […]
GM Interact Club food drive benefits Food Shelf; Whiting Library grant to help boost community
Green Mountain Interact Club donates 271 pounds of food to Family Center On Monday, May 3, the Green Mountain High School Interact Club delivered 271 pounds of food to the Chester-Andover Family Center Food Shelf, 908 VT Route 103 S in Chester. Collected during its April Food Drive, this assortment of shelf-stable food products will […]
Windsor County collects 604 lbs. on Drug Take Back Day; statewide number hits 7,165
On April 24, Windsor County Sheriff’s Department, in cooperation with local and state police, again participated in the DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, resulting in 604 pounds of disposed medications collected throughout Windsor County for incineration and 7,165 pounds statewide. “Take-Back” efforts began in 2010 as stand-alone disposal events occurring twice a year. Since […]
Firearms reported stolen from Bartonsville home
© 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC A burglar made off with a small arsenal of guns in a burglary in Bartonsville on Friday, according to state police. In a press release Saturday, Vermont State Police said that Richard Shaw of Lower Bartonsville Road reported that 15 guns of various models and calibers were missing from his […]
Neighborhood Connections hires new staffers
Neighborhood Connections, located in Londonderry’s Mountain Marketplace, announces the addition of three new staff members. Elisa Donato joined the agency in August 2020 as Outreach and Development director. She comes from the Albany, N.Y., area, where she has worked with individuals experiencing homelessness, those impacted by HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses and in hospice care. […]
Neighborhood Connections holds punny benefit run; Tri-Mtn. Lions Club to hold food drive;BRAM hosts Patsy Cline singer
Covid Bridges virtual May race to raise funds for Neighborhood Connections It’s a Covid Pun Fun Run! Scheduled from Saturday, May 15 to Sunday, May 23, VT Covid Bridges is a virtual race to benefit Neighborhood Connections. Choose to walk, run, skate or bike any distance. Anticipating that this is the last virtual race of […]
SBA offers restaurants Covid revitalization funds
Isabella Casillas Guzman, administrator for the Small Business Administration, has announced that the SBA will begin registration at 9 a.m., April 30 and open applications at noon on May 3 for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. The online application will remain open to any eligible establishment until all funds are exhausted. “Restaurants are the core of […]
Vermont Afterschool offers $1.5m in summer enrichment grants
Vermont Afterschool announces that the 2021 Summer Matters for All Grant Program is open to applicants. Established in partnership with Gov. Phil Scott’s office and the Vermont Agency of Education, at least $1.5 million will be available through the grant program to expand access to summer enrichment opportunities for youth statewide. “This grant offers a […]
Mother’s Day weekend: Bird amble in Proctorsville, music at Gassetts Grange
Audubon bird amble in Proctorsville on May 8 Calling all birders: Join Marianne and Michael Walsh of the Mount Ascutney Audubon Society at 7 a.m. Saturday, May 8 for a two-hour amble in Proctorsville along 20 Mile Stream Road and into the surrounding fields. You will have a chance to identify various birds by their […]
Troopers investigate gunfire into Derry home
© 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police are investigating a shooting that took place in Londonderry on Monday night. No one was injured. According to a VSP press release, troopers were called to a home on Chaves Road at about 10:47 p.m. on Monday, April, 19. The homeowner, John Ross, 54, told police […]
Applications accepted for nursing scholarship
Applications are being accepted for the 16h Annual Eileen Austin Neal Nursing Scholarship of $1,000. This scholarship is open to any student who has been accepted into a nursing program of study. Applicants will be judged on interest in and commitment to the field of nursing. Determination will be based on merit and need. Eileen […]
League of Women Voters offers college scholarships
Vermont high school students looking for a scholarship to help pay the way for college can now apply to the League of Women Voters of Vermont Education Fund Winona Smith Scholarship program. Applications are due on May 1 and can be completed online by clicking here. Students need to submit two essays (500 words), one […]
Cavendish Community Fund accepting grant applications
The Cavendish Community Fund is accepting grant applications for spring 2021 awards. The fund will consider applications filed anytime, but will only award spring grants to those who file by May 8. Applications can be made by letter that describes the organization that is applying, the project proposed and the overall budget, including the amount […]
Angelae Wunderle honored with Laura Cody McNaughton Scholarship
The Laura Cody McNaughton Memorial Fund is proud to announce its first annual Public Health and Community Service Scholarship awarded to Angelae Wunderle, formerly of Chester, now studying at Drew University. The 2020 scholarship is for $8,000. Elected to the National Honor Society in her sophomore year, Angelae, who makes her home in Bellows Falls, […]
Chester man arrested on probation violation in Londonderry
© 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC Three law enforcement agencies arrested a Chester man in Londonderry on probation violation charges on Friday afternoon. According to a U. S. Marshals Service press release, marshals, Chester Police and Vermont State Police located Timothy Arbuckle, 40, of Chester in a motel in Londonderry. Arbuckle was wanted on probation violations […]
Grace Cottage seeks Fair Day auction items; Agriculture Hall of Fame seeks nominations
Grace Cottage Hospital Fair Day seeks donations Do you have items to donate to Grace Cottage Hospital’s 71st Annual Hospital Fair Day? Grace Cottage is seeking items for its online auction to be held Aug. 1 through 8. To donate high-value new or used items (including jewelry, antiques, household items, cars, trucks, snowmobiles, ATVs, motorcycles, […]
