Author Archive for Press release
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Kurn Hattin honors longtime supporters
On Thursday, Dec. 10, John and Carol Hubbard of Walpole, N.H., were the recipients of Kurn Hattin Homes for Children’s Charles Albert Dickinson Award. The annual award, established in 2013, is in recognition of an individual or organization whose philanthropic commitment embodies the mission of Kurn Hattin Homes. Named for Kurn Hattin’s founder, the Dickinson […]
SBA honors lenders for increased aid to VT entrepreneurs; GMP adds electric vehicle charging station
More than 100 lenders from financial institutions throughout Vermont gathered at the Capitol Plaza in Montpelier last Thursday for the Small Business Administration’s Annual Meeting and Awards event. The event recognized the leading SBA lenders based on total SBA loan volume by dollars and numbers of SBA backed loans made during fiscal year Oct. 1, 2014 […]
Whiting Library offers digital books to card-holders
Now, any patron can use their library card from home to access thousands of books and ebooks – free. Too dark to drive, bad roads, bad weather? Don’t get cabin fever or stuck without some literary entertainment. Do you have a Kindle, an iPad, any portable tech? As we each expand our literary needs beyond […]
VSAC offers college aid workshops at high schools
Beginning in January, Vermont Student Assistance Corp. will offer free workshops to help families fill out college financial aid forms at local high schools. The informal workshops offer guidance on filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. FAFSA is the basis for determining eligibility for federal Pell grants, VSAC’s Vermont State Grant, financial […]
TRSU superintendent, assoc. super announce retirements
©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two Rivers Supervisory Union Superintendent Bruce Williams and Associate Superintendent Linda Waite have announced they will retire from their positions effective June 30, 2016. The search for Williams’ replacement will be handled by an outside search firm, while the TRSU Executive Board has recommended dissolving the post of associate superintendent in […]
Students sought for Emergency Medical training
Do you know what to do when someone is having trouble breathing or having a diabetic emergency? Would you know what to do if you came upon a car accident? Emergency Medical Responders, known as EMRs, learn how to deal with these emergencies and many more. With this knowledge, EMRs will be better equipped to […]
Klezos noted as Respiratory Therapist of Year; S. Vermont arts mag teams with travel app to boost tourism
Friends and co-workers gathered on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at Springfield Hospital to recognize Rosalind Klezos, RRT, as the 2015 Respiratory Therapist of the Year. Cathi Kugler, RRT, said, “Roz makes a huge difference every day. Sometimes I think she walks out not knowing what a difference she makes, and I hope this plaque lets her […]
Merchants Bank to match WARMTH donations
Merchants Bank, with branches in Springfield, Bellows Falls and Manchester, is partnering with WARMTH again this year to help low income Vermonters across the state with paying for heat this winter. WARMTH is a statewide emergency-based program – administered by Community Action Agencies – that utilizes privately donated funds to help keep low-income households from […]
SMCS adds Mountain Valley Medical to its community network
Springfield Medical Care Systems is in the process of adding Mountain Valley Medical Clinic in Londonderry as a community health center site within the SMCS federally qualified health center network. Mountain Valley Medical Center will serve the Vermont towns of Jamaica, Landgrove, Londonderry, Peru, South Londonderry, Stratton, Wardsboro, West Townshend, West Wardsboro, Weston and Windham. “MVMC […]
Farm stand break-in in Grafton
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are reporting that there was a farm stand break-in last night in Grafton. Sometime during the night of Nov. 26 or the morning of Nov. 27, someone broke into an outbuilding used as a farm stand at Idyll Acres Farm on Route 121 east of Grafton. It […]
Marketer recognized for efforts; electric vehicles can charge up in Manchester
Kim Dixon of Waterbury-based Insights LLC was recently recognized as the 2015 Small Business Marketing Solution Provider of the Year – Northeast, by online marketing company Constant Contact Inc. Dixon received the award at a conference in Las Vegas in October where she was recognized as 1 of 5 recipients among hundreds of marketing professionals […]
Chester-Andover Family Center raffles rug, preps for winter; FOLA in rehearsal for Follies
The Chester-Andover Family Center Thrift Shop if raffling off a handmade wool rag rug created by volunteer Edie Brown of Chester. The rug is 36 inches in diameter and is on display at the shop. Tickets are $1 each or five for $6 six for $5. Proceeds will go toward funds to help keep people […]
SBA women’s business pitch contest set for Burlington
InnovateHER, a program co-sponsored by the Small Business Administration, is aimed at unearthing products and services that empower women and families through local business competitions that culminate in a live pitch in Washington, D.C. Mercy Connections is hosting a competition from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 255 South Champlain St. #8 […]
Respite grants offered for caregivers; deadline nears for Apple Blossom Cotillion participants; Mobus family honored by Springfield Rotary; Komen ride raises $30,000
Respite grants offered for caregivers Senior Solutions (Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont) has respite funding available through the Dementia Respite Grant. This grant, funded by the state of Vermont, supports paid respite opportunities for primary, unpaid caregivers in Windsor and Windham counties. The elder’s income eligibility limit is $2,917 per month for an individual or $3,932 per […]
Springfield Hospital seeks funds to install solar hot water system
The departments of engineering and development at Springfield Hospital are joining forces to install solar hot water at the hospital, the first ever at a Vermont hospital. Springfield Hospital is recognized as an Energy Star rated hospital – one of 200 in the nation, and one of only two in the state of Vermont. This […]
30th Annual Overture to Christmas comes to Chester
Chester’s 30th Annual Overture to Christmas will be held Saturday, Dec. 5, with events leading up to it during the week before. Everyone is invited and there is no charge. 4 to 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 30, a Gingerbread Workshop will be held at the Fullerton Inn, 40 The Common, for children in grades […]
Chester-Andover Elementary spaghetti fundraiser to support Keewaydin trip
Chester-Andover Elementary School invites the community to come for dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19. Staff and volunteers will be cooking and students will be serving a spaghetti dinner with proceeds going to help send 5th and 6th grade students at the school to the Keewaydin Environmental Education Center, for a week-long […]
Townscape plants 1,000+ daffodils in Chester; Medicare open enrollment; Winter farmers market held in Londonderry; Sign up for Holiday Food Baskets; and Autumn Moon Committee honored
Chester Townscape continued its fall tradition of planting daffodils at key public locations in Chester to increase the color that will emerge next spring. This year’s planting was of the bright and perky Goblet. This fall, 2,800 daffodil bulbs were sold, and more than 1,000 were donated back to Chester Townscape, whose volunteers were then […]
GMP donates $130,000 to WARMTH program
Green Mountain Power is helping to keep Vermonters warm this winter with a $130,000 donation to WARMTH, a program that helps with heating emergencies. Last winter the WARMTH program helped families with heating emergencies more than 5,000 times. Funds are paid directly to the fuel or energy supplier, and each household receives no more than […]
Andover man victim of phone fraud, police seek public assistance
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Vermont State Police report that an Andover man contacted them on Nov. 7 to say that he was the victim of a “financial phone scam.” The man said that he had been called by a Jamaican man who identified himself as Ceon McKenzie to say that he had won $10.5 […]
